Shadow Man
by:
Melissa Scott (author)
Melissa Scott's Shadow Man is a gripping and thought-provoking look at a strange future. In this future, five human sexual identities are recognized throughout the galaxy, and humanity has adjusted to this new culture. Except on Hara, where everyone must choose to be a man or a woman and that...
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Melissa Scott's Shadow Man is a gripping and thought-provoking look at a strange future. In this future, five human sexual identities are recognized throughout the galaxy, and humanity has adjusted to this new culture. Except on Hara, where everyone must choose to be a man or a woman and that decision is final. "Impressive. . . . A book that compares favorably with the gender-bending SF classics, Triton and The Left Hand of Darkness."--Booklist.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312862060 (0312862067)
Publish date: October 15th 1996
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
An extremely interesting novel by Scott, probably my favorite of all her work I've read so far. It seems to have been inspired by Anne Fausto-Sterling's 1993 essay, "The Five Sexes: Why Male and Female Are Not Enough" (http://frank.mtsu.edu/~phollowa/5sexes.html). Humanity has achieved FTL travel, a...
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