Comments on: NEW FICTION: FLUIDITY by Eric Del Carlo http://futurismic.com/2009/10/01/new-fiction-fluidity-by-eric-del-carlo/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Giulio Fontana http://futurismic.com/2009/10/01/new-fiction-fluidity-by-eric-del-carlo/comment-page-1/#comment-94663 Giulio Fontana Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:28:16 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=9089#comment-94663 Very good story. Thanks to Eric Del Carlo for sharing it, and to Futurismic for publishing it. The delicate and insightful treatment of the matter reminded me of Greg Egan's work (high praise indeed, in my view :-) ). To FTLNewsFeed: I suppose that a very fast changing rate between sexes could be chosen purposefully to approximate a constant "intermediate" condition, where one's sexual identity is not sufficiently crystallized to let the person forget how she/he felt when in the other state. On a different note, I found interesting the implicit assumption from Del Carlo that such a basic modification of human nature could only be successfully accepted if surrounded by a suitably religious (or para-religious) background... Very good story. Thanks to Eric Del Carlo for sharing it, and to Futurismic for publishing it. The delicate and insightful treatment of the matter reminded me of Greg Egan’s work (high praise indeed, in my view :-) ).
To FTLNewsFeed: I suppose that a very fast changing rate between sexes could be chosen purposefully to approximate a constant “intermediate” condition, where one’s sexual identity is not sufficiently crystallized to let the person forget how she/he felt when in the other state.
On a different note, I found interesting the implicit assumption from Del Carlo that such a basic modification of human nature could only be successfully accepted if surrounded by a suitably religious (or para-religious) background…

]]> By: Bint Arab http://futurismic.com/2009/10/01/new-fiction-fluidity-by-eric-del-carlo/comment-page-1/#comment-52092 Bint Arab Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:10:28 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=9089#comment-52092 Great story -- exactly what the intro promised: "strong yet sensitive treatment of gender politics." Definitely a favorite. Great story — exactly what the intro promised: “strong yet sensitive treatment of gender politics.” Definitely a favorite.

]]> By: FTLNewsFeed http://futurismic.com/2009/10/01/new-fiction-fluidity-by-eric-del-carlo/comment-page-1/#comment-47773 FTLNewsFeed Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:41:04 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=9089#comment-47773 Good story, sort of reminds of that episode of Star Trek TNG where Riker falls for a female-identifying person of an androgynous species. My only question is why three months between Cyclings, that doesn't seem to give a person enough time to become comfortable with a gender before they have to cycle to the opposite one? Also, what kind of society understands the benefits of gender cycling but does not understand the desire in a portion of their society to remain mono-gendered - and how does changing gender cure them of their mono-gendered desire? Sorry for the nitpicking, I tend to do that. Good story, sort of reminds of that episode of Star Trek TNG where Riker falls for a female-identifying person of an androgynous species.

My only question is why three months between Cyclings, that doesn’t seem to give a person enough time to become comfortable with a gender before they have to cycle to the opposite one? Also, what kind of society understands the benefits of gender cycling but does not understand the desire in a portion of their society to remain mono-gendered – and how does changing gender cure them of their mono-gendered desire? Sorry for the nitpicking, I tend to do that.

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