I didn't love this book quite as much as [book:The Left Hand of Darkness], but I still adored this one, too. Imagine, if you will: ten years old, Ogden, Utah. This was the first time I'd heard of anarchy, and this and [book:The Left Hand of Darkness] were the first I'd ever really heard of feminism. In fact, this was also around the same time someone told me I couldn't go to heaven unless my husband took me. I can't begin to tell you the impact these books had on me.