Connie Willis

Uncharted Territory is a science fiction novella by Connie Willis. Published in 1994, it describes obliquely an alien planet, three humans sent to explore and discover on a world in which gender is not apparent.

From Connie Willis, winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, comes a comedic romp through an unpredictable world of mystery, love, and time travel... Ned Henry is badly in need of a rest. He's been shuttling between the 21st century and the 1940s searching for a Victorian atrocity called the bishop's bird stump. …