On Anarres, Shevek, Takver, and their friends are celebrating Insurrection Day, commemorating the first great Odonian uprising on Urras. They discuss how long it has been since the last rain, a big worry on the nearly barren planet. That winter, water begins to be rationed.
Takver is pregnant with their first child. Shevek completes the manuscript for his Principles of Simultaneity and learns that Sabul won't approve it for publication. Takver convinces him to let Sabul put his name on it just for the sake of getting it published, and, not surprisingly, Sabul agrees. That spring, Takver gives birth to Sadik, their daughter. By summer a serious drought has set in; rations become stricter as food shortages increase, and many people are assigned to emergency labor postings, such as on farms, to keep enough.....
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