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Regarding the "what if" novels, not the novels where a gender is entirely missing for unexplained reasons like discussed at the end: Because few things have ha
by lagadu 8y ago
Regarding the "what if" novels, not the novels where a gender is entirely missing for unexplained reasons like discussed at the end:
Because few things have had as strong an influence in our culture as gender, it's central to both our biology and culture; it's an extremely big avenue for narrative exploration messing with that. In other words, I'm surprised there isn't more of a fixation with "single-gender" sci fi considering how important gender is.
- pjc50 8y agoWhy is there comparatively little "gender futurist" stuff, then? Left Hand Of Darkness being the standout example, but I suppose Banks' technologically mediated gender fluidity also counts.
- DanBC 8y agoGreg Egan did a bit too.
- neaden 8y agoThe Imperial Radch Series starting with Ancillary Justice does this a bit. The main human civilization in the setting, the Radch, don't care about gender or have a word for it. Given the widespread availability of cloning and other methods of reproduction they just don't view it as important anymore.