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The Sime~Gen Universe, created by Jacqueline Lichtenberg, involves a future where humanity is divided into two subspecies or "larities". Gens look like ordinary humans and produce excess quantities of a life energy called ''selyn''. Simes, who have tentacled arms, must take selyn from Gens in order to survive. If the Gen is frightened and resisting when selyn is taken, the Gen dies. The series chronicles the history of the two subspecies' search for coexistence.〔Bacon-Smith, Camille, ''Science Fiction Culture'' (Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 1999), pp. 115 and 206.〕〔Bacon-Smith, Camille, ''Enterprising Women'' (Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 1991), p. 314.〕〔("Three recent novels, all by women, cry out to be reviewed together." ) Gerald Jonas, ''New York Times'' review of ''Unto Zeor, Forever'', June 25, 1978. (Pay site.)〕〔"(I had trouble deciding whether it was science fiction as pornography or science fiction as soap opera. )" Gerald Jonas, ''New York Times'' review of the Sime-Gen series, January 23, 1983.〕〔Pederson, James, ''St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers'' (St. James Press, 1995), pp. 581-2.〕 Simes and Gens have traditionally lived in separate territories. Simes raise Gens like food animals in pens. Children might become either Sime or Gen at puberty, and free Gens kill their children in self-defense if they start to change—if the child becomes Sime, it might take selyn from parents or loved ones, killing them. Simes who can take selyn from frightened Gens without killing them are "channels". They can pass the selyn gathered to other Simes. The discovery of the channels leads to Unity. Sime and Gen territories declare an uneasy truce, and channels strive to assist both sides. Lichtenberg began the series in the late 1960s as part of a creative writing class, putting it aside briefly to work on the Kraith Star Trek fan fiction series. ==Published Works (Series order in brackets)== *"Operation High Time" (short story, ''If'', January 1969) *"The Channel's Exemption" (short story, ''Galileo'', July 1977) *''First Channel'' (with Jean Lorrah) (1980) () *''Channel's Destiny'' (with Jean Lorrah) (1982) () *''Ambrov Keon'' (by Jean Lorrah) (1986) (''The Unity Trilogy'' #2) () *''House of Zeor'' (1974) (''The Unity Trilogy'' #1) () *''Zelerod's Doom'' (1986) (''The Unity Trilogy'' #3) () *''Unto Zeor, Forever'' (1978) () *''Mahogany Trinrose'' (1981) () *''RenSime'' (1984) () *''Personal Recognizance / The Story Untold and Other Sime-Gen Stories'' (2011) (titles published in back-to-back format, #9 and #10 ) *''To Kiss or To Kill: Sime-Gen, Book Eleven'' (by Jean Lorrah) () *''The Farris Channel'' (2011) () ''Personal Recognizance / The Story Untold'' contains the essay "Chronology of the Sime~Gen Universe."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Chronology of the Sime~Gen Universe )〕 There is also an extensive collection of fan-fiction available online, particularly through the official fan site at http://www.simegen.com 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sime – Gen Universe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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