Reply #50: "the screwfly solution" was a famous story by alice sheldon (james tiptree jr/racoona sheldon) [View All]

[pitohui]

i did not know it had ever been filmed

in the story gay men were not immune, all males were affected, the trigger was the male sexual response, the urge to mate led to the urge to kill, so the gay men who had sexual feelings killed also (although they obv. killed other males rather than women)

the last line of the story is one of the most chilling lines in short fiction

she was also the author of "houston, houston, do you read?" a famous story in its day abt post-male society

alice sheldon's life story was also v. interesting one, if you ever have time, look it up