Re: Beautiful woman want to be your wife

Bill Swears <wswears@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Jonathan L Cunningham wrote:
> > So in how many of these sfnal examples are they really different
> > sexes, as opposed to different forms, like in ants and bees? I
> > mean, can the reader actually tell? (And does it matter? <g>)
> >
> > Jonathan
>
> Larry Niven's Puppeteers had three sexes, not well explained. But two
> of the sexes provided genetic material while the third was,
> nonsentient-property. There was, I think, something Icky about the
> situation. I'm not sure, but the third not have been a member of the
> puppeteer species. Or there may have been hints that way.

That rings a bell, faintly, so it's probably in one of the stories
I've read. Since puppeteers are a bit reticent about their sex
lives, I'm not sure I can find the mention. You don't happen to
remember where that came from do you?

Jonathan
(Sounds like a story title: "through a glass, darkly" or "rings
a bell, faintly" or "shoots a glance, dimly" or something -- not
quite appropriate adverbs :-). One day my command of language
will improve to the point where I understand poetry, murkily.)


their sex life, I'm not sure I can find where that came out
.

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