Science Fiction Motif Index

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Welcome to the Science Fiction Motif Index, a small repository of concepts from science fiction and their history. Explore the development of robots, carbon fiber, and alien encounters as told through stories of different time periods. Find the influences and predecessors of your favorite stories, or other stories that explore the same concepts.

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The Left Hand of Darkness 1969

by Ursula K. Le Guin

An envoy for the Ekumen - a coalition of worlds - visits a unique planet called Gethen/Winter where the population is genderless and sexless, and finds it difficult to understand their psychology.

Aliens Can't Understand Human Psychology 1 occurrences

Aliens have trouble understanding crazy humans, but clever humans can understand alien psychology.

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