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This is a list of species that are hermaphroditic, or some other sexually-reproducing single-sexed species. Can include both alien species, non-human species, and evolutionary variants of humans. | |||
* Asimov | * [[Isaac Asimov]]. Foundation and Earth (1986) [a hermaphroditic variety of humans; one joins the protagonists] | ||
* Burdekin | * [[Katharine Burdekin]]. ''Proud Man'' (1934; 1993) (A human from the future visits 1930s England; humans in the future have evolved "beyond" humanity, and beyond humanity's bi-sexed nature; each individual can reproduce on their own, and is whole, containing both male and female attributes. This human contemplates with amazement the various social oddities of modern English society.) | ||
* | * [[Storm Constantine]], the [[Wraeththu]] | ||
* Grae | * [[L. Timmel Duchamp]]. "Motherhood, Etc." (1993) | ||
* Joyce | * [[Camarin Grae]]. ''Stranded'' (1991, Naiad) (3 women from a hermaphroditic species are sent as "disembodied minds" to Earth to stop a villain. They end up identifying as lesbians and fighting a fundamentalist movement led by the villain.) | ||
* [[Graham Joyce]], and [[Peter F. Hamilton]]. "Eat Reecebread" (1994) | |||
* [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]'s ''[[The Left Hand of Darkness]]'' is a type of hermaphroditism: male and female gender in potential | * [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]'s ''[[The Left Hand of Darkness]]'' is a type of hermaphroditism: male and female gender in potential | ||
* Leigh | * [[Stephen Leigh]]. ''Dark Water's Embrace'' (1998) and Speaking Stones (1999) | ||
* Scott | * [[Melissa Scott]]. ''Shadow Man'' (1995) (space travel creates five common genders) | ||
[[category:Lists]] | [[category:Lists]] | ||
[[Category:Gender and sex themes]] | [[Category:Gender and sex themes]] | ||
Revision as of 17:00, 2 May 2007
This is a list of species that are hermaphroditic, or some other sexually-reproducing single-sexed species. Can include both alien species, non-human species, and evolutionary variants of humans.
- Isaac Asimov. Foundation and Earth (1986) [a hermaphroditic variety of humans; one joins the protagonists]
- Katharine Burdekin. Proud Man (1934; 1993) (A human from the future visits 1930s England; humans in the future have evolved "beyond" humanity, and beyond humanity's bi-sexed nature; each individual can reproduce on their own, and is whole, containing both male and female attributes. This human contemplates with amazement the various social oddities of modern English society.)
- Storm Constantine, the Wraeththu
- L. Timmel Duchamp. "Motherhood, Etc." (1993)
- Camarin Grae. Stranded (1991, Naiad) (3 women from a hermaphroditic species are sent as "disembodied minds" to Earth to stop a villain. They end up identifying as lesbians and fighting a fundamentalist movement led by the villain.)
- Graham Joyce, and Peter F. Hamilton. "Eat Reecebread" (1994)
- Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness is a type of hermaphroditism: male and female gender in potential
- Stephen Leigh. Dark Water's Embrace (1998) and Speaking Stones (1999)
- Melissa Scott. Shadow Man (1995) (space travel creates five common genders)