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The left hand of darkness / Ursula K. Le Guin

An envoy from Earth travels to the frozen planet of Winter to invite its inhabitants to join a galactic confederacy. The narrative explores a society where individuals lack fixed gender, examining the impact of this biology on human nature, politics, and social structures.
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