You can find some info on it
here.
There are interesting reviews out, such as
one which compares its characters to Lois McMaster Bujold's Fawn and Dag characters from The Sharing Knife.
Check it out. The man himself not only blogs the way Heinlein's Manny character would (if The Moon is a Harsh Mistress were today), he writes stories even better.
Rated:
Introsprective, Innovative Ideas
Rollicking Fun
Not Always PG
On a related note, Dave pointed his LJ readers to
this interesting take LeGuin had on the Lehrer news hour's Margaret Atwood's comments on SF.
Egads. No talking cabbages equals Not SF?? *sigh*