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Stories where either the whole species is neuter; there is a neuter sex; or members of the species pass thru a neuter phase | Stories where either the whole species is neuter; there is a neuter sex; or members of the species pass thru a neuter phase. | ||
* | * Children are neuter ([[Mary Gentle]]'s [[Golden Witchbreed]] (1983)) | ||
* Children are neuter ([[David Gerrold]]'s [[Moonstar Odyssey]] (1977)) | |||
* [[David Gerrold]]'s [[Moonstar Odyssey]] (1977) ( | * Alien neuters in "[[Chocky]]" (TV series and novels) | ||
* Children are neuter until adolescence, and then become male, female, or neuter ("[[blands]]"). [[Carolyn Ives Gilman]]'s [[Halfway Human]] (1998)) | |||
* Children are neuter until adolescence, and then become male, female, or neuter. [[M. C. A. Hogarth]]'s "Freedom, Spiced and Drunk" (2002)) | |||
* [[Kameron Hurley]]'s "Genderbending at the Madhattered" (2004) | * Children are neuter until adolescence, and then become male, female, or neuter. [[Kameron Hurley]]'s "Genderbending at the Madhattered" (2004). | ||
* [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]'s [[The Left Hand of Darkness | * [[Gethenian]]s, who are neuter unless in [[kemmer]]. [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]'s [[The Left Hand of Darkness]]) | ||
* | * Children are gender-neutral and choose at puberty. ([[Vonda McIntyre]]. "Wings" in <I>The Alien Condition</I>, edited by Stephen Goldin (New York: Ballantine, 1973)) | ||
* [[Theodore Sturgeon]]'s [[Venus Plus X]] (1960) | * A race of humans appears to be neuter. ([[Theodore Sturgeon]]'s [[Venus Plus X]] (1960)) | ||
* Some people on [[Darkover]] are born neuter, others choose to become such. (Often after traumatic sexual experiences) | |||
* The dragons in [[Patricia C. Wrede]]'s [[The Enchanted Forest Chronicles|Enchanted Forest Chronicles]] are neuter until they get old enough to choose which sex they want to be. | |||
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[[Image:STTNG-Outcast-Soren-headshot.jpg|right|thumbnail|180px|Soren (played by Melinda Culea), a member of the androgynous species, the J'naii, on [[ST:TNG]] episode "[[The Outcast (ST:TNG episode)|The Outcast]]" (1992)]] | |||
* The [[J'naii]], a humanoid species that has "evolved" beyond gender. Unclear whether androgyny is merely a social convention or whether it is also a biological change. ([[ST:TNG]] episode [[The Outcast (ST:TNG episode)|The Outcast]] (1992)) | |||
==Other Possibilities== | |||
* Androgyne character in [[R. M. Meluch]]'s [[Wind Child]] (1982) (single individual, or member of androgyne species?) | |||
* [[Harvey L. Bilker]], "Genetic Faux Pas" in [[Thomas N. Scortia]]'s [[Strange Bedfellows]] (1972) | |||
* [[Samuel Delany]], "Aye, and Gomorrah ... " (first published in [[Dangerous Visions]], edited by [[Harlan Ellison]], 1967). | |||
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Latest revision as of 10:09, 20 December 2010
Stories where either the whole species is neuter; there is a neuter sex; or members of the species pass thru a neuter phase.
- Children are neuter (Mary Gentle's Golden Witchbreed (1983))
- Children are neuter (David Gerrold's Moonstar Odyssey (1977))
- Alien neuters in "Chocky" (TV series and novels)
- Children are neuter until adolescence, and then become male, female, or neuter ("blands"). Carolyn Ives Gilman's Halfway Human (1998))
- Children are neuter until adolescence, and then become male, female, or neuter. M. C. A. Hogarth's "Freedom, Spiced and Drunk" (2002))
- Children are neuter until adolescence, and then become male, female, or neuter. Kameron Hurley's "Genderbending at the Madhattered" (2004).
- Gethenians, who are neuter unless in kemmer. Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness)
- Children are gender-neutral and choose at puberty. (Vonda McIntyre. "Wings" in The Alien Condition, edited by Stephen Goldin (New York: Ballantine, 1973))
- A race of humans appears to be neuter. (Theodore Sturgeon's Venus Plus X (1960))
- Some people on Darkover are born neuter, others choose to become such. (Often after traumatic sexual experiences)
- The dragons in Patricia C. Wrede's Enchanted Forest Chronicles are neuter until they get old enough to choose which sex they want to be.
- The J'naii, a humanoid species that has "evolved" beyond gender. Unclear whether androgyny is merely a social convention or whether it is also a biological change. (ST:TNG episode The Outcast (1992))
Other Possibilities
- Androgyne character in R. M. Meluch's Wind Child (1982) (single individual, or member of androgyne species?)
- Harvey L. Bilker, "Genetic Faux Pas" in Thomas N. Scortia's Strange Bedfellows (1972)
- Samuel Delany, "Aye, and Gomorrah ... " (first published in Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison, 1967).