This new book, "Listen, Listen" was better than The Clone, but not her best work. Still, a good book by Wilhelm is worth more than a great book by a lesser craftswoman. It contains three novellas, one novellete, and a speech she gave on writing science fiction.

The first novella, "The Winter Beach" (1981), is the Kate Wilhelm I know and love. A hint of science fiction but an abundance of psychology, philosophy and simply beautiful writing. "Julian" (1978) is a shorter novellete that's a great story for the most part, even with its weird ending. Still, wonderful craft at work. 

The novella from 1981, "With Thimbles, with Forks, and Hope", didn't do anything for me. I didn't enjoy it and ended up skimming it. I think the next novella, "Moongate" from 1978, was even worse.

The concluding essay "The Uncertain Edge of Reality" from a talk she gave at a convention in 1980, was good. Nothing spectacular like Joanna Russ's essay collection "To Write Like a Woman: Essays in Feminism and Science Fiction" from 1995, but still an interesting read.