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New York: Harper & Row, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8x5x1. Winkowski, Fred. Signed by author. First edition. Inscribed and signed by author on title page ('For Larry, at last. Ursula Leguin'). Light crease down front jacket flap, spine head lightly pushed. Binding tight, pages clean and bright. 1974 Hard Cover. 338 pp. 8vo. An important work of utopian fiction by Le Guin, which won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards, and was nominated for the John W. Campbell award. On the surface, Le Guin's story of the brilliant physicist Shevek is a tale of a futuristic world, and the struggle of the civilizations on two separate planets to reconcile with each other's way of life. Beneath the surface run deep undercurrents of meaning -- philosophical, religious, and scientific themes that transcend the story itself. Shevek's quest to reconcile two seemingly antithetical schools of theoretical physics is also the individual's quest to reconcile…

The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia is a novel by American author Ursula K. Le Guin, set in the same fictional universe as that of The Left Hand of Darkness (the Hainish Cycle). It was first published in 1974 and is a tale of two planets, Urras and Anarres, and the lives of their inhabitants, focusing on the themes of anarchism, isolation, and society. The book's protagonist, Shevek, is a physicist from Anarres who challenges and explores the societal norms of both worlds.

To determine if a copy is a first edition of 'The Dispossessed', look for the words 'First Edition', accompanying the date 'May 1974' on the publication details page with 'Harper & Row' as the publisher. Other indicators include the absence of additional printing numbers or the presence of a dust jacket featuring the original artwork.