HW: Identimate

Andrew Gilham emphyrio at CIX.COMPULINK.CO.UK
Thu Dec 21 07:07:00 EST 1995


Just a speculation, but the "identi-" prefix suggests "identikit", and
"mate" suggests, well, "mate", so maybe its about a (sexist?) fantasy of
specifying one's mate by genetic engineering and/or cloning or robotics
technology?

Similar sort of idea to Neil Young's "Sample and Hold" ("when you
specify/the color of skin and eye/we know you'll be happy"), Ian Watson's
novel _Orgasmachine_, etc etc?

- Andy



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