What I’m Reading: The Left Hand of Darkness

I’ve been wanting to read Ursula Le Guin’s Left Hand of Darkness for years, but somehow had never gotten around to it until now, as the latest selection in the book club at my work. Thanks be to the book club! Anyway, I quite enjoyed this book, although it’s not without its flaws, so let’s get to it.

Genly Ai is an ambassador of sorts from the Ekumen, a federation of eighty-two planets. He’s just arrived on the chilly world of Gethen, known colloquially as Winter, with an offer for them to jo...