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Le Guin brought anthropology to science fiction. Her father studied Native American cultures; her mother wrote about them. Le Guin created alien societies that felt genuinely alien—different genders, social structures, and values than Western norms. “The Left Hand of Darkness” explored a world where people are genderless until mating season. “The Dispossessed” contrasted anarchist and capitalist societies. She won five Hugos, six Nebulas, and twenty Locus Awards by proving science fiction could be literary, political, and beautiful—asking how different humans could organize themselves if freed from Earth’s constraints.