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For a more subtitle version of this, check out the coverage of the 2014 sci-fi novel :::Lock-In by Jon Scalzi:::. The story is told first person from a paraplegic character who interacts with society via a very early generation generic robot body. The author gave the character an androgynous name that’s frequently used for men and women, and never elaborates further on the character’s sex within the story.
Fan communities and book clubs spent months realizing they had given the protagonist pronouns in their own head. The author stayed quiet in the pre-release of the book and only admitted what they’d done a good while after the release. (And when Tor wrote a piece spoiling it.) When Audible bought exclusive rights to the sequel novel, they got Wil Wheaton and Amber Benson to record identical versions of the book.
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Gah. Was struggling with Lemmy’a spoiler tags and just made a whole new comment. Hopefully things don’t get screwy with federation.