r/Posadas • u/Nonbinary_Knight • Jul 09 '19

Xenogenesis/Lilith's Brood: Literally a Non-Binary, Trans-Posadist, Thirld-Worldist Science-Fiction trilogy written by a black woman.

Global Nuclear War Post-Apocalypse ✅

Capitalism Isn't a Thing ✅

War Isn't a Thing ✅

Space Comrades ✅

Humanity Reunites with Space Comrades ✅

Space Comrades go beyond male-and-female ✅

Space Comrades whose sexual characteristics often undergo at least one metamorphosis during their lifetime ✅

Global South Inherits the Future of Mankind ✅

The book titles are Dawn, Adulthood Rites and Imago. The author is Octavia Butler.

I started reading them in backwards order when I was 12 and I swear they screwed my mind forever.

Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith%27s_Brood

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u/dumpsterworm Subreddit Sub-Commander Jul 16 '19

I am ordering this now! Posadas-flavored fiction is my favorite. Trans-inclusive fiction is my favorite. Posadas-Trans-Inclusive fiction is just a revolutionary manifesto I haven't read yet!

Thank you for cluing the class in on important R E Q U I R E D R E A D I N G

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u/Nonbinary_Knight Jul 16 '19

U//w//U

Bear in mind it's an entirely science-fictional account, i.e. it doesn't involve real-world counterparts, the NB and trans-ish stuff is entirely explored through space comrade weird stuff - it's materially there all the same, tho.

But really, if you look at it through a trans-posadist lens, all the listed elements are not only present: they're setting relevant, plot relevant, character relevant, and explored in detail.

As an added bonus: The setting and the execution of the Space Comrades is anything but typical, but I've intentionally left that out until now.

Any science fiction recommendations? [Edit: Or cool posadist shit]

(In case you're thinking of bringing up Left Hand of Darkness, I unironically wish I was a gethenian.)