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Left: Cover of The Dispossessed. Right: Ursula K. Le Guin in 2001

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Our verdict on ‘The Dispossessed’: A tricky but rewarding novel

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Book Club has just finished reading Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed. Most of our members enjoyed it, even if the sheer volume of ideas in the book made it a challenging read

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Ursula K. Le Guin in her home in Portland, Oregon, in 2001

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The best new science fiction books of October 2025

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The exceptionally tasty new fermented foods being cooked up in the lab

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The exceptionally tasty new fermented foods being cooked up in the lab

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Why is Ursula K. Le Guin's 'The Dispossessed' so popular 50 years on?

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Why is Ursula K. Le Guin's 'The Dispossessed' so popular 50 years on?

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Simple menu tweak can nudge people into choosing climate-friendly food

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New Zealand, South Island, Wanaka, Otago, Woman on Coromandel peak at sunrise

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Ian McEwan’s new novel weaves climate change into literary mystery

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Physics

Making atoms self-magnify reveals their quantum wave functions

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FX's Alien: Earth --

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Alien: Earth adds surprisingly good TV dimension to veteran sci-fi

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Even in our digital world, materials still matter

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Participants prepare kimchi, a traditional Korean dish of spicy fermented cabbage and radish, during a kimchi making festival held amid snowfall at the Jogyesa Temple in Seoul on November 27, 2024. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

Health

Tim Spector's guide to fermentation is meticulous and persuasive

We know fermented foods do us good, but the ZOE founder's new book still surprises with fascinating facts - and avoids feeling like an ad for his gut supplements, says Helen Thomson

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Physics

We’ve glimpsed the secret quantum landscape inside all matter

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The best new science fiction books of September 2025

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Our verdict on ‘Circular Motion’: this dystopia hit too close to home

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Ursula Le Guin's son on why The Dispossessed is (maybe) his favourite

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