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"I was not in dothe," I said, "I was in a sonic field."
Wtf?!Why didn’t the author put a glossary to explain these concepts?I found several made-up words, another one ‘kemmer’ which according to ChatGPT is The cyclical period of sexual potency. For most of the month, Gethenians are sexually inactive (somer), but during kemmer, they develop male or female sexual characteristics depending on their partner.