Myths of Gethen

Throughout this entire novel the Gethenian culture is much spoken of. The species of humans that live upon the surface of this planet are androgynous therefore do not have male or female sex organs. For a few years Ai lives upon the gethenian planet observing what life is like in attempt to learn politically based on their governing systems. Ai hopes the Gethen will join the Ekumund within 5 years time as told to him by the fore tellers who can see the future supposedly. There are so many stories of the Voluntary farms but soon Ai knows what they are really like which would be better described as a slave camp. Moreover the gethenians do not believe the Ai is really from space but the only evidence to back up his story would have to be his star ship.