Le Guin's Darkness Optioned

[Khephra]

Sandra Schulberg's Phobos Entertainment has picked up all media rights to Ursula K. Le Guin's SF novel The Left Hand of Darkness, Variety reported. First published in 1969, The Left Hand of Darkness is set on Winter, a lost planet whose inhabitants defy standard gender roles and even physically change genders. The story follows a human emissary who must bridge a cultural gulf to fulfill his mission to bring the planet back into the galactic fold, the trade paper reported.

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-12/13/11.00.film

[Fleurs du Mal]

1. Such a good book

I hope it isn't destroyed as Earthsea apparently has been. Although "exploit the property as<...> a video game" makes me rather suspicious.