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Voltaire: Candide, or, Optimism (1991, Norton)

Candide, or, Optimism

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Candide, ou l'Optimisme ( kon-DEED, French: [kɑ̃did] (listen)) is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: Optimism …

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback, 2000, Ace Trade)

The Left Hand of Darkness

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"One of my favorite novels is The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K Le Guin. For more than 40 years I've been recommending this book to people who want to try science fiction for the first time, and it still serves very well for that. One of the things …