Shevek

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also known as Dr. Shevek, Shev, Moon Man

Anarresti physicist and Syndicate founder

The central figure of the Syndicate of Initiative who debates the right of an individual to travel to Urras. He struggles with the social backlash his family faces on Anarres and contemplates leaving to finish and share his theory.

In The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin, 1974)