The Principle of Simultaneity is a scientific breakthrough which will
revolutionize interstellar civilization by making possible instantaneous
communication. It is the life work of Shevek, a brilliant physicist from the
arid anarchist world of Anarres. But Shevek's work is being stifled by jealous
colleagues, so he travels to Anarres's sister-planet Urras, hoping to find more
liberty and tolerance there. But he soon finds himself being used as a pawn in a
deadly political game.
About The Author:
Arguably one of the canonical writers of American science fiction, Ursula K. Le
Guin was born in Berkeley, Calif., in 1929, the daughter of Alfred L. and
Theodora Kroeber. After earning an