by Steve » Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:27 am
The comic from the other day about genetic optimisation/giant penises was pretty good, but I couldn't help noticing the remarkable similarity to an actual published book:
In Brian Aldiss' Heliconia Winter, there are also scientists who create larger and larger mobile living sex organs. In the end the giant schlongs get so big that they are useless for regular humans so they have to make giant mobile vaginas as well. Then a lot of shit goes down and years later people end up worshipping them and hunting them for food when their space station runs out and other stuff.
So yeah, I'm sure Zach didn't actually steal the idea, but it's been done before, and it's a pretty good series: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helliconia
Just thought I'd point that out.
The comic from the other day about genetic optimisation/giant penises was pretty good, but I couldn't help noticing the remarkable similarity to an actual published book:
In Brian Aldiss' Heliconia Winter, there are also scientists who create larger and larger mobile living sex organs. In the end the giant schlongs get so big that they are useless for regular humans so they have to make giant mobile vaginas as well. Then a lot of shit goes down and years later people end up worshipping them and hunting them for food when their space station runs out and other stuff.
So yeah, I'm sure Zach didn't actually steal the idea, but it's been done before, and it's a pretty good series: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helliconia
Just thought I'd point that out.