Be Charmed by These Bewitching Books from 2025

From the Bookshelf of Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy…

The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
by
Start date
September 1, 2017
Finish date
September 25, 2017
Discussion
Current Nominations
Discussion leader
Ernest
Why we're reading this
Group Classic SF novel discussion September 2017
Hugo Award Winner 1974
Nebula Award Winner 1974
#78 on NPR'…more

Find A Copy At

Group Discussions About This Book

Showing 2 of 4 topics — 190 comments total
+ Current Nominations
* SF/F Book to Discuss in January 2020 selected
By deleted member · 22 posts · 83 views
last updated Dec 30, 2019 04:34PM
I Skipped August... and September.... and October.... and November.... and December
By deleted member · 12 posts · 63 views
last updated Jun 19, 2019 10:49AM
showing 10 of 31 topics    view all »
Other topics mentioning this book
What Sci-fi and Fantasy books does everyone like?
By Connor · 250 posts · 224 views
last updated Sep 29, 2012 03:23AM
* Locus Magazine Best SF&F of the Century
By deleted member · 25 posts · 645 views
last updated Jan 10, 2018 02:00PM
* NPR Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels
By deleted member · 161 posts · 3959 views
last updated Mar 08, 2025 09:03AM
September 2013 Short Story / Novella / Anthology Nominations complete
By deleted member · 24 posts · 37 views
last updated Sep 02, 2013 01:41PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Introduce Yourself! (Archived)
By deleted member · 975 posts · 909 views
last updated Jan 10, 2015 06:21PM
Favorite Stand-Alone Sci-fi list
By Jonathan , Reader of the fantastic · 77 posts · 494 views
last updated Jun 26, 2019 04:17PM
What are you reading in May 2015?
By Michele · 37 posts · 73 views
last updated May 27, 2015 04:31PM
short and sweet
By Mary · 13 posts · 49 views
last updated Jun 01, 2015 06:52AM
Used book shop SCORE!!!
By Simon · 217 posts · 557 views
last updated Jun 14, 2023 10:38AM
The Book of Martha
By deleted member · 7 posts · 23 views
last updated Sep 21, 2015 10:41AM

What Members Thought

Mark Yashar
Jun 15, 2010 rated it really liked it
Good SF novel worth checking out. Like many of her novels, this is probably not considered 'hard SF' in that it is more politically and socially oriented and focused, i.e., there is more character development and focus on the socio-economic, psychological, and political environment that the characters are a part of, rather than being focused so exclusively on the science and technology, etc.

What would happen if a bunch of people on Earth of some particular belief systems and political persuation ...more
 · see review
Brian Hammons
Oct 08, 2009 rated it liked it
Rannie
Nov 22, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: science-fiction
Carlex
Dec 09, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites
Matthew Clanahan
Feb 25, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shelves: sff, feminism
Griffin
Jul 24, 2011 marked it as to-read
Nina
Sep 19, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: sci-fi-fantasy
Jen
May 13, 2012 marked it as to-read
Teddie
Dec 01, 2012 rated it really liked it
tobes
Sep 19, 2013 marked it as to-read
Trice
Jan 01, 2014 marked it as to-read
Shelves: scifi-fantasy, sff-bkclub
Jourdan Cameron
Jan 20, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: science-fiction, drama, utopia
Anmiryam
Feb 26, 2014 marked it as to-read
Jumana
Nov 05, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Aurelia
Dec 24, 2016 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: books-i-own
Brenda H
Nov 22, 2015 marked it as tbr
Shelves: 1970s-published
Michael Tamburrino
Dec 10, 2015 marked it as to-read
Hft
Jan 14, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: scifi-challenge
MiryamC
Feb 08, 2016 marked it as to-read
David
Aug 08, 2016 marked it as to-read
David
Mar 09, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Nuno Ribeiro
Aug 15, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: own, scifi
Melanie Bee
Aug 25, 2017 marked it as to-read
allison
Apr 22, 2018 marked it as to-read
Wendy
May 27, 2018 marked it as to-read
Ken
Nov 11, 2022 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Frank
Mar 22, 2021 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: own, soonest
Hpstrangelove
Aug 25, 2024 rated it really liked it
Shelves: audiobook, library, z_book_group_2023
45059

Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy

Group Home Bookshelf Discussions
Photos Videos
Send invite Members Polls