I've never read Lessing, but Le Guin is one of my favorite authors. For me, _The Left Hand of Darkness_ is easily on a par with other canonical "great" 20th-cen

I've never read Lessing, but Le Guin is one of my favorite authors. For me, _The Left Hand of Darkness_ is easily on a par with other canonical "great" 20th-century literature I've read. I've always felt that if she were born later, now that sci-fi has become a little less fringe and a little more respectable, that she'd be more properly grouped this way.