Sex and Snakes from the Seventies

I had no knowledge of Vonda McIntyre’s Dreamsnake before reading. I read it because two podcasts I enjoy, The Hugos There Podcast and Hugo, Girl! had covered it. After reading the novel and listening to all their discussions, great discussions by the way, I did a quick bit of research about Dreamsnake. This is allContinue reading “Sex and Snakes from the Seventies”

Gendo Ikari – Sexual Terrorist

Spoilers for Neon Genesis Evangelion and End of Evangelion follow. In my copy of A Streetcar Named Desire, Arthur Miller refers to Marlon Brando (playing Stanley in the 1951 production) as a “tiger on the loose, a sexual terrorist.” Miller goes on to reference “[Tennessee] Williams’ celebratory terror of sex, its awful truthfulness and itsContinue reading “Gendo Ikari – Sexual Terrorist”