THE DISPOSSESSED By Ursula Le Guin

Published : 1974
Pages : 319
Overall Mark : 5/10

Shevek is a scientist from the planet of Anarres, a planet without a government or any real leadership, who believes he has discovered the secret to instantaneous communication and space flight. His colleagues on his home world are trying to block Shevek from publishing his work as they believe they directly contradict their planets anarchistic beliefs, so he travels to the nearby planet of Urras, an orderly world of rules and regulations, in the hope of finding the freedom to continue his work.

This is a very confusing novel, which goes back and forth through time without really explaining what's happening and leaving it to the reader to figure out for themselves. Once this is figured out, the book does improve, andhas some interesting theories about communism and dictatorism, but the overall confusing tone does tend to get in the way of any potential enjoyment.