The novel Triton by Samuel R. Delany presents a dystopian future wrapped up in the ideal of freedom. On the colony of Triton, the government is handicapped to the point where individual freedom is at an all-time high, and it's entirely possible to move where there is absolutely no government or oversight. Citizens use their unchecked freedom to explore their sexuality and change themselves to any degree desired. People in this world will undergo multiple sex-change operations (reversing them multiple times if necessary) and develop and adjust their palate of interests—from the sexual to the mundane—to any degree they wish. 

There: that woman, a handsome sixty—or older if she'd had regeneration treatments—walking with one blue, high-heeled boot in the street; she's got blue lips, blue bangles on her breasts.

Bron immediately notices this woman and focuses on her as a sexual object. He was a prostitute, so he is accustomed to viewing and using others as sexual objects. In this instance, it reveals how sexualized he and the society around him has become. Additionally, it is clear that regeneration treatments—anti-aging—have become commonplace as well. People have taken their increased freedoms and used them to heighten their sexuality and improve their physical beauty.

"Did you find it a satisfactory transition?" Sex changes were common enough, but since (as Bron remembered some public channeler explaining) some of the "success" of the operation might be vitiated by admission, one did not hear about specific ones frequently.

Bron is surprised when he learns Sam has undergone a sex change operation. He had never suspected this and, in his shock, betrays his true feelings about those who elect to receive such treatments. He has less respect for the people who have undergone them and mistakenly assumes that his friend would never have done it. However, this quote shows how frequently they occur: practically everyone gets an operation. Bron also suspects they may not be as wonderful as everyone claims, and people overemphasize their successes to convince others, like him, of their value.

"This fantasy/reality confusion," Bron went on, "it's just marvelous in her work."

This final quote shows Bron's marvel at the Spike's work with her microtheater productions. It is impressive how she can blend and interweave reality and fantasy so successfully. In the novel, this is an interesting commentary because their lives are essentially a blend of reality and fantasy—as everyone can modify their existence to create their fantasy. People can augment their bodies and genders, change their desires, and freely do whatever they choose. The reality and fantasy confusion Bron is so impressed with is happening all around him.