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From Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex to Tash Hearts Tolstoy to Let’s Talk About Love, asexuality is far less mysterious (and less dominated by robots and aliens) than it was five years ago in literature. Though it often feels like ace characters are limited to non-fiction or contemporary novels, there is a growing collection of characters in science fiction and fantasy that are acing it. (It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an ace in possession of a good list of books, must be in want of a pun.) It’s rare that ace characters get to exist within a science fiction or fantasy world without being an educational tool about asexuality or a lesson about humanity’s greatest weapon, love. The five books that follow all feature a-spec characters exploring fantasy worlds, saving the day in space, or romancing their alien love interest. ....