In the early part of the 1970s, hard as that may be to believe today, many people living in the Western industrial nations devoted a substantial degree of energy to erotic activity. Historical records indicate that it was a time of vigorous sexual experimentation, the formation of unconventional mating relationships, the use of illicit chemicals to enhance physiological response, and, in general, a whole lot of weird stuff. Many of the people who took part in these things are still alive today and some of them actually remember much of what they were doing back then.
Under the circumstances, it should not be surprising that the editors of thematic science fiction anthologies in that far-off era had the idea of publishing stories that dealt with the future of sex. Two such collections were launched virtually simultaneously in the - ah- seminal year of 1971, and I contributed stories to both of them. The first of them was "Push No More," for a book edited by Thomas N. Scortia called Strange Bedfellows. A few months later, in March, 1972, I wrote "In the Group" for Joseph Elder's Eros in Orbit. (It also appeared in Penthouse Magazine.) I like it for its fast pace, its high-gloss surface, its technological inventiveness, and in particular for the bleakness of its conclusion. Even in the midst of all the fun back then I sensed that old-fashioned emotions might eventually intrude on all the disengaged copulators of that free-swinging era and there was likely to be trouble for some of them somewhere down the line.
Genre: Science Fiction
Under the circumstances, it should not be surprising that the editors of thematic science fiction anthologies in that far-off era had the idea of publishing stories that dealt with the future of sex. Two such collections were launched virtually simultaneously in the - ah- seminal year of 1971, and I contributed stories to both of them. The first of them was "Push No More," for a book edited by Thomas N. Scortia called Strange Bedfellows. A few months later, in March, 1972, I wrote "In the Group" for Joseph Elder's Eros in Orbit. (It also appeared in Penthouse Magazine.) I like it for its fast pace, its high-gloss surface, its technological inventiveness, and in particular for the bleakness of its conclusion. Even in the midst of all the fun back then I sensed that old-fashioned emotions might eventually intrude on all the disengaged copulators of that free-swinging era and there was likely to be trouble for some of them somewhere down the line.
Genre: Science Fiction
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