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Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance
Shevek is a physicist who is trying to do an almost-impossible thing: to unite two worlds separated by completely different philosophies of life. One world is that of the home planet, Urras, a planet that is dominated by the ideas of capitalism and private property and individualism. The other world is the breakaway world, the moon of Urras, the world called Anarres, the place where Shevek grew up, and a world that is dominated by ideas of the common good and sharing with others and being part o ...more
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