In/Out - A Backlog

[hundun]

I remember hearing a story about an austistic man in his thirties who moved into a cross betveen a conventional and a care home after spending most of his life in a mental institution. The woman who owned the home had a piano, and the man sat down to play it. Without speaking, and only occasionally eating, he played it every waking moment. It was

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[katkent]

"All those science fiction or fantasy books where I thought, I wonder if in this hypothetical world, you could change your sex...? A large number of books shake this memory up. And that despair of I guess thinking about it is as close as I'll ever get. "

Have you read the Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Leguin?

http://www.amazon.com/Left-Hand-Darkness-Ursula-LeGuin/dp/0441478123

You just made me think of it. If you don't have it, I do as an .lit.

[hundun]

Thanks, but I've read it twice!