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Scifi writer Larry Niven later addressed the same 'risque' issue that gave pause to Nabokov & the New Yorker, in his 1969 essay, 'Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex
by gojomo 6y ago
Scifi writer Larry Niven later addressed the same 'risque' issue that gave pause to Nabokov & the New Yorker, in his 1969 essay, 'Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_Steel,_Woman_of_Kleenex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_Steel,_Woman_of_Kleenex
http://www.rawbw.com/~svw/superman.html http://www.rawbw.com/~svw/superman.html
- cafard 6y agoNeed I say that Mad Magazine beat Larry Niven to this one?
- gojomo 6y agoDid they? What year? (Did they also beat Nabokov?)
- cafard 6y agoIn the world of the Internet, you never have to say "I don't know": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superduperman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superduperman . The year was 1953.
- gojomo 6y agoThanks! But having just read the 1953 Mad Magazine 'Superduperman' (https://forgottenawesome.blogspot.com/2017/07/superduperman.html https://forgottenawesome.blogspot.com/2017/07/superduperman....), I don't notice any reference to the dangers posed by Super(duper)man's ejaculation!
- cafard 6y agoSorry, I was thinking of the juvenile application of X-Ray vision. I have not read Larry Niven's piece.
- JasonFruit 6y ago> gutting her like a trout Egh.
- HideousKojima 6y agoRobot Chicken did it as well, with Superman accidentally shooting all the way through the back of Lois's head and killing her with a super, uh, load.