Title: The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

Title: The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia Title Record # 7659
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Date: 1974-05-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Hainish
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe. To do this dangerous task will mean giving up his family and possibly his life—Shevek must make the unprecedented journey to the utopian mother planet, Urras, to challenge the complex structures of life and living, and ignite the fires of change.

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Translations

Year	Title
1974	The Dispossessed
1974	The Dispossessed [as by Ursula Le Guin]

Year	Language	Title
1975^ⓘ<ul><li>This translation originally published by 'Uitgeverij Het Spectrum' in 1975 as <a href="http:///www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1428451">'De Ontheemde' by Ursula Le Guin</a>.<li>Translated by Annemarie Kindt. Annemarie van Ewijck's name when married to Leo Kindt (1970-1982) was Annemarie Kindt, according to Wikipedia, so the seemingly different translations are in effect the same. </ul>	Dutch	De ontheemde
1975^ⓘTranslated by Annemarie Kindt (pseudonym of Annemarie van Ewijck)	Dutch	De ontheemde [as by Ursula Le Guin]
1975^ⓘTranslated by Henry-Luc Planchat	French	Les dépossédés [as by Ursula Le Guin]
1976^ⓘTranslated by Gisela Stege	German	Planet der Habenichtse
1980^ⓘTranslated by 佐藤高子 (Takako Satō)	Japanese	所有せざる人々^?しょゆうせざるひとびと Shoyū Sezaru Hitobito Shoyuu Sezaru Hitobito [as by アーシュラ・K・ル・グイン^?Āshura K. Ru Guin Aashura K. Ru Guin ]
1983	Portuguese	Os Despojados, 1º volume
1983	Portuguese	Os Despojados, 2º volume
1983^ⓘTranslated by Matilda Horne.	Spanish	Los desposeídos
1987^ⓘTranslated by Zoran Živković	Serbian	Čovek praznih šaka^?Covek praznih saka [as by Ursula Legvin]
1990	Italian	I reietti dell'altro pianeta
1994^ⓘTranslated by Adamik Lajos	Hungarian	A kisemmizettek
1994	Italian	Quelli di Anarres
1995^ⓘTranslated by Emil Sârbulescu	Romanian	Deposedații^?Deposedatii [as by Ursula K. LeGuin]
1995^ⓘTranslated by Erna Veselá and Robert Spousta	Czech	Vyděděnec^?Vydedenec [as by Ursula K. Le Guinová]
1999^ⓘTranslated by Hiltrud Bontrup, based on the translation by Gisela Stege.	German	Planet der Habenichtse
2006^ⓘTranslated by Joachim Körber, based on the translation by Hiltrud Bontrup.	German	Die Enteigneten
2017^ⓘTranslated by Karen Nölle	German	Freie Geister: Eine zwiespältige Utopie^?Freie Geister: Eine zwiespaeltige Utopie
2017^ⓘTranslated by Susana L. de Alexandria	Portuguese	Os despossuídos
2020^ⓘTranslated by Matilde Horne	Spanish	Los desposeídos

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
1	1975 Hugo	Best Novel
1	1975 Locus	Best SF Novel
Win	1975 Nebula	Novel
13	1975 Locus	All-Time Best Novel
2	1975 Campbell Memorial	Best Science Fiction Novel
Nomination	1975 Ditmar	Best International Long Fiction
Nomination	1983 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
Preliminary Nominees	1984 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
Nomination	1985 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
Preliminary Nominees	1986 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
17	1987 Locus	All-Time Best SF Novel
Nomination	1987 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
Nomination	1989 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
Nomination	1990 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
Nomination	1991 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
Win	1993 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
19	1998 Locus	All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia	1974-05-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Harper & Row	0-06-012563-2	$7.95^?$: US dollar	341	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Fred Winkowski
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia	1974-07-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Harper & Row / SFBC	6233	$2.49^?$: US dollar	338	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Fred Winkowski
The Dispossessed	1974-09-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Gollancz	0-575-01678-7	£2.80^?£: UK pound	319	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Dispossessed	1975-00-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Panther	0-586-04219-9	£0.75^?£: UK pound	319	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Anthony Roberts
The Dispossessed	1976-00-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Panther	0-586-04219-9	£^?£: UK pound	319	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Anthony Roberts
The Dispossessed	1977-04-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Panther	0-586-04219-9	£0.75^?£: UK pound	319	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Anthony Roberts
The Dispossessed	1977-05-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Avon Books	0-380-44057-1	$2.25^?$: US dollar	[8]+ 311	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Alex Ebel
The Dispossessed	1977-05-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Avon Books	0-380-44057-1	$2.25^?$: US dollar	[8]+ 311	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Alex Ebel
The Dispossessed	1978-00-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Panther / Granada	0-586-04219-9	£0.95^?£: UK pound	319	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Anthony Roberts
The Dispossessed	1979-00-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Panther / Granada	0-586-04219-9	£0.95^?£: UK pound	319	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Anthony Roberts
The Dispossessed	1980-01-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Avon	0-380-51284-X	$2.50^?$: US dollar	311	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Alex Ebel
The Dispossessed	1981-00-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Granada	0-586-04219-9	£1.50^?£: UK pound	319	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Anthony Roberts
The Dispossessed	1981-06-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Avon	0-380-51284-X	$2.75^?$: US dollar	311	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Alex Ebel
The Dispossessed	1982-00-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Granada	0-586-04219-9	£^?£: UK pound	319	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Anthony Roberts
The Dispossessed	1983-00-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Granada	0-586-04219-9	£^?£: UK pound	319	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Anthony Roberts
The Dispossessed	1984-00-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Granada	0-586-04219-9	£^?£: UK pound	319	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Anthony Roberts
The Dispossessed	1985-00-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Granada	0-586-04219-9	£1.95^?£: UK pound	319	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Anthony Roberts
The Dispossessed	1985-11-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Avon	0-380-00382-1	$3.25^?$: US dollar	311	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Dispossessed	1986-00-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)			[10]+ 341+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Dispossessed	1986-00-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Grafton	0-586-04219-9	£2.50^?£: UK pound	319	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Anthony Roberts
The Dispossessed	1987-00-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Grafton	0-586-04219-9	£^?£: UK pound	319	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Anthony Roberts
The Dispossessed	1987-03-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Avon	0-380-00382-1	$3.50^?$: US dollar	[7]+ 311	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Dispossessed	1988-00-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Grafton	0-586-04219-9	£2.95^?£: UK pound	319	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Anthony Roberts
The Dispossessed	1991-02-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	HarperPaperbacks	0-06-100137-6	$4.50^?$: US dollar	387	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Kinuko Craft
The Dispossessed	1991-04-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Gollancz	0-575-01678-7	£14.99^?£: UK pound	319	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Dispossessed	1995-06-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	HarperPrism	0-06-105488-7	$5.50^?$: US dollar	387	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Danilo Ducak
The Dispossessed	1995-06-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	HarperPrism	0-06-105488-7	$5.50^?$: US dollar	387	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Danilo Ducak
The Dispossessed	1996-02-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	HarperCollins (UK)	0-586-04219-9	£4.99^?£: UK pound	319	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Danilo Ducak
The Dispossessed	2003-09-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Perennial Classics	0-06-051275-X	$13.95^?$: US dollar	387	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Dispossessed	2006-08-01	Ursula K. Le Guin	Gollancz (Gollancz SF)	0-575-07903-7	£7.99^?£: UK pound	xii+ 336	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Marc Adams
The Dispossessed	2009-10-13	Ursula K. Le Guin	HarperCollins e-books	978-0-06-179688-3	$5.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Dispossessed	2011-08-00	Ursula K. Le Guin	Harper Voyager	978-0-06-105488-4	$7.99^?$: US dollar	387	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Danilo Ducak
Hainish Novels & Stories, Volume One	2017-09-05	Ursula K. Le Guin	The Library of America (The Library of America #296)	978-1-59853-538-9	$40.00^?$: US dollar	xviii+ 1095	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Hainish Novels & Stories	2017-09-05	Ursula K. Le Guin	The Library of America	978-1-59853-537-2	$80.00^?$: US dollar	xviii+ 1095, xix+ 789	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Dispossessed	date unknown	Ursula K. Le Guin	Avon	0-380-00382-1	$1.75^?$: US dollar	311	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Alex Ebel
The Dispossessed	date unknown	Ursula K. Le Guin	Avon	0-380-00382-1	$1.75^?$: US dollar	311	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Alex Ebel
The Dispossessed	date unknown	Ursula K. Le Guin	Avon	0-380-00382-1	$1.95^?$: US dollar	311	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Alex Ebel
The Dispossessed	date unknown	Ursula K. Le Guin	Avon	0-380-00382-1	$1.75^?$: US dollar	311	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Alex Ebel
The Dispossessed	date unknown	Ursula K. Le Guin	HarperPaperbacks	0-06-100137-6	$4.50^?$: US dollar	387	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Kinuko Craft

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Reviews

Review by Theodore Sturgeon (1974) in Galaxy, June 1974 , reprinted in:
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], June 1974 (1974)
Review by Lester del Rey (1974) in Worlds of If, July-August 1974 [UK] , reprinted in:
Worlds of If, July-August 1974 (1974)
Review by Charles Platt (1974) in Locus, #162 July 20, 1974
Review by Paul Walker (1974) in Luna Monthly, #55, October 1974
Review by Malcolm Edwards (1974) in Science Fiction Monthly, November 1974
Review by Richard E. Geis (1974) in The Alien Critic, November 1974
Review by Mark Mumper (1974) in Locus, #167 November 20, 1974
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1975) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1975
Review by Bruce Gillespie (1975) in SF Commentary, #41/42 , reprinted in:
Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1 (2014)
Review by George Turner (1975) in SF Commentary, #76, (2000)
Review by Joanna Russ (1975) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1975
Review by David G. Hartwell (1975) in The Science Fiction Review (Monthly), July 1975
Review by Ian Watson (1975) in Foundation, #9 November 1975
Review by Spider Robinson (1976) in Galaxy, January 1976
Review by Peter Hyde (1976) in Vector 72
Review [French] by Jean-Pierre Andrevon (1976) in Fiction, #266
Review by Jeanne Gomoll (1976) in Janus, Vol. 2, #1, March 1976
Review by Phil Stephensen-Payne [as by Philip Stephensen-Payne] (1977) in Paperback Parlour, June 1977
Review by Sam J. Lundwall (1978) in Science Fiction: An Illustrated History , reprinted in:
Science Fiction: An Illustrated History (1978)
Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
Review [French] by Pierre K. Rey (1984) in Fiction, #349
Review [French] by Jean-Luc Le Bellec (1985) in SFère, #24
Review by David Pringle (1985) in Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels , reprinted in:
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1985)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1986)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1987)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1997)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (2014)
Review [Serbian] by Žiga Leskovšek (1987) in Alef, #4
Review by Andy Sawyer (1996) in Vector 188
Review by Carol Ann Kerry-Green (2000) in Vector 209
Review [Spanish] by Juan Manuel Santiago (2001) in Las 100 mejores novelas de ciencia ficción del siglo XX
Review by Stephen E. Andrews and Nick Rennison (2006) in 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels , reprinted in:
100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (2007)
100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (unknown)
Review [Spanish] by Alberto García-Teresa (2007) in Gigamesh, 44
Review by Graham Sleight (2008) in Locus, #573 October 2008
Review [Portuguese] by Dario Andrade (2014) in Somnium, Julho 2014
Review by Mark Monday (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1
Review by Manny Rayner (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1
Review by Paul Di Filippo (2015) in The Speculator, (2018)
Review [German] by Ralf Boldt (2015) in Was kostet eine Raumstation?: Ökonomische Themen in der Science Fiction
Review [German] by Horst Illmer (2017) in phantastisch!, #66
Review by Jo Walton (2018) in An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000 , reprinted in:
An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000 (2018)
Review [German] by Denis Scheck (2019) in Schecks Kanon: Die 100 wichtigsten Werke der Weltliteratur von "Krieg und Frieden" bis "Tim und Struppi"