Short Stories Online, Day 24

[tamaranth]

Continuing this week's Mystery Theme (a prize to the first person to state it explicitly, or failing that to ladymoonray for closest guess) I present to you a slightly-NSFW (but it's only words) classic of the SF genre:
'Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex' by Larry Niven.

I remember reading this when I was about 12, and not really getting it. It's a lot funnier (and a bit nastier) now.

Comments

[nils.livejournal.com]

Is the theme homage?

I think this is the first story I've actually read before...

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

if you mean what I think you mean, you're on the right lines. Would you care to expand / explain / discuss, with examples?

Glad to've provided plenty of novelty! (Hope you liked at least some of the things I've linked.)

[(Anonymous)]

Or maybe I should have said 'pastiche'...

I 'I, Cthulhu', Gaiman is trying to write in the style of Lovecraft. Niven's story is a tribute to superhero comics. And so on...

Haven't actually had a chance to read many of the stories, but I've bookmarked a few. ;-)

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

am assuming it is still nils You Have Won A Prize!

Yep, this week's theme is Literary Fanfiction <g> not just pastiche but borrowed characters.

Your prize will be conferred next time I see you in a venue serving alcohol...

[nils.livejournal.com]

Hurray! ;-)

Yes, that was me - didn't notice I'd been logged out. Guess this explains why i didn't get a comment notification...

[ivory-goddess.livejournal.com]

Ha, I like! I used to wonder along similar lines when watching later series' of 'Lois & Clark' - although I didn't get so far along as to consider the additional problems of pregnancy! I got about as far as 'if he sneezes he causes a hurricane - bloody hell, better invest in a Kryptonite condom or Lois is going to be in serious trouble!'