I gave this to my son to read as an introduction to LeGuin, with the caveat that it was written way before anybody was talking about gender stuff publicly, and that it was considered groundbreaking at the time. I haven't read it since college and was wondering about how it held up, so your review was interesting to read. He hasn't reported back yet about what he thinks, but maybe I should re-read it too, so that we can discuss it.

And as previously discussed (but as cannot be said enough) <3 Murderbot. :D