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Ursula K. Lequin wrote some of the best Science Fiction with believeable
alien cultures. She had a pretty good handle on it. Her father was Alfred
Kroeber.
Smoke.
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I believe Pat is talking about Ursula Leguin, who wrote a series of thought
provoking tales using anthropological concepts with alien planets and races
as the backdrop. If you want to get into that genre, even older generation
sci fi authors like Robert Heinlein explored transgender issues but let his
bias lead the reader. Perhaps the most interesting trend in fiction writing
occurred during the 1970s with a breakthrough of feminine authors who often
used anthropology and alien cultures to present concepts and messages about
colonialism and alien response. My all time favorite is the late Marion
Zimmer Bradley, who wrote a series of books following the "Darkover" theme
of a shipwrecked space colony on a planet with a nearly extinct race of
Chieri (both male and female aspects and capable of cross-breeding with
humans) and who passed on a variety of mind-speak and other powers that
influenced world politics for the ensuing 4,000 years. Bradley actually
began the
Ron May
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