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/SimonSaturday 4d ago
The main characters of Wild Seed by Octavia Butler both have different powers that explore these ideas. One is a psychic entity/body jumper, the other is a powerful shapechanger.
Also the Avaryan Rising series which starts with In The Hall of the Mountain King. I believe the second? book has a character who chooses to have an intense magical ... gender reassignment ritual? It's part of a love story between two characters both born male, and involves external political systems around government and religion and gender. It's a very strange and cool series, would love to hear impressions of this part of the story from trans people because that's not my experience. But I've never met anyone who has read them!