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The Dispossessed was written by Ursula Le Guin. This novel is about the radically different societies on two close planets. On Urras, there are multiple states, each with their own government. On Anarres, there is no government or economic system. Shevek, a physicist on Anarres, wants to break the rules of his world and travel to Urras, not only to speak with other physicists who understand and are excited by his...

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Ursula K. Le Guin Biographies (8)

Ursula K. Le Guin

1,536 words, approx. 6 pages

Science-fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929) created fantastic worlds in which the author's strong-willed, feminist protagonists have increasingly taken center stage.An understanding of both a... Read more

Ursula K. Le Guin

6,267 words, approx. 21 pages

Considered one of the most significant authors of science fiction and fantasy to have emerged in the twentieth century, Le Guin is recognized as a gifted and original writer whose works address essent... Read more

Ursula K. Le Guin

17,107 words, approx. 58 pages

Biography EssayUrsula K. Le Guin is a writer of great versatility and power, acclaimed for her science fiction, fantasy, and children's literature. All her fiction is distinguished by careful craftsma... Read more

Ursula K(roeber) Le Guin

12,962 words, approx. 44 pages

In a decade and a half, since Ursula K. LeGuin's first novel appeared as one half of an Ace Double paperback, she has become one of the most important writers in the field of science fiction. Le Guin ... Read more

Ursula K(roeber) Le Guin

5,054 words, approx. 17 pages

Ursula K. Le Guin is a writer of great versatility and power, acclaimed for her science fiction, fantasy, and children's literature. All her fiction is distinguished by careful craftsmanship, a limpid... Read more

Ursula K(roeber) Le Guin

4,696 words, approx. 16 pages

Best known for her works of speculative fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin made her name as the foremost early feminist voice in fantasy and science fiction. She is also notable as one of few to break the imp... Read more

Ursula K(roeber) Le Guin

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Ursula K. Le Guin is best known as a science-fiction writer whose work has been recognized by the mainstream literary establishment, a writer whose work includes not only adult science fiction but als... Read more

Ursula K(roeber) Le Guin

17,578 words, approx. 59 pages

[This entry was updated by Nancy Barendse (Charleston Southern University) from her update in the Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, volume 6, of the entry by Brian Attebery (College o... Read more

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The Dispossessed by Ursula LeGuin

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To answer the question, How is the utopian society Anarres structured, one can attack it at many ways. First one can look at the cultural context of the time period in which the novel was written. ... Read more

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