Monarch Notes, January 1st, 1963
Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 The Left Hand of Darkness. We resumed talking about the genesis of the book. "A book like that," she said, "doesn't have any single beginning. As I mentioned before, first I had the idea of creating a society without war. This led me to the androgynous society. Then I had the characters. And as the characters began to interact I began to see the plot. I saw two people dragging a sledge across the ice." "My favorite part in the book," I commented. "Mine, too, "she said enthusiastically. "I had to do a great deal of work before I began writing. I had to figure out how an...
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