Bloodchild

I really enjoyed this story, the relationship between the humans and The Tlic is fascinating. The existence of the Tlic as a race that is both parasitic and symbiotic at the same time is an interesting concept. Especially the way the Tlic are understanding and reasonable, rather than trying to force the humans into coercion, which is something they could probably do. The way the story was written is interesting as well, since almost all of our class believed the main character to be female until it was revealed otherwise. I'm not sure what in the writing gave everyone this impression, it may have simply been the fact that the writer is female, and some writers struggle with writing from the perspective of the opposite gender.