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PoindexterOglethorpe

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1. Hmmm. I gather all men die except one, women are still around.

Reply to Ohio Joe (Original post)

Sun Aug 8, 2021, 11:21 AM

Aug 2021

It's a premise that's been explored at least once in science fiction. The Disappearance by Philip Wylie was perhaps the first. It was published in 1951.

From a review of the book:

An unexplained cosmic "blink" splits humanity along gender lines into two divergent timelines: from the men's perspective, all the women disappear and from the women's, all men vanish. The novel explores issues of gender role and sexual identity. It depicts an empowered condition for liberated women and a dystopia of an all-male world. Wylie's setting allows him to investigate the role of homosexuality in situations where no gender alternative exists

Clearly the series will go in a very different direction.

I thought perhaps I had a copy of the book, but a quick look doesn't turn one up. I should reread it.

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Hmmm. I gather all men die except one, women are still around. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #1

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