p. cm Includes index Bibliography, p Contents, Ursula Le Guin's archetypal "Winter journey" / David Ketter -- World-reduction in Le Guin / Frederic Jameson -- The art of social science-fiction / Donald F. Theall -- Le Guin's The left hand of darkness / Martin Bickman -- Myth, exchange, and history in The left hand of darkness / Jeanne Murray Walker -- Determinism, free will, and point of view in Le Guin's The left hand of darkness / Eric S. Rabkin -- The left hand of darkness / Barbara Brown -- Conversational technique in UrsulaLe Guin / Victoria Myers