CHAT: LeGuin's "The Telling"

I recently mentioned, bought and read this book.  Good enough, and a
fascinating created world (as one would expect from LeGuin), though much of
it reads like an extended post to Conculture.  In the 10/1 NYT Book Review,
Gerald Jonas opens his review:  "The title of THE TELLING ...may reveal more
about the book's virtues and faults than she realizes."  And closes thus:
"For all her eagerness to share her vision, Le Guin has forgotten that even
in didactic fiction, showing is always preferable to telling."

Hmmm. The first thing we learned in Creative Writing 101.