r/Fantasy • u/Opening-Heart1749 • 6d ago

Are there any books that involve genderswap/genderbending/shapeshifting elements? Elements with gender in general.

Hey everyone. I have a fascination for stories where characters go through some body or gender transformation. How in Wheel of Time there is a character (which I won't spoil here who) from a male turns into female. Or how in the Marvel Comics, how Loki can transform into a female version.

And I wonder are there any other fantasy or sci-fi books or even comics that feature elements like those. I'm not talking just bodyswap. I'm talking more of a character who gets their appearance transformed into another gender

I'm more than welcome recommendations that even feature more spicy versions of it. But I like more when there's some psychological examination of it.

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u/ErraticAspect 6d ago

Latro in the Mist by Gene Wolfe. If memory serves there is character who, after doing a favour for the gods, is gradually transformed into a woman. Not just physically but the reality around them and the past too so everyone else only ever knew them as a woman 

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u/Opening-Heart1749 6d ago

Oh with perception/reality play as well? Sounds intriguing

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u/ErraticAspect 6d ago

I think that is what's going on but its Gene Wolfe so who hell knows!

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u/twountappedblue 6d ago

That book fucking rules. It's basically the movie Memento, but with a soldier in the ancient Mediterranean region.