Welcome to the Hugo and Nebula Readership Podcast where two sisters are reading their way through the Hugo and Nebula awarding novels in order. This episode is the highly anticipated Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin which won both the Hugo and the Nebula in 1970.  It was a big hit with both sisters; we’re singing praises in this rather short episode

 

Would you like to jump around and hit the high points? Here are the time markers to do just that:

01:32 Book Jacket Read

03:13 History Lesson

08:30 Big Themes - Love and Gender

13:14 Pronouns and Gender

17:19 Genly’s perspective and Gender

22:22 Characters and storyline

34:40 Amazing world building

40:00 Four Questions