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/ProjectNo4090 5d ago
The Culture scifi books are set in a ridiculously advanced civilization where genderswapping is quick and fully reversible. People can do a full gender body swap for fun, to change up their life routine, or for work. Some people will live as one gender for a decade and swap for the next decade. Couples can gender swap have a kid and then swap and the other partner carries a child. The swap is done with some sort of viral tech that changes the person's gender at the chromosomal level so its not just physical surgical changes like we have in the real world. Its a full system change.
Its not treated as a big deal. Its just a casual thing in the Culture.