- ^ This sequence refers to novels in the Hainish cycle. The short story "Winter's King" was published in 1969, between the publication of City of Illusions (1967) and Left Hand.[5][6]
- ^ Le Guin mentions other minor nations on the planet, but they do not figure in the action of the novel.
- ^ In the 1987 poll, The Left Hand of Darkness ranked second to Frank Herbert's Dune (1965).[11] In the 1975 version of the poll covering novels, Left Hand had ranked third behind Dune and Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End (1963).[10]
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