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Left: Cover of The Dispossessed. Right: Ursula K. Le Guin in 2001

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Our verdict on ‘The Dispossessed’: A tricky but rewarding novel

The ��è��Ƶ Book Club has just finished reading Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed. Most of our members enjoyed it, even if the sheer volume of ideas in the book made it a challenging read

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Ursula K. Le Guin in her home in Portland, Oregon, in 2001

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The best new science fiction books of October 2025

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Why is Ursula K. Le Guin's 'The Dispossessed' so popular 50 years on?

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Why is Ursula K. Le Guin's 'The Dispossessed' so popular 50 years on?

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A compelling book about the end of the Neanderthals is a rare treat

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Ian McEwan’s new novel weaves climate change into literary mystery

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Matt Richtel grapples with how modern life is warping adolescence

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Matt Richtel grapples with how modern life is warping adolescence

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Tim Spector's guide to fermentation is meticulous and persuasive

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Nick Clegg says nothing at all in new book How to Save the Internet

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Is Neuromancer's cyberpunk dystopia still thrilling in 2025?

When it was first published in 1984, William Gibson's Neuromancer transformed sci-fi and instantly birthed the cyberpunk genre. Ahead of an upcoming TV adaptation, Emily H. Wilson revisits the prophetic novel to see if it stands the test of time

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Our verdict on ‘Circular Motion’: this dystopia hit too close to home

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Ursula Le Guin's son on why The Dispossessed is (maybe) his favourite

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Read an extract from The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

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The captivating story that Earth’s ‘boring’ layered rocks tell us

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