Рафаэль Картер0.0 ...this fantastic short story and Tiptree Award winner is styled in the form of a scientific paper. It is, of course, infinitely more readable than any real scientific paper on such a topic would be. The fundamental topic of the paper is: where do our categories of gender come from? Are they things that the brain creates, or are they objective facts of the universe that our brain learns to recognize? Входит в антологии:
"Starlight 2" (Tor Books, 1998 г.)
"The James Tiptree Award Anthology 2" (Tachyon Publications, 2005 г.)
Octavia E. Butler4.0 This Nebula Award-winning sequel toParable of the Sower continues the story of Lauren Olamina in socially and economically depressed California in the 2030s. Convinced that her community should colonize the stars, Lauren and her followers make preparations. But the collapse of society and rise of fanatics result in Lauren's followers being enslaved, and her daughter stolen from her. Now, Lauren must fight back to save the new world order.
This 1998 novel by sci-fi legend Octavia Butler (best known for Kindred) got some attention this summer because it features a politician who runs on the platform “Make America Great Again.” Also, he hates Muslims, Jews, and every non-Christian and has perfected the appearing-to-condemn-violence-while-actually-encouraging-it thing that Trump does so well.
Тед Чан4.2 Лингвист Луиза Бэнкс становится одним из немногих лингвистов, которых допускают до изучения языка инопланетян, вошедших в контакт с людьми. Постепенно изучая его, она начинает понимать, что мышление инопланетян кардинально отличается от человеческого, в том числе и несколько иным отношением со временем. Инопланетяне заранее знают о тех событиях, которые будут происходить и совершают их, потому что должны их совершить. Изучение чужого языка начинает менять Луизу.
Stella Duffy3.6 A princess, perfect in every way except one, arrives in London from a land of milk and honey, and sets up home in a Notting Hill tower block. Her self-appointed mission - to break up couples in love. For what she lacks is a heart.
With gleeful dedication, she sets about seducing a husband-to-be, prizing apart two devoted gay men, and ensnaring a contentedly married woman. But things start to go wrong: despite herself she becomes fond of one of her lovers, and discovers a tiny heart growing in her chest. The Queen and King, meanwhile, have despatched her brother to stop her. Will he be a match for her? Her magic is stronger, but then he does have a heart of his own ...
Carolyn Ives Gilman0.0 In the spirit of groundbreaking books that deal with gender, such as The Left Hand of Darkness, Carolyn Ives Gilman gives readers Halfway Human, the story of a "bland" named Tedla. Blands are gender-neutral inhabitants of Gammadis, a planet that also has traditional male and female sexes. In Gammadis society, blands are less than human, objects to be owned and used, brutally trained for a life of servitude and obedience. No bland has ever left Gammadis, until Tedla turns up on Capella Two, where it lands in the care of a xenologist named Val. As Val tries to help Tedla recover from a lifetime of misuse, readers come to learn Tedla's life story, a tale that is at times difficult to take but that is fascinating nonetheless.
Phyllis Gotlieb0.0 A story of science, slavery, murder and, justice set in the distant future is put into motion when a telepathic woman judge sees an amphibious human enslaved and displayed in a tank as an advertisement for a pleasure house.
Урсула Ле Гуин4.6 Браки на планете О заключаются между четверыми — мужчиной и женщиной из Утренней мойети и мужчиной и женщиной из Вечерней. Утренний мужчина Хадри, пришедший на побережье издалека, становится объектом любви Суорда из Меруо. Хадри по-своему тоже любит Суорда, но не хочет ограничивать свою свободу таким браком. Кто может дать ему совет вдали от родного дома, как не женщина, которую он случайно встречает во время ночной прогулки...
Maureen F. McHugh0.0 Coming of age on the icy northern plains of what was once the planet Earth, Janna witnesses the arrival of the Earthers, descendants of the humans who formerly inhabited the planet, who threaten its developing civilization with their advanced technology.
Sara Paretsky0.0 They come from different worlds and meet at a time of crisis for all of them. Luisa, a drunken diva fallen on hard times, discovers on Chicago's streets a drama greater than any she has experienced onstage. Madeleine, a homeless woman, sees the Virgin Mary's blood seeping through a concrete wall beneath a luxury hotel. Mara, a rebellious adolescent cast out by her wealthy grandfather, becomes the catalyst for a war between the haves and have-nots as she searches among society's castoffs for the mother she never knew. As the three women fight for their right to live and worship beneath the hotel, they find an ally in Hector Tammuz, an idealistic young psychiatrist risking his career to treat the homeless regardless of the cost.
Мэри Розенблюм2.5 В « Божьем оке» бушует война умов и нервов на суровых пограничных мирах. Человечество сражается за свое будущее, которое висит — в буквальном смысле — на волоске над тысячефутовой пропастью.
Шон Стюарт0.0 Sean Stewart's distinctive prose has been praised as "emotionally intense" by the New York Times. Now in Mockingbird, he combines haunting simplicity with eloquence in a tale of two sisters bound by their mother's gift--a legacy of magic... When Toni Beauchamp's mother died, she and her sister Candy thought it meant a new beginning, a life free of magic. But Elena Beauchamp had one last gift for her daughter --a sip from the Mockingbird Cordial. And the moment Toni held the drink to her lips, her life would never be the same...
