[QUOTE=darryl;3801161]I've been steering clear of this months discussion so far. I read left hand many many years ago and have absolutely no desire to re-read it. I am not a Le Guin fan.[/question]
Why not? What are your objections?
Left Hand is the first and only book of hers I've read and while I had issues, I still found it thought provoking.
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Martin and his Song of Ice and Fire world including Game of Thrones was undoubtedly influenced by the War of the Roses. I have seen speculation that her work (but not necessarily this particular book) influenced both Game of Thrones and the movie Avatar. I'm not aware that these suggestions have been confirmed by either Martin or Cameron, but then again I have not researched the matter. There may well be such links. However, I am also conscious that the themes concerned are hardly rare ones to either literature or history, and even the names used are hardly definitive.
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Absolutely. It still could be (or not) interesting to try to see where Le Guin falls in the literature. And while the "winter" aspect seemed more of a direct homage to me, the religious one seems to provide more fodder for discussion.