Sisters of the Revolution by VanderMeer Ann; VanderMeer Jeff

Author:VanderMeer, Ann; VanderMeer, Jeff
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PM Press
Published: 2015-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

PAT MURPHY

Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates

Pat Murphy is an American writer and scientist. In addition to novels and short fiction, she has also written a children’s book, The Wild Ones. Her work has won numerous awards including the Nebula Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Philip K. Dick Award. She also cofounded the James Tiptree, Jr. Memorial Award with Karen Joy Fowler. Her latest project is Bad Grrlz’ Guide to Reality, an omnibus of two connected novels, Wild Angel and Adventures in Time and Space with Max Merriwell. “Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates” explores sexuality and gender roles in the animal kingdom and their application to human beings. It was first published in the anthology Alien Sex in 1990.

This is not science. This has nothing to do with science. Yesterday, when the bombs fell and the world ended, I gave up scientific thinking. At this distance from the blast site of the bomb that took out San Jose, I figure I received a medium-sized dose of radiation. Not enough for instant death, but too much for survival. I have only a few days left, and I’ve decided to spend this time constructing the future. Someone must do it.

It’s what I was trained for, really. My undergraduate studies were in biology—structural anatomy, the construction of body and bone. My graduate studies were in engineering. For the past five years, I have been designing and constructing robots for use in industrial processing. The need for such industrial creations is over now. But it seems a pity to waste the equipment and materials that remain in the lab that my colleagues have abandoned.

I will put robots together and make them work. But I will not try to understand them. I will not take them apart and consider their inner workings and poke and pry and analyze. The time for science is over.

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