The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin: Book Beginnings on Fridays, First Line Friday, The Friday 56, and Book Blogger Hop

      

Today's Featured Book: 

The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Genre: Science Fiction

Published: 1970

Page Count: 367 pages

Summary: 

A lone human ambassador is sent to the icebound planet of Winter, a world without sexual prejudice, where the inhabitants’ gender is fluid. His goal is to facilitate Winter’s inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the strange, intriguing culture he encounters...

 

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAY is hosted by Rose City Reader. What book are you happy about reading this week? Please share the opening sentence (or so) on BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAY! Add the link to your blog or social media post and visit other blogs to see what others are reading.

Happy Friday and welcome to the FIRST LINE FRIDAY, hosted by Reading is My Superpower! It’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line.

I’ll make my report as if I told a story, for I was taught as a child on my homeworld that Truth is a matter of the imagination.

Le Guin, Ursula K.. The Left Hand of Darkness: 50th Anniversary Edition, p. 1.

THE FRIDAY 56 is hosted by Anne of Head Full of Books. To play, open a book and turn to page 56 (or 56% on your e-reader). Find a sentence or two and post them, along with the book title and author. Then link up on Head Full of Books and visit others in the linky. 

I came there at noon. That is, I came somewhere at noon, but I wasn’t sure where.

Le Guin, Ursula K.. The Left Hand of Darkness: 50th Anniversary Edition, p. 56.

Mantel, Hilary. Bring Up the Bodies: A Novel (Wolf Hall Series Book 2) (p. 56). Kindle Edition. 

I've just started this book, so I don't know enough yet to comment on the story. The Left Hand of Darkness is classic Le Guin, and it won both the Hugo and the Nebula Awards. I've wanted to read this book for years, and I'm finally getting around to it.

The purpose of THE BOOK BLOGGER HOP is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, and befriend other bloggers. THE BOOK BLOGGER HOP is hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer.    

If you could write the sequel to a classic book, which one would it be? What new characters or plot twists would you bring in? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee-Addicted Writer).

I would not want to write a sequel to any book. I wish sequels were never written. I have not liked any sequel ever written for any book. Just let a story end where it ends and leave it alone. lol