Having read the thread (and the book twice in the past), I must disagree that The Left Hand Of Darkness was a "ground breaking" work. A major, (and superior writer) covered most of these topics in a S/F novel in 1959!
The book - Venus Plus X
The Author - Theodore Sturgeon.
A bit clunky? Yes, but no more so that Le Guin's work. The difference was the times it was released in. . .
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