Abstract
In her Wayfarers series of novels, Becky Chambers imagines a future in which humans, with their laughably limited range of genders and sexualities, become part of a Galactic Commons alongside species whose differences occasion frequent opportunities to practice extreme interspecies understanding. Because humans joined the Galactic Commons as refugees from a dying planet, not the intrepid explorers or conquering heroes more typical of science fiction, their humility in the face of these differences is the vehicle for a clever, joyful, sex-positive, low-key exploration of inclusion.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Routledge Companion to Gender and Science Fiction |
| Editors | Lisa Yaszek, Sonja Fritzsche, Keren Omry, Wendy Gay Pearson |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
| Chapter | 43 |
| Pages | 310-317 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781003082934 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780367537012 |
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| Publication status | Published - 10 Feb 2023 |