Posted on 03/04/2021 11:09:27 AM PST by Borges
A lost poem by Vladimir Nabokov, written from the perspective of Superman as he laments the impossibility of having children with Lois Lane, has been published for the first time.
The Man of To-morrow’s Lament appears in this week’s Times Literary Supplement. In it, Nabokov, whose son loved the Superman comics, writes in the voice of the Man of Steel. He imagines the hero walking through a city park with Lois, forced to wear his glasses because “otherwise, / when I caress her with my super-eyes, / her lungs and liver are too plainly seen / throbbing”.
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Sf author Larry Niven (I believe) wrote a satirical article saying Superman’s sperm would shoot like high speed bullets and be deadly.
Never read Nabokov. Never read Superman either. But I would think a Superman could manage to impregnate a Lois. And keep his eyes off her innards.
The movie Hancock had something to this effect.
“Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex”. One of my favorite pieces by him. http://www.rawbw.com/~svw/superman.html
I’m Your Superman
Rick Springfield
Album Comic Book Heroes
Na Na Na Na Na. .
I’m Your Superman
Oh yes I am!
I may not be as fast as a shot from a gun
And stoppin’ locomotives ain’t my idea of fun
And I don’t have the magic to fly through the air
I can feel it when you are there
And when you’re near me I’m like someone new
I even feel real bulletproof too
Na Na Na Na Na. .
I’m Your Superman
Oh yes I am!
I am not super strong I have no super sight
I’m not afraid of being in Kryptonite
And I don’t have the magic to fly through the air
I can feel it when you are there
And when you’re near me I’m like someone new
I even feel real bulletproof too
Na Na Na Na Na. .
I’m Your Superman
Oh yes I am!
Vladimir Nabokov wrote many interesting pieces, among them was a novel called “Lolita”. Some of you may have even seen the movie when it came out in 1962. I was with my family at a Drive In theater.
When it became clear what the movie was about,(Saucy teen girl flirts with much older married man) my Mom convinced my Dad to cut the volume box off and leave that Drive In. I wasn’t really paying attention to the film until I realized we were leaving the parking lot. “Hey! What’s going on?”
That’s it. Thanks.
I guess if I could clearly remember the science fiction of the early decades it means I wasn’t really there.
That’s not what the novel is about! The girl is 12 and the guy reads all sorts of things into normal 12 year old girl behavior.
Leaving the drive-in....
What a great story you told. Try sending it the the Reader’s Digest or elsewhere.
Niven’s Ringworld was a great book.
“You scream and you leap!”
This argument makes as much sense as THE LITTLE RASCALS (OUR GANG) arguing over whether Flash Gordon or Tarzan were stronger.
Biologically, Superman is very limited in who he can mate with.
Wonder Woman is one possibility. His cousin Supergirl is another.
Any other woman would die as soon as the fetus started kicking.
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