**Setsuna Meiō** @setsuna@plural.cafe · Mar 09, 2019, 03:04

**Setsuna Meiō** @setsuna@plural.cafe · Mar 09, 2019, 03:04

Setsuna Meiō @setsuna@plural.cafe

Mar 09, 2019, 03:04

Seeking Science Fiction

#AskMastodon What are some good SF works on parasitism and sex/reproduction? I’m looking for something in the vein of Bloodchild or The Left Hand of Darkness. Not so much “All You Zombies—“ because that was about an individual, rather than a world.

#scifi #SF #sciencefiction

**Naga** @naga@octodon.social · 2019-03-09T18:22:55Z

Naga @naga@octodon.social

Seeking Science Fiction

@setsuna First thought is Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis trilogy, but since you mention Bloodchild you've probably already got that one.

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**Setsuna Meiō** @setsuna@plural.cafe · Mar 09, 2019, 18:39

**Setsuna Meiō** @setsuna@plural.cafe · Mar 09, 2019, 18:39

Mar 09, 2019, 18:39

Setsuna Meiō @setsuna@plural.cafe

@naga I didn’t know there was a trilogy!

**Naga** @naga@octodon.social · Mar 09, 2019, 18:39

**Naga** @naga@octodon.social · Mar 09, 2019, 18:39

Mar 09, 2019, 18:39

Naga @naga@octodon.social

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

**Jacek** @jacek@mastodon.technology · Mar 09, 2019, 19:11

**Jacek** @jacek@mastodon.technology · Mar 09, 2019, 19:11

Mar 09, 2019, 19:11

Jacek @jacek@mastodon.technology

Seeking Science Fiction

@naga @setsuna Since parasitism was mentioned there is "Patternist Series" (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patternist_series). Also Butler published a lot of short-stories, and about a half of them had either of the requested themes ;)

**Naga** @naga@octodon.social · Mar 09, 2019, 19:13

**Naga** @naga@octodon.social · Mar 09, 2019, 19:13

Mar 09, 2019, 19:13

Naga @naga@octodon.social

Seeking Science Fiction

@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)

**Jacek** @jacek@mastodon.technology · Mar 09, 2019, 20:47

**Jacek** @jacek@mastodon.technology · Mar 09, 2019, 20:47

Mar 09, 2019, 20:47

Jacek @jacek@mastodon.technology

Seeking Science Fiction

@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.