One of the very best must-read novels of all time - with a new introduction by Roddy Doyle\'A well told tale signifying a good deal; one to be read again and again\' THE TIMES\'The book I wish I had written ...
But he soon finds himself being used as a pawn in a deadly political game..
It is the life work of Shevek, a brilliant physicist from the arid anarchist world of Anarres.
But Shevek\'s work is being stifled by jealous colleagues, so he travels to Anarres\'s sister-planet Urras, hoping to find more liberty and tolerance there.
It\'s so far away from my own imagination, I\'d love to sit at my desk one day and discover that I could think and write like Ursula Le Guin\' Roddy Doyle\'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power\' OBSERVERThe Principle of Simultaneity is a scientific breakthrough which will revolutionize interstellar civilization by making possible instantaneous communication.
One of the very best must-read novels of all time - with a new introduction by Roddy Doyle\'A well told tale signifying a good deal; one to be read again and again\' THE TIMES\'The book I wish I had written ..
