Of science fiction genres, I first threw myself into speculative fiction. I loved speculative fiction for the fact that—rather than cheesy sci-fi movies I’d seen depicted in media—these stories detail a world very similar to ours, only changed in a single, major way. These stories allow their authors to, as the name of the subgenre implies, speculate. Speculate either on how society could develop in the far future, or a completely different universe. These stories twist your brain. A large chunk of this subgenre focuses on our culture’s social issues and how we deal with them. Samuel R. Delaney’s Aye, and Gomorrah dealt with several layers of LGBT+ identity, a couple years before the Stonewall riots. Our main character is not only nonbinary but assigned by the government as neither male nor female at a certain age, thereby deeply exploring the concept of gender. The main protagonist is portrayed as asexual, and those attracted to them are deemed freaks, examining sexuality at an odd ...