The Dispossessed American Classics Edition A Novel

"A seamless creation: every thing is made up, nothing seems arbitrary." - New York Times Book Review

"Le Guin's characters, sepecially Shevek and his family, are complex and haunting, and her writing is remarkable for its sinewy grace." - Time magazine

"Written with thought, care-even love." - Times Literary Supplement (London)

"Excellent characterization and meaningful ideas make this one of the most important [science fiction] novels of the last several years." - Library Journal

"Brilliantly conceived and stunningly executed . . . The setting is science fiction, but the tradition is humanistic, reducing life to its essentials and examining human beings in a real world." - Chicago Daily News

"Confirm(s) Ms. Le Guin as one of our finest projectionists of brave old and other worlds." - Kirkus Reviews

"Fifty years later, Ursula K. Le Guin's novel about utopian anarchists is as relevant as ever. . . . Inexhaustibly rich and wise . . . . The arrow of time has sped forward since 1974, but the circles and cycles of Le Guin's masterpiece continue to suggest, with urgent humanity, both present and future." - Scientific American

"One of the great American political novels. . . . Full of intrigue and drama." - Los Angeles Review of Books

"This remains a challenging and urgent book." - The Guardian

"The Dispossessed is still one of Sci-Fi's' smartest books. . . . Remains a thoughtful exploration of politics and economics nearly 50 years later." - Wired

"The Dispossessed paints a hopeful and complex portrait of a society rooted in collectivism." - Naomi Klein, The Week

"One of our finest projectionists of brave old and other worlds." - Kirkus Reviews

"Le Guin expanded the boundaries of fiction not just by committing to its revolutionary capacities but also by considering deeply, and with great clarity, other ways of being. The Dispossessed, her most intricate and beautifully realized book, channels her lifelong obsessions-Daoism, pacifism, humanity's sacred relationship to the natural world-into a moving story that is also about loneliness, will, and what it means to return home. More than a novel, this is an ontological work of extraordinary imagination and compassion." - Meng Jin, The Atlantic

"Engrossing . . . Ursula Le Guin is more than just a writer of adult fantasy and science fiction . . . she is a philosopher; an explorer in the landscapes of the mind." - Cincinnati Enquirer

"The combination of intelligence and imagination sends ideas dancing endlessly around the brain." - Christian Science Monitor

"Le Guin's most philosophical novel. . . . The Dispossessed is a study of character, ideology and the constant of change." - New York Times

"I would be hard pressed to think of another novel that made as strong an impression on me." - Anthony Ha, author of Love Songs for Monsters

"[Ursula Le Guin] . . . is science fiction's best ambassador to the rest of the world, ever. She has done more to show people why this is an important genre-and maybe the mode of literature we need to navigate our way into a very uncertain future-than anyone else ever will." - Lisa Yaszek, Professor of Science Fiction Studies in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech