From: kay@invalid.net   
      
   In article <367b05c6-380e-4238-b9d4-c84733b0def7@googlegroups.com>,   
   julie@pascal.org says...   
   >   
   > On Sunday, November 23, 2014 11:03:22 AM UTC-7, William Vetter wrote:   
   > > Dorothy J Heydt formulated the question :   
   > > > In article ,   
   > > > Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)  wrote:   
   > > >> On 11/23/14, 3:22 AM, Jacey Bedford wrote:   
   > > >>> On 22/11/2014 23:41, Kay Shapero wrote:   
   > > >>>> In article , mdhangton@gmail.com says...   
   > > >>>>   
   > > >>>>   
   > > >>>>>   
   > > >>>>> Of course, we want to be interesting, the get the quality of being   
   > > >>>>> interesting.  What do you think makes a fragment or piece of writing   
   > > >>>>> interesting?   
   > > >>>>   
   > > >>>> No idea - but John Varley's celebrated opener to Steel Beach certainly   
   > > >>>> got my attention. Partly unexpectedness, partly if the author got that   
   > > >>>> one through, the rest of the book should be interesting too which it   
   > > >>>> turned out to be.   
   > > >>>>   
   > > >>> Quote it? I don't have that one in my library.   
   > > >>>   
   > > >>   
   > > >>   
   > > >> 	That's the famous line,   
   > > >>   
   > > >> 	"In five years, the penis will be obsolete," said the salesman.   
   > > >>   
   > > >> 	If I recall correctly.   
   > > >>   
   > > >>   
   > > > Yes, that would attract the attention of some readers.   
   > > >   
   > > > Others, not so much.   
   > >   
   > > It's a crowd pleaser for women.   
   >   
   > Some.   
   >   
   > Others, not so much.   
   >   
   > -Julie   
      
   Actually the story takes place in a world where body mods are common,   
   and people swap from male to female (fully - to the point of being able   
   to sire/bear children) multiple times over their lives if they feel like   
   it.  The scene is a press demo our reporter protagonist happens to be   
   attending, and involves a body mod called "Wet Tingles" that produces   
   orgasm by touch or something - we don't get the details.   
   --   
      
   Kay Shapero   
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