![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lb_lee posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
pluralstories"-- I am not a monkey, she signs. -- I am a girl.
Blurb: A chimp, taught ASL and implanted with the personality of a man's dead daughter, is raised as that daughter until his death. Taken to a scientific research facility, it's up to Rachel to decide who and what she is, and how she wants her life to go.
Why is it worth your time?: Rachel's experience of species dissonance, deciding where she fits in (among humans? among apes?) and reconciling her past, human self with her current chimpanzee self feels relevant to anyone who's had to undergo a major identity change (and move from one species to another). Check it out!
Plural/1+ Tags: abuse not mentioned, identityblending, copies, nonhumans (chimpanzee), setting-specific, serially singlet
Content Warnings: Contain spoilers; see comments
Accessibility Notes: Available in German, Dutch, Japanese, and French. This story has been reprinted oodles of times, and is available in paperback, hardback,
Misc. Notes (if any): This story has also won some awards. It's well-reputed!
Blurb: A chimp, taught ASL and implanted with the personality of a man's dead daughter, is raised as that daughter until his death. Taken to a scientific research facility, it's up to Rachel to decide who and what she is, and how she wants her life to go.
Why is it worth your time?: Rachel's experience of species dissonance, deciding where she fits in (among humans? among apes?) and reconciling her past, human self with her current chimpanzee self feels relevant to anyone who's had to undergo a major identity change (and move from one species to another). Check it out!
Plural/1+ Tags: abuse not mentioned, identityblending, copies, nonhumans (chimpanzee), setting-specific, serially singlet
Content Warnings: Contain spoilers; see comments
Accessibility Notes: Available in German, Dutch, Japanese, and French. This story has been reprinted oodles of times, and is available in paperback, hardback,
Misc. Notes (if any): This story has also won some awards. It's well-reputed!
Tags:
- 1+:abuse:not mentioned,
- 1+:identityblending,
- 1+:people:copies,
- 1+:people:nonhumans,
- 1+:type:serially singlet,
- 1+:type:setting-specific,
- access:audio/dubbing,
- access:screenreadable,
- audience:adults,
- genre:sci-fi,
- language:deutsche,
- language:française,
- language:nederlands,
- language:日本語,
- length:short,
- medium:writing,
- time:1980s
Content Warnings
Date: 2025-07-10 12:30 am (UTC)