The Left Hand of Darkness

Worth reading, for sure, if only because of the sly way LeGuin writes about power and gender. That said, I find myself wanting more from LeGuin–more character depth, more story. I wish she had taken the last 50 pages, where the two main characters journey across the ice, and created a whole book out of that. Once I had those characters more fleshed-out for me, it was infinitely more interesting, but until then, it was a bit of a chore.

I'm afraid I'm going to have to but this one in the same category as all of Philip K. Dick and most of Octavia Butler: Full of fascinating ideas–and therefore worth reading–but lacking in execution.