tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post8823150719054651728..comments2024-03-28T00:05:38.435-07:00Comments on Biology in Science Fiction: Alien Sex and Worlds: Philip Jose Farmer (1918-2009)Peggy Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-76609191865158049032009-12-07T04:52:33.774-08:002009-12-07T04:52:33.774-08:00Go and read FLESH before accusing Phil of stereoty...Go and read FLESH before accusing Phil of stereotypingCrotchety Old Fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02092745636011711266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-76189574278567967212009-03-18T02:50:00.000-07:002009-03-18T02:50:00.000-07:00Coturnix: I've been meaning to look up the World o...Coturnix: I've been meaning to look up the World of Tiers novels, since the world-building sounds pretty interesting, but I have far too many books in my "to read" pile as it is. <BR/><BR/>Arvind: It's really some weird sex - queer is right.<BR/><BR/>Athena: I think you've pegged it with the Playboy analogy (it was founded at about the same time the story was published).Peggy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-22503284727327091142009-03-09T15:21:00.000-07:002009-03-09T15:21:00.000-07:00Beyond the incredibly long infodump, the lalitha b...Beyond the incredibly long infodump, the lalitha biology is completely bogus as well as nasty -- a wet dream of a perfect woman modeling herself totally on the man she attaches herself to. It gets even better: she dies as soon as she becomes more than a sex toy, leaving behind equally model-perfect daughters ready to repeat the cycle.<BR/><BR/>Groundbreaking, yes, the way Playboy was: from no Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-81187378653869205192009-03-02T16:45:00.000-08:002009-03-02T16:45:00.000-08:00My intro to Farmer was his World of Tiers fantasy ...My intro to Farmer was his World of Tiers fantasy trilogy which I liked very much. Then I read the Riverworld series and The Lovers, but really liked his short stories the best.Bora Zivkovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10763808287050592569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-85390520638807209502009-02-27T23:30:00.000-08:002009-02-27T23:30:00.000-08:00Orgasm and that too achieved in an alien female in...Orgasm and that too achieved in an alien female in coitus with one earthling! Female humanity must be obviously jelous to this real Ms.Universe as only they know it very well how difficult it to get it on the planet earth. Damn to their male companions ! But the same male partner could help his alien mate to achieve it on other planet !What does the fantasy imply? <BR/>Queer and interesting ! <Arvind Mishrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02231261732951391013noreply@blogger.com