Book tickets
Members' Book Club
'No single work did more to upend the genre's conventions.' — Paris Review
A lone human emissary journeys from Earth to the planet of Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can choose – and change – their gender. His goal is to secure Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilisation, but to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and the culture he encounters.
A visionary classic, The Left Hand of Darkness reshaped fiction with its radical exploration of gender, human connection and power.
'No single work did more to upend the genre's conventions.' — Paris Review
A lone human emissary journeys from Earth to the planet of Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can choose – and change – their gender. His goal is to secure Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilisation, but to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and the culture he encounters.
A visionary classic, The Left Hand of Darkness reshaped fiction with its radical exploration of gender, human connection and power.
Ursula Le Guin was born in Berkley, California, in 1929, daughter of the writer Theodora Krober and the anthropologist Alfred Krober. Her published work includes twenty-one novels, eleven volumes of short stories, three collections of essays, twelve books for children, six volumes of poetry and four of translation. Among her novels are the The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed, both winners of the Nebula and Hugo awards, and the fantasy 'Earthsea' series In 2009 she won her sixth Nebula award for Powers. She died in January 2018 aged 88.
Book tickets
Thu, 08 Oct 2026
Studio
06:30 pm
Ticket information
- All tickets that do not require ID (full price, disabled, income support) can be printed at home or stored in email
- For aged-based concession tickets (under 25, student) please bring relevant ID to collect at the front desk before the event.
Access information
Studio
- The Studio is accessible from Carlton House Terrace via a ramp. There is not a bathroom on this floor
- If you have other access requirements, need more info, or want to contact us, go to the Access Page
This event has two ticket options:
• Book (collect in ICA Shop)
• Book (postage included)
These include the price of the book, minus 10% Members' discount.
For those wishing to collect in store, please email membership@ica.art and we will reserve a copy of the book for you behind the front desk.
For those wanting the book posted to them, please email membership@ica.art to confirm your current address before we send a copy of the book to you.
If you have purchased the book outside of the ICA Bookshop, you can RSVP for free and join the discussion by emailing membership@ica.art.
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