"The Draft" by Michelle Lurker (an173204@anon.penet.fi). This story takes place in a society 200 years in the future. Paul is drafted by the military and is informed that the enemy has conducted secret chemical attacks against the nation. The aim of the attacks was to destroy the nation's population by rendering most of the females infertile. The nation's genetic engineers have found a process by which they think they can genetically re-engineer males into fertile female and thereby reverse this insidious decline in the population. Paul has been selected to be re-engineered into a prototype female, so that his nation's society can continue!

When Paul is first transformed into Paula, we discover that female society has regressed to the 1950's. Her new father acts just like Dad on "Father Knows Best" - even referring to Paula as Princess. Society has become an anti-utopia - much like that found in Orwell's "1984." Paula seems to have forgotten her previous existence as Paul and to be resigned to her role as a flaky, subservient female; but then an incident happens that causes her to recover her memory. At this point it becomes more appropriate to think of the protagonist as Paul within Paula's body. And then the Underground commandos come to rescue her... But I don't want to disclose any more of the plot.

From the perspective of transgender stories, this one is unique in the respect that the person goes from completely male (but not a hunk) to completely female (and quite a beauty) before returning to the state of the male in the female body. From the perspective of just plain science fiction, it's a pretty good story - but with a lot of questions unanswered. From the perspective of a hot sex story, it's still a pretty good science fiction story with a lot of questions unanswered. In other words, if you're looking for material to heighten your immediate sexual passion, you should look elsewhere; but if you want to spend some time exploring some interesting possibilities about masculine and feminine personalities and their roles in society, this is an excellent story. The story does an excellent job of exploring the personality of Paul/Paula. I thought this was a superb story.