![]() ![]() ![]() Scott's commentary on today's sexual politics is obvious, but she develops a rich, creative and consistent culture with its own family structures, social mores, religion and technology that will engage readers and likely return in a sequel. Warreven is a Haran herm, living as a man, whose personal history and work-first as a ``clan advocate'' arguing the legal cases of ``players'' who ply the ``trade'' (commercial sex), then as an elected official-lead him to oppose his world's policies. On the planet Hara, however, only male and female are legal roles, and the ``odd-bodied'' that form one-fourth of the population there must choose to act as one or the other. Space pilot and ambitious young game designer Quinn Lioe spends shore leave on the planet Burning Bright, known for its virtual reality games, and soon finds herself playing a game with stakes higher than she imagined. The drug hyperlumin-A, which eases sickness from faster-than-light travel, has given rise to three new sexes-mem, fem and herm-each with its own pronoun system and stereotyped societal role. Scott's accomplished new novel shares some of Dreamships 's interest in virtual reality, but in a much different. Political intrigue set in a far future that features a radically different human culture hinging on a multitude of genders is the theme of Scott's (Trouble and Her Friends) new work. ![]()
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