Audiolibro - On a Blade of Grass

Un racconto breve molto divertente ma anche rivelatore, per certi versi: "On a Blade of Grass" di Tim Pratt, letto da Mat Weller per Escape Pod.

Pubblicato per la prima volta nella Subterranean Press Newsletter, 2008.

Non adatto ai ragazzi di meno di 13 anni per il linguaggio usato, due bombe F e alcuni dettagli parassitari.

“Interstellar war is about as exciting as playing chess by mail.” The guy who said that had been leaning into the bar for so long I thought his chest might fuse with the wood. I drifted over, because he wasn't a regular, and I was bored with all my regulars and their regular bullshit.

“Who plays chess by mail anymore?” I said. “With the 'net and all.”

[...] “And, see, the parasite doesn't just make you sick. Toxoplasmosis, a lot of times, you don't get sick at all. But it changes you. Women infected with it, when they have babies, they have more boys than girls. No one knows why. The parasites can change your behavior, too, they make cysts in your brain, alter your personality. They make men more promiscuous and less jealous. They make people less, how do they say it, 'novelty seeking.' Men think women infected with toxoplasmosis are more attractive. Infected women are definitely nicer, anyhow.”

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Autore: Espressione Regolare, per Kappero.com ~ 29 Gen 2011

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