2 thoughts on “Surrogates”

  1. “…Where are the cold marriages?”

    ….”On this side, the womb is barren and the marriages cold. There dwell an accursed people, full of pride and lust. There when a young man takes a maiden in marriage, they do not lie together, but each lies with a cunningly fashioned image of the other, made to move and to be warm by devilish arts, for real flesh will not please them, they are so dainty (delicati) in their dreams of lust.”

    c.f. That Hideous Strength — C.S. Lewis

    In other words, include me out of this vision of perfected humanity huddling in its caves while plasticine copies go outside and “live.” I can see a use for them in the fashion industry, though — they’ve been trying to turn people into mannequins for years.

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