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Le Guin's\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eHugo, Locus, and Nebula Award-winning\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eclassic, a profound and thoughtful work of philosophical science fiction exploring anarchism and capitalism, individualism and collectivism, and one ambitious man's quest to bridge the ideological chasm separating two worlds. This special edition includes a new foreword by Karen Joy Fowler.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA science fiction classic for the ages, \u003ci\u003eThe Dispossessed\u003c\/i\u003e is the spellbinding story of anarchist Shevek, the \"galactically famous scientist,\" who single-handedly attempts to reunite two planets cut off from each other by centuries of distrust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnarres, Shevek's homeland, is a bleak moon settled by an anarchic utopian civilisation, where there is no government, and everyone, at least nominally, is a revolutionary. 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