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 ... 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. 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. But he soon finds himself being used as a pawn in a deadly political game.
- ISBN10 0061054887
- ISBN13 9780061054884
- Publish Date 9 November 1994 (first published 1 January 1974)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Imprint HarperPaperbacks
- Format Paperback
- Pages 400
- Language English
Reviews
teachergorman
lovelybookshelf
I listened to the audiobook, but I think I'll reach for print when I read it next. It jumps back and forth in time/location (odd/even chapters) and that was a bit hard to keep track of when listening.