@setsuna Oh, glad it was a help! Dawn, Adulthood Rites, aImago.

@jacek @setsuna I hadn't thought about that aspect of the Patternist books, but you're absolutely right.

Also, to be more explicit on Xenogensis, it moves into symbiosis territory for reproduction. (As I recall, it's been a long time since I've read the latter two)

@naga @setsuna Actually I was very keen to know what will people from SF book club say when they read whole Xenogenesis (I got trilogy as a single tome so I read it in a weekend). And yes --- definitely there is more symbiosis than parasitism.

@naga @setsuna

Especially this short story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodchild_and_Other_Stories#%22Bloodchild%22