Trying to find six sci-fi and fantasy novels with enby characters and i had it in my head to find three and three but dang there's a lot more of us in spaceships than there are casting spells :) anyone got any suggestions ?

[fish4203@tech.lgbt]

@snosrapkungfu
Murderbot diaries is really good

[catsalad@infosec.exchange]

@snosrapkungfu Glory In The Thunder by @0xabad1dea :3

[0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange]

@catsalad @snosrapkungfu haha I should warn that the original draft I started in 2013 he/hims Rashk a lot more than I now like

the visual novel version I’m now working on a) will reduce the amount Rashk is he/himmed and increase the they/themmed b) portrays older Eldin as switching from she/her to they/them

[dar@mastoart.social]

@snosrapkungfu if you fancy old, of its time, kind of offensive nowadays, there are some Robert A Heinlein stories. Be prepared to get eye rolling cross about it though . :)) they are definitely of their time. Definitely an old straight man's work.

[stveje@mstdn.social]

@snosrapkungfu The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia comes to mind. It's got blood magic and the main character is non-binary if I recall. No space ships in sight, as far as I can remember at least

[retroinstinct@mastodon.world]

@snosrapkungfu I'm currently slowly reading "Slow Gods" by Claire North. While I don't think it matches exactly what you have in mind, it does explore personal identity and cultural concepts of gender.

I think the MC might be intended to be interpreted as non-binary; the author uses a non gendered first person style, and I didn't realize till the 2nd or 3rd chapter that they were considered a man in the world.

I'm enjoying what I've read so far, and would recommend it.

[costa_b@mastodon.social]

@snosrapkungfu the most relevant thing I read recently was "The Left Hand of Darkness" by the absolute genius Ursula K. Le Guin. Some bits may sound a little dated today (maybe), but the fact that she wrote it in 1969 makes one suspect that she came from the future

[aspiringluddite@medievalist.masto.host]

@snosrapkungfu

Veo Corva's ( @vicorva ) 'Non-Player Character' ticks all the boxes, I think. And is a jolly good read, too.

[substandard@chaosfem.tw]

@snosrapkungfu The Unbalancing by RB Lemberg? Other works in their Birdverse may also be of interest.

[vicorva@mastodon.art]

@AspiringLuddite

[quatermasstools@infosec.exchange]

@snosrapkungfu Charlie Stross’ "Tales of the New Management" set of three.

[zeborah@mastodon.nz]

@snosrapkungfu Mary Gentle's eponymous Ilario is intersex but it's been ages since I read it so I don't recall what if any gender they identify with, or how well it holds up.

Hm... the protagonist of Ann Leckie's _The Raven Tower_ is *technically* nonbinary but that's because they're a rock/god so not exactly representation.

[baronesswinter@beige.party]

@snosrapkungfu I'm desperately trying to remember a novel I read a few years ago which had a group of nomadic people whose society had three genders. It was based on African mythology and had flavorful, non-Euro magic; one of the main characters gets corrupted by his power and one of his eyes continually leaks as a sign of that corruption. The overall main theme, as I recall, was attempting to stop desertification of the land, with the desert growing from the east. I can't find it on the internet this morning for the life of me; I thought it was by Nnedi Okorafor, but looking at her titles, none of them seem to be the right one. I'll keep looking and get back to you if I find it.

[scholar_farmer@zirk.us]

@snosrapkungfu T. Kingfisher's Swordheart series and Becky Chambers' Wayfarer series (e.g. The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet) both have strong enby characters. And Martha Wells Murderbot Diaries -- it was a shock to me when Apple TV gendered the main character

[aram@aoir.social]

@snosrapkungfu oooh, I wrote one!

Amazon.com

(www.amazon.com)

[willyyam@mastodon.social]

@snosrapkungfu I don't have them in front of me, but @annaleen wrote The Terraformers, which I think has some enby characters. I think it's a good sign that I remember the characters, but not their genders.

Also, I have a similar thought. about @r_emrys The Half-Built Garden.

[brainwane@social.coop]

@snosrapkungfu I'm reasonably sure several works on the Otherwise Award lists (that have received the award or been on the honor lists or long lists) https://otherwiseaward.org/award#previous-awards fit your criteria!

[msbellows@c.im]

@snosrapkungfu "Monk & Robot" belongs on your list. I'll call it "soft sf"?

[eruonna@lgbtqia.space]

@snosrapkungfu
I recently read Parksville Community Witch, which is probably more romance than fantasy, but the main character is a nonbinary witch

[adrianh@mastodon.social]

@snosrapkungfu Maybe Alex Easton in Kingfisher's Sworn Soldier series? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Moves_the_Dead