What are you reading?

HoldMeSteady · 11-13-2014, 03:20 PM

I recently finished Ancillary Sword, after loving Ancillary Justice, by Ann Leckie. In this series, the culture the main character is part of doesn't recognize gender and uses female pronouns for everybody. And the author won't tell in interviews which gender the characters are. She says the characters and relationships are like rorshach tests. Sure enough, I thought the main love relationship in the first book was butch-femme. There are other complicated themes in the book too - about artificial intelligence, what makes a person and colonization.

11-13-2014, 03:20 PM	#1
HoldMeSteady Member How Do You Identify?: Wise old Femme Preferred Pronoun?: she, hers Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: New York Posts: 113 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 162 Thanked 218 Times in 74 Posts Rep Power: 2120047	I recently finished Ancillary Sword, after loving Ancillary Justice, by Ann Leckie. In this series, the culture the main character is part of doesn't recognize gender and uses female pronouns for everybody. And the author won't tell in interviews which gender the characters are. She says the characters and relationships are like rorshach tests. Sure enough, I thought the main love relationship in the first book was butch-femme. There are other complicated themes in the book too - about artificial intelligence, what makes a person and colonization.