Re: "Innocents (Futanari Saga)" by Francis W. Porretto

On 08/08/2024 23.20, Chris Buckley wrote:

On 2024-08-08, Bobbie Sellers <blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com> wrote:

On 7/24/24 15:25, Lynn McGuire wrote:

"Innocents (Futanari Saga)" by Francis W. Porretto
     https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/197314042X/
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Book number one of a four book science fiction series.  I read the well
printed and well bound POD (print on demand) trade paperback that the
author self published on Amazon in 2017.  I have purchased the second
book in the series and will read it soon.
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This may be the weirdest science fiction book that I have ever read. And
I have read thousands of science fiction and fantasy books over my many
years.  It is a very interesting take on what the future genetic
engineers may bring us.
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In the non so distant future, security specialist Larry Sokoloff is
vacationing in his RV in a Virginia RV park.  He rises in the morning
one day and finds a pretty young woman being accosted by three young men
under the awning of his RV.  He saves her from them and thus begins the
craziness.
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In the Futanari Saga Universe, 100 to 200 Futanaris are born every year.
   The author's definition of a Futanari is female appearance, female
size, and XX chromosomes with male genitals instead of female genitals.
Yeah, you read that correctly as this does not match the Wikipedia
definition that I looked up.  But, somebody is now cloning Futanaris and
raising them as incredibly expensive sex slaves.
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The author has an active website at:
     http://www.libertystorch.info/
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My rating:  4.4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating:  4.2 out of 5 stars (51 ratings)

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Every read any of Samuel Delaney's books. i cannot recall
the particular title but real sex change not cosmetic Gender
Reassignment surgery is no big thing done in shops for body
modification shops in a short peroid of time.  One of the cool
images I retain is that the hero gets a tiny dragon install in
his chest.  I see that lots of the old stuff by Delany is now
fabuluously expesive. Will have to find the old books probably
   in boxes.

 _Babel-17_, A Favorite of mine (number of re-reads certainly in
the double digits).  Though it wasn't the hero with the
implanted dragon but a staid Customs Officer greatly impacted
by the hero(ine). Beautiful imagery in the book.

Also, _Triton_, in which the viewpoint character is really messed up.
He decides that if he was a she, everybody would like her. Strangely,
after the operation, she's still unpopular, probably due to her
repellent personality.
--
Michael F. Stemper
Nostalgia just ain't what it used to be.