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Where The Dispossessed sits
- Series
- In the Hainish Cycle series. See all Hainish Cycle books in order
- The book before
- The Word for World Is Forest
- The book after
- The Telling
- Order checked
- Last checked: September 25, 2026, against ursulakleguin.com
Checked facts about The Dispossessed
Under each line: where it was read, and when.
- Publication
- First published in May 1974. (Wikidata; read November 6, 2026)
- Prizes
- It received the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1975. (Wikidata, citing thehugoawards.org; read November 6, 2026)
- Prizes
- It received the Locus Award for Best Novel in 1975. (Wikidata, citing sfadb.com; read November 6, 2026)
- Prizes
- It received the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1975. (Wikidata, citing nebulas.sfwa.org; read November 6, 2026)
- Prizes
- Wikidata lists the Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame (1993) for this book. (Wikidata, with no reference of its own; read November 6, 2026)
- Prizes
- Wikidata lists the NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books for this book. (Wikidata, with no reference of its own; read November 6, 2026)
- Prizes
- Wikidata lists the Premio Gigamesh (1984) for this book. (Wikidata, with no reference of its own; read November 6, 2026)
What The Dispossessed is about
The setup only, with no spoilers. Each line names the record it rests on.
- Shevek, an anarchist and a famous scientist, sets out on his own to bring two estranged planets back together. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
anarchist Shevek ... who single-handedly attempts to reunite two planets cut off from each other
- His home, Anarres, is a harsh moon settled by an anarchist society with no government, long cut off from Urras, the planet it came from. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
Anarres, Shevek's homeland, is a bleak moon settled by an anarchic utopian civilization
Topics in this book
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Genres
- Science fiction
- Utopian fiction
Topics
- Anarchism
- Communal living
- Life on other planets
- Physicists
- Utopias
Places
- Tau Ceti
Reading ages
- Adult
Other books in Hainish Cycle
7 books listed so far
- Book 1: Rocannon's World
- Book 2: Planet of Exile
- Book 3: City of Illusions
- Book 4: The Left Hand of Darkness
- The Word for World Is Forest
- The Telling
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