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Joel Gerber asked this question about Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1):
I didn't quite understand the genders of characters in this book. Everyone is referred to as a female, but that might be because the ship cannot tell the difference? Seems odd since the ship can tell almost everything else about a person's mood.
Boris Budeck AI not being able to differentiate between male/female seems to be odd and is quite impausible. They have the required sensors and they can interpret …moreAI not being able to differentiate between male/female seems to be odd and is quite impausible. They have the required sensors and they can interpret the concept. Even the strange Radch are biological beings that seem to reproduce in a way that makes gender distinction natural and pausible. It could be a cultural thing to use the same word for both genders - then it would definitely not be "she" or "he" in the English translation. The author most likely used it as a tool (maybe for a yet unknown reason) instead of doing some lingustics resreach.(less)
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Ancillary Justice
by Ann Leckie (Goodreads Author)
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