TY - BOOK AU - Le Guin,Ursula K. TI - The dispossessed SN - 1857988825 (pbk) : U1 - 813.54 21 PY - 1999/// CY - London PB - Millennium KW - Science fiction KW - gsafd N1 - Originally published: New York: Harper & Row; London: Gollancz, 1974 N2 - The Principle of Simultaneity is a scientific breakthrough which will revolutionize interstellar civilization by making possible instantaneous communication. It is the life work of Shevek, a brilliant physicist from the arid anarchist world of Anarres. But Shevek's work is being stifled by jealous colleagues, so he travels to Anarres's sister-planet Urras, hoping to find more liberty and tolerance there. But he soon finds himself being used as a pawn in a deadly political game. [amazon.co.uk] ER -