Only if you turn the lights out. -Kevin
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 11:23 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: RE: The Grand List of Overused Scie nce Fiction Clich� s > > > In an alien race where "doing it yourself" was the norm, and > handedness was > reversed from our norm, would that be the "Left Handjob of > Darkness"? /me ducks > > -Ben > > > Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin? Been a while. > > > > > There are also stories which are reflections, or reversals of > > > cultures we are familiar with. Someone (I can't remember who > > > offhand) wrote a series of really great stories about an > alien race > > > (with footnotes to explain the translation -- how cute) where > > > homosexuality is the norm, and being hetero is a social nono. > > > Really good stuff. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
