“—All You Zombies—”
by Robert A. Heinlein
A 25-year-old man, originally born as an orphan girl named Jane, tells his story to a
55-year-old bartender who then recruits him for a time-travel adventure.
— Michael Main
When I opened you, I found a mess. I sent for the Chief of Surgery while I got the baby
out, then we held a consultation with you on the table—and worked for hours to salvage
what we could. You had two full sets of organs, both immature, but with the female set
well enough developed for you to have a baby. They could never be any use to you again,
so we took them out and rearranged things so that you can develop properly as a man.
“‘—All You Zombies—’” by Robert A. Heinlein,
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March
1959.