The one that “Life is change, how it differs from the rocks…” comes from. I’ve read it, but want it for my collection. What IS the name of that puppy?
That’s it. Thanks!
I followed the link to Wyndham’s bibliography.
I had thought that he had written a novel wherein all of the women in the world (from the men’s perspective) disappeared for a few years. At the same time, from the women’s perspective, all the men in the world disapeared.
Eventually the worlds got put back together. It had a very Wyndham feel to it, and I have not been able to find out who the real author was.
Any ideas?
The closest that I can suggest is his short story Consider her Ways, in which he envisages a future female-only world, the male population having succumbed to a virus of some sort. This future world is then visited by a woman from the current (1950s time), giving the opportunity for a debate between the characters about male/female relationships.
No, this was a parallel/alternate world deal, where the women vanished from the men’s worldview, and the men vanished from the women’s worldview. The author follows the adventures of both for several years, and then puts them all back together. One hell of a worldwide orgy follows…
And I thought “Houston, Houston, Do You Read?” was an original idea?!?
Wikipedia (Phillip Wylie):
His novel The Disappearance (1951) is about what happens when everyone wakes up one day and finds that anyone of the opposite sex is missing (all the men have to get along without women, and vice versa). The book delves into the double standards between men and women that existed prior the woman’s movement of the 1970s, exploring the nature of the relationship between men and women and the issues of women’s rights and homosexuality. Many people at the time considered it as relevant to science fiction as his Experiment in Crime.
:smack: Philip Wiley! Of course!
Thanks, Generally Giap