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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CITY OF PALMDALE NEWS RELEASE CONTACT: John Mlynar PHONE: 661/267-5115 DATE: May 11, 2018 Classics Book Club to Discuss The Left Hand of Darkness PALMDALE – The Palmdale City Library’s Classics Book Club will discuss the book The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, Monday, May 21st, at 7 pm, at the library, located at 700 E. Palmdale Blvd. Originally published in 1969, The Left Hand of Darkness has been considered a groundbreaking intellectual science fiction novel encompassing themes of society, and human emotion. The story of a human emissary aiming to associate with an alien world whose inhabitants can choose and change their gender, the novel develops as he attempts to bridge the divide between his own understandings and the ethos of the dissimilar culture. The Palmdale City Library is open seven days a week. Hours of operation are Monday through Thursday from 10 am to 8 pm; Friday and Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm; and Sunday from 1 to 5 pm. For more information, please call the Palmdale City Library at 661/267-5600 or TDD 267-5167, or visit www.cityofpalmdale.org/library. -30- Communications Department • 38300 Sierra Highway • Palmdale, CA 93550 www.CityofPalmdale.org