jcp.jhu@UDel-Relay@sri-unix (12/11/82)
From: J C Patilla <jcp.jhu@UDel-Relay> On the subject of sex changes in SF, back in my dim teen years, a magazine for the teenie-bopper set had a science-fiction writing contest and as I recall Asimov and maybe Ellison were two of the judges. They and several other authors provided theme elements which had to be woven into a decent story (there were several to chose from). One of the "must haves" was the idea of an alien being who was female on Monday and Thursday, male on Tuesday and Friday and either neutral gender or something totally weird the other days. The winning story had the alien visiting Earth as a student ambassodor living with a girl and her family and of couse the girl falls in love and gets all confused. It's an interesting notion, anyway. Does any one else recall this contest ? For Dr. Demento fans - the good Doctor has just released another album - "Demento's Mementos", available from Jem Records. It includes such someday classics as "Swedish Western", "My Wife Left Town with a Banana" and "I Get Weird". lightly, jcpatilla