"Just for Beautiful"

Title"Just for Beautiful"
Year for Search1999
AuthorsWurfel, Marlene(b. 1974)
Secondary TitleOn Spec: The Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic
Volume / Edition11.4 (39)
Pagination101-07
Date PublishedWinter 1999
KeywordsCanadian author, Female author
Annotation

A flawed environmental utopia with population balanced by restricting births to the replacement level. The people can change genders at will and see all activities as either female or male. They try unsuccessfully to integrate a group arriving on a space ship who cannot change. 

Author Note

Canadian female author (b. 1974).

Full Text

1999 Wurfel, Marlene (b. 1974). “Just for Beautiful.” Illus. Jeff Doten. On Spec: The Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic 11.4 (39) (Winter 1999): 101-07. PSt

A flawed environmental utopia with population balanced by restricting births to the replacement level. The people can change genders at will and see all activities as either female or male. They try unsuccessfully to integrate a group arriving on a space ship who cannot change. Canadian female author.