This is what Stranger in a Strange Land should have been. LeGuin is a masterful world builder (universe builder?) and The Dispossessed is excellent as usual. It uses a science fiction framing to comment on gender, government, anarchy, beliefs, war, discontent, and the nature of human relationships. If I’m being critical, it’s not fast-paced or plot driven. LeGuin takes her time examine and telling about hundreds of aspects of life on this pair of planets. But if you take it as a study in classic sci fi of the best kind, and social commentary, it’s well worth reading.