Neuter and androgynous species in SF: Difference between revisions
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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 | ||
* [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]'s Vorkosigan Saga (Betan hermaphrodites) | |||
* [[Mary Gentle]]'s [[Golden Witchbreed]] (1983) (children are neuter) | * [[Mary Gentle]]'s [[Golden Witchbreed]] (1983) (children are neuter) | ||
* [[David Gerrold]]'s [[Moonstar Odyssey]] (1977) (children are neuter) | * [[David Gerrold]]'s [[Moonstar Odyssey]] (1977) (children are neuter) | ||
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* [[R. M. Meluch]]'s [[Wind Child]] (1982) (an androgyne character) | * [[R. M. Meluch]]'s [[Wind Child]] (1982) (an androgyne character) | ||
* [[Theodore Sturgeon]]'s [[Venus Plus X]] (1960) (an entire species appears to be neuter) | * [[Theodore Sturgeon]]'s [[Venus Plus X]] (1960) (an entire species appears to be neuter) | ||
==Other Possibilities== | ==Other Possibilities== | ||
Revision as of 10:39, 28 June 2006
Stories where either the whole species is neuter; there is a neuter sex; or members of the species pass thru a neuter phase
- Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga (Betan hermaphrodites)
- Mary Gentle's Golden Witchbreed (1983) (children are neuter)
- David Gerrold's Moonstar Odyssey (1977) (children are neuter)
- 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)
- Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness (people are neuter unless in kemmer)
- R. M. Meluch's Wind Child (1982) (an androgyne character)
- Theodore Sturgeon's Venus Plus X (1960) (an entire species appears to be neuter)
Other Possibilities
- Bilker, Harvey L. "Genetic Faux Pas" in Thomas N. Scortia's Strange Bedfellows (1972)
- Delany, Samuel. "Aye, and Gomorrah ... " (first published in Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison, 1967).