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Line 1: {{work}} A science fiction novel by [[~~Ursula K Le Guin\|~~Ursula K. Le Guin]]. Subtitled ''An Ambiguous Utopia'', it'''''The Dispossessed''''' tells the story of Shevek, a brilliant physicist from the planet Anarres, traveling to the world of Urras to complete his work on the theory of time, which would make [[Subspace Ansible\|instantaneous interstellar communication]] possible. The planet Anarres, arid and barely habitable, was colonized by refugees from Urras who established an anarcho-syndicalist society there. Urras, by contrast, is a lush, rich world but the two superpowers on the planet, A-Io and Thu, are in a state of cold war. The even-numbered chapters describe Shevek and his family's life on Anarres while the odd-numbered chapters tell the story of his adventures on Urras. ~~=== Tropes appearing in ''[[The Dispossessed]]'': ===~~ {{tropelist}} * [[Actual Pacifist]]: Shevek and all the people of Anarres. * [[All Nations Are Superpowers]]: Actually averted. Although most of Urras is covered by A-Io and Thu, Benbili is much smaller and a pawn in the Great Powers' games. (It's rather like [[The Vietnam War\|Vietnam]].) Line 9 ⟶ 8: * [[Anachronic Order]]: Sort of. The odd-numbered and even-numbered chapters are both linear, but they are interwoven in a rather interesting way, and the overall effect is similar to reading a book actually in anachronic order. See also [[In Medias Res]]. * [[Anarchy Is Chaos]]: Completely averted. One of the signs that the society on Anarres might not last is that the anarchists are developing an [[Obstructive Bureaucracy]]. * [[Crapsack Only Byby Comparison]]: While Shevek is {{spoiler\|hiding out}} at the decrepit Earth embassy in A-Io, he declares that Urras is surely "hell." The ambassador from Earth, which had recently suffered [[Apocalypse How\|environmental collapse and the near-extinction of humanity]], responds that to her, it seems like heaven. ** Furthermore, the whole point of the novel is examining "what is a [[Crapsack World]]? And what is a utopia?" * [[Democracy Is Bad]]: Or rather, ''liberal, capitalist'' democracy is bad. So is statist, authoritarian socialism. And even democratic anarcho-syndicalism has its flaws. So...again, an '''''Ambiguous''''' Utopia. Line 26 ⟶ 25: {{reflist}} {{Nebula Award for Best Novel}} [[Category:Science Fiction Literature]] [[Category:~~The Dispossessed~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Political fiction]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Dispossessed, The}}