Anyone read the short stories nominated for the Hugo?

I'm totally dying for someone to talk to about these stories, in particular, "The Things." Because it's everything I don't like in my fiction any more--super duper male-perspective-on-everything, the use of rape as a metaphor where I really don't think the author gets it (but then maybe he does?). But the thing is, of the five stories, it's the one that really presents an alien that's alien. It reminds me of why I fell in love with sf as a child. And I haven't read any spec fic that evokes that in a long, long time. Anyone out there read that story?