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LESSON 5 · Sci-Fi That Saw the Future

PAUSE TO THINK

Who can give birth on Gethen?

Any adult

Because a Gethenian can take on either sex during **kemmer**, the same person may father one child and give birth to another. Le Guin noted that 'the king was pregnant' is a sentence her world makes ordinary.

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