Literary Significance and Criticism
Charlotte Spivack points out that the story's winter theme precedes and produces the story's androgyny theme.
Susan Wood deems the story notable because of its scientific extrapolation of topics such as sub-lightspeed travel and alien biology, topics which "provide a framework for powerful psychological studies."
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