Knygatin Wrote:
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> Sawfish Wrote:
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> > > Knygatin Wrote:
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> > > Ballard's Vermilion Sands
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> > You can get the impression after reading more
> of
> > them that things like the "insect eyes" may
> well
> > be a very decadent form of cosmetic surgery
> that
> > only the very most wealthy can afford and the
> > self-indulgent would have done on themselves.
> >
> > Or, alternatively, genetic manipulation for
> > cosmetic reasons among the very wealthy and
> > decadent.
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> >
>
> I like the imaginative futuristic concept of it.
> Very bizarre. CREEPY. But ..., decadence or
> progress? The twisted perspectives in the minds of
> the future will decide that. Nature has always
> been an inspiration, in its colors and forms, for
> women's makeup and clothing. Metallic mascara, big
> flower hats, peacock feathers. In recent years,
> plastic surgery. Now then, one logical extension
> of this, to surgically or genetically alter the
> whole eye into the color and form of a beautiful
> bug, the angled legs replacing eye-lashes, ... I
> don't take it for completely improbable, seeing
> how quick human taste and values have changed (or
> been manipulated) over the last few decades.
See this:
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www.cbc.ca]
I've seen this, and more--much,much more--at the HPL Film Festival in Portland, OR. 5 inch blued steel needles that come thru the cheeks, emulating cat whiskers.
...or something...
In PDX I've seen people with their tongues tattooed, the whies of the eyes, apparently. Wait service people.
Do you suppose it might be hard for these folks to get a job?
Nahhh. How could it be...? Silly of me to even consider this.
I have no problem with accepting an unnamed place and time, in a speculative fiction collection of stories, peopled by individuals with seemingly limitless money and leisure time, to come up with insect eyes.
:^)
--Sawfish
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