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If you like Sci-Fi that likes to speculate on the nature of sex and gender, also check out Octavia E. Butler's Xenogenesis saga.
by stcredzero 9y ago
If you like Sci-Fi that likes to speculate on the nature of sex and gender, also check out Octavia E. Butler's Xenogenesis saga.
- KingMob 9y agoButler's books made my skin crawl in the best possible way. I can't think of another author in SF who so thoroughly conveyed the feeling of rape to a man who'd never experienced it. Her books were potent brews of control, acceptance, family, and love. I keep hoping Kindred will be made into a mini-series one day.
- stcredzero 9y agoI'm from the 90's, partially. I hope your username is a reference to The Invisibles.
- teachrdan 9y agoWhen I was deep into The Invisibles, I looked up "King Mob" and learned the character was likely inspired by the real-life radical group of the same name from 60s-70s London.[0] 0 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Mob https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Mob]
- KingMob 9y agoYep! Love that comic.
- Freak_NL 9y agoI always liked John Varley's take on those topics — in some of his short stories in particular (collected in The Persistence of Vision, The Barbie Murders, and Blue Champagne, amongst others).