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    An All-Female World Turns Out To Be A Pretty Funny Dystopia

    It's Like Blade Runner, By Way Of Uwe Boll

    We Love Dystopia Because It's So Rich... With Meaning
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    Image of Starwatcher Starwatcher
    11/13/09

    In reply to An All-Female World Turns Out To Be A Pretty Funny Dystopia
    Wasn't there an all-female world (or mostly all female) in the Lensman series? #whatweoncefelt
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    11/13/09

    In reply to An All-Female World Turns Out To Be A Pretty Funny Dystopia
    Honestly, and I say this as a man, I think our future is destined for an all-female world. Men are bad for this planet on so many levels. I wouldn't have a problem if men eventually went the way of the dinosaur--the tech exists to populate the world by test tube, and we're close to making gender selection a reality. An all-female future? I'm down with it. #whatweoncefelt
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    Image of BoomingEchoes BoomingEchoes
    11/12/09

    In reply to An All-Female World Turns Out To Be A Pretty Funny Dystopia
    Funny dystopia till you read Y:The Last Man, then it gets very sad. #whatweoncefelt
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    Image of ParryLost ParryLost
    11/12/09

    In reply to An All-Female World Turns Out To Be A Pretty Funny Dystopia

    (As tvtropes would say.)
     
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    Image of franklinshepard franklinshepard
    11/12/09

    In reply to An All-Female World Turns Out To Be A Pretty Funny Dystopia
    I thought it was interesting but not great. Still, for 20$, it's a deal. And it's always great to see theatre coverage on io9! #whatweoncefelt
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    11/12/09

    In reply to An All-Female World Turns Out To Be A Pretty Funny Dystopia
    Best gender-bender "all women" sci-fi is easily "Ammonite." #whatweoncefelt
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    11/12/09

    @mordicai: By whom? #whatweoncefelt
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    11/12/09

    @strideo:
    Nicola Griffin
    Synopsis: In Ammonite, the 1994 James Tiptree Jr. Award winner, the attempts to colonize the planet Jeep have uncovered a selective virus that kills all men and all but a few women. The remaining women undergo changes that enable them to communicate with one another and the planet itself, and give to birth to healthy, genetically diverse children. Marguerite Angelica Taishan is an anthropologist who realizes this phenomena and makes the decision to give herself up to the planet to uncover its mysteries. -
    Amazon.com #whatweoncefelt
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    Image of Dresan Dresan
    11/12/09

    In reply to An All-Female World Turns Out To Be A Pretty Funny Dystopia
    Ok I got a question... or a thought or whatever...
    What about the romantic, emotional aspect associated with reproduction? Is it gone? Is it missed? Is it now associated with a pill?
    Maybe pairs of women, or groups, bond and decide to have a baby, and reproduction and romanticism split forever?
    Of course that doesn't apply to lesbian women who now are the source of these romantic feelings associated with reproduction. But how can the act of swallowing a pill be emotionally intense and intricate as a couple?

    Yep I'm confused. Any thoughts on this? #whatweoncefelt
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    11/12/09

    @Dresan: At least in this world, the emotional aspects definitely still remain, but the process itself is as emotion-filled as ordering something off of Amazon.

    In the play you see a couple having heated discussions about whether to download. (Without giving anything else away, you should know that every Keeper gets one and only one download.) Either way, I would characterize the couple in question as "married" (ignoring present-day debates on the connotation of the term). So, the act is not intense but the decision is. #whatweoncefelt
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    Image of CodenameV CodenameV
    11/11/09

    In reply to An All-Female World Turns Out To Be A Pretty Funny Dystopia
    Much like Y the Last Man, I ask: if the males all just instantly died off...would the females miss them? Personal level, general level, I have no idea. I'm talking in the "what if we could genetically engineer so we don't need the opposite sex"

    once again, the anime series "Vandread" is my go-to source on this; girl I know has the whole box set. #whatweoncefelt
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    11/12/09

    @CodenameV: Undoubtedly many of them would miss the males and lament their loss deeply.

    . . . especially when their cars are broken down on the side of the road and they need someone to change their tire. #whatweoncefelt
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/12/09

    @strideo: Or there's a big, icky spider in the bathtub... #whatweoncefelt
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/11/09

    In reply to An All-Female World Turns Out To Be A Pretty Funny Dystopia
    What?? The Wanderground was utopian??? I totally read that book wrong! I guess the final chapter was all about their connection to 'Mother/Earth' or some such female spirit that connected them all. But I did feel like they were still at war with the men, and the threat of Man was imminent. (I couldn't figure out if the Gentles were meant to be read as good or bad, so I just read them as good)

    Being the author of the last book ever published would still be awesome, even if no one was to read it! I think the playwright was perhaps being clever there - it certainly creates a stronger sense of humour in the work.

    Idiocracy is my benchmark for dystopian comedy still. #whatweoncefelt
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    11/11/09

    In reply to An All-Female World Turns Out To Be A Pretty Funny Dystopia
    I saw this show about 2 weeks ago... I would definitely give it more than 1/5 (although, of course, I'm not a professional reviewer), it is funny in parts but it is dialogue-heavy in case you are not into that sort of thing. But for $20 a ticket it is definitely worthwhile.

    There were some interesting perspectives not only on the class conflict and the end of the printed word, but also on our attention spans and the "dumbing-down" of our culture as a result of how we process information in the digital age. Some great double-casting as well, particularly Marsha Stephanie Blake as the creepy/robotic Tradepack border guard and a Keeper trying to download a baby of her own. #whatweoncefelt
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    Image of bme85 bme85
    11/11/09

    In reply to An All-Female World Turns Out To Be A Pretty Funny Dystopia
    I went to see this opening night and thought it was awsome. I cant imagine how it only got 1 out of 5 stars. Go see it if you can, the tickets are cheap and its well worth it.
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    Image of Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon
    11/11/09

    In reply to An All-Female World Turns Out To Be A Pretty Funny Dystopia
    I suppose it could be entertaining, but seems like too much going on all at once for a serious SF story. #whatweoncefelt
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    Image of McWarrior McWarrior
    11/11/09

    @Anekanta - Space Hippy!: ...that could be because it's a comedy? #whatweoncefelt
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    Image of Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon
    11/11/09

    @McWarrior: Well, there is that. What, you expect me to read these blog posts and comment intelligently? THIS IS THE INTERNET!

    (Pay no attention to the space hippy, he's just bored, sleep deprived, and slap happy)

    :) #whatweoncefelt
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    Image of txtphile txtphile
    11/11/09

    In reply to An All-Female World Turns Out To Be A Pretty Funny Dystopia
    I'm no professional review-person, but when I lived in NYC I found the panned plays were as entertaining as the critics' darlings; even more so than movies. #whatweoncefelt
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    11/12/09

    @txtphile:
    Crap you discovered my secret. I wait for the reviews and when the critics say it should bomb, I figure I'll like it #whatweoncefelt
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/11/09

    In reply to An All-Female World Turns Out To Be A Pretty Funny Dystopia
    But is there snu snu?
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    Image of josh42042 josh42042
    11/11/09

    In reply to An All-Female World Turns Out To Be A Pretty Funny Dystopia
    for another female dominated dystopia, check out Egalia's Daughters

    [www.amazon.com]
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    Image of namanintx namanintx
    11/11/09

    @josh42042: There's also David Brin's "Glory Season". Another all-female world. #whatweoncefelt
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/12/09

    @namanintx: Um, no. Try reading it again. #whatweoncefelt
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    11/12/09

    @AmishJohn: I get where Namanitnx is coming from though. It's easy to forget there are men on the planet in that story. #whatweoncefelt
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/12/09

    @NerD: Blattella: Only if you skip most of the second half of the book. It's a female dominated - but with checks and balances for the males - society. #whatweoncefelt
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    11/12/09

    @AmishJohn: Yes, and it is written from the perspective of the women in it.

    That and "The Gate to Women's Country" are told similarly. I think you can forgive the blanket statement.

    Even the second half focuses on one man, and he's more of a Mcguffin than a character. #whatweoncefelt
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