Feminist Ideas and Principles in The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin’s 1969 science fiction novel, The Left Hand of Darkness, is awash in revolutionary feminist ideas, especially concerning the nature of gender and “gender roles” within both social and political society. In addition, because it was written during a time when the sci fi community was largely a boys’ club, the publication and popularity of the book was itself a sort of revolution for female sci fi writers.