This book deserves its place as classic sci fi - it's an immensely interesting, almost academic kind of book. I didn't find myself particularly attached or excited, but it was a very solid book with a good story and phenomenal world building. This was the first Le Guin I'd ever read, and I don't think it was what I expected (it's more dated than I anticipated, but less dated than its publishing date would imply), but I wasn't at all disappointed.