I've been struggling to remember the name of a story. For all my searching, I've drawn a blank. I was hoping someone here might remember it. I'm not sure if it was even published on this site. Or if it was and then later taken down.
Synopsis:
It was a sci-fi setting, on a generational ship. For some reason the Earth was doomed and (I think) an alien race came to Earth and taught humans how to get off the planet. The story starts after the parents of are put into hybernation. During a health check, the boy character, I think his name was Steve, is assigned female by the ship's artificial intelligence. A girl, I think her name was Karen, is assigned male. I believe the story is divided into three books. All the books are about these characters coming to grips with their situation and trying to fix the computer's "mistake."
In the last book they make planetfall and begin to set up a new colony. That's when the computer begins to wake up the kid's parents and grandparents. Along with "security force" made up entirely of (androids? clones?). All named... Ian? Something like that. I'm sorry for my hazy memory. In the third book, I remember Steve was pregnant but beyond that I have no idea.
If anyone has any ideas, please leave a comment. This has been driving me up the wall. Thank you!
Edit: G11 is the name of the story! Thank you all, you're the best! This has been killing me.
Comments
That one is easy...
Sarah Bayen's G11 series.
Still available from Amazon on Kindle.
You got it!
Oh my gosh, thank you so much!
Know the exact story you're looking for
You're looking for the G11 Trilogy by Sarah Bayen... on Amazon Kindle. It is likely that any free copies of the stories have been subsequently removed. I'd get you the links, but I'm on limited internet right now. The three stories are:
1. G11: Mistaken Identity
2. G11: Planetfall
3. G11: Colony
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Wonderful <3
Thank you! As soon as I saw G11, the rest clicked into place. I see it on Amazon. Thanks for your help!
"G11 Mistaken Identity" by
"G11 Mistaken Identity" by Sarah Bayen is probably the first book. I read it a long time ago. I found it on Crystal's Storysite. She doesn't have a page here.
-- Daphne Xu (a page of contents)
Crystal's!
That's exactly where I read it, originally! I was having the darndest time trying to remember the trans fiction sites I used to look at. Thanks!
Additional story by Dr. Bill
There is also an additional set of stories G15 - Classified and G15 - Reclassified available on Dr. Bill's Shapphire's Place page.
Michelle B
After
Reading this Request for help to find a story,
I was reminded of a story that was posted here at BCTS more recently
Similar premise of a generational ship, MC nicknamed MOUSE I think, trained to be chief engineer
Hides out in disused areas of the ship
After - Vagrants
I was also reminded of the same story with the main character being Mouse. I liked the story (Vagrants by Nagrij) a lot, and the first posting actually predates G11 by about 4 months (posting date of Vagrants 1 vs publish date of G11's first book in Amazon). In Vagrants only Mouse is turned in order to achieve balance as they needed all couples producing offspring in preparation for the colonization. It deals with Mouse's journey until she finally accepts herself. Vagrants ends well before reaching a colonizing planet don't quite remember if Mouse ended up pregnant but if not was well in her way to getting there.
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