In the future of “Even the Queen”, periods are basically eliminated by the surgical insertion of shunts. If you are someone who can have periods, you’ve probably wished that you could get rid of periods.
That question is, of course, what does menstruation mean to a women’s identity. “Even the Queen” asks a very different question than we are used to seeing in science fiction, which makes it very interesting. Usually we think about grand questions like “what if racism didn’t exist?” or “what would it look like if computers became intelligent?”.
Good science fiction is about using the setting of the future to answer questions we have today. And today, I have a quirky one for you, and a 1993 Hugo Award Winner, “Even the Queen”. It’s that time of the week! It’s time for Throwback Thursday, ’s ongoing column dedicated to the great science fiction of the past.
0 kommentar(er)
