tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post5252572737588226615..comments2024-02-20T16:10:31.948-07:00Comments on First Nerve: Nasal Invasion: The Ticket to Summer EscapismAvery Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18104017679971839738noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-57230607183628854962013-08-13T00:12:26.182-07:002013-08-13T00:12:26.182-07:00Avery Gilbert:
"So the most terrifying plot ...Avery Gilbert:<br /><br />"So the most terrifying plot twist is that human sex pheromones actually work as advertised."<br /><br />I should have mentioned that the genre would be science fantasy; light on the science, heavy on the fantasy. <br /><br />... and there is nothing new under the sun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHkcYCRjr2Y ... without the infectious agent.<br /><br />Peter Appshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14285946080733212637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-6084217965678472672013-08-12T12:35:13.274-07:002013-08-12T12:35:13.274-07:00Peter Apps:
So the most terrifying plot twist is ...Peter Apps:<br /><br />So the most terrifying plot twist is that human sex pheromones actually work as advertised.<br /><br />Heh.<br /><br />cf. Roald Dahl's story "Bitch."Avery Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104017679971839738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-87578094783565717152013-08-12T07:23:56.443-07:002013-08-12T07:23:56.443-07:00Better yet, let those who believe in the sort of h...Better yet, let those who believe in the sort of human mating pheromones that you can put into a bottle and sell for a profit engineer an infectious agent that alters female's brains so that they really do behave like newly hatched butterflies when exposed to the synthetic version of a pig's preputial secretions. Peter Appshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14285946080733212637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-10353848946708592692013-08-12T06:48:52.187-07:002013-08-12T06:48:52.187-07:00Peter Apps,
Good one!
First of all, whoever name...Peter Apps,<br /><br />Good one!<br /><br />First of all, whoever named the parasitical protozoan <i>Toxoplasma</i> is a film marketing genius.<br /><br />As for a brain parasite that changes a rat’s fear of cat urine odor into attraction, thereby getting the parasite into the cat’s digestive tract for the next state of its life cycle, well that’s so warped that only evolution could come up with it.<br /><br />I think the key plot element is that a third of female cat owners are also infected by <i>Toxoplasma</i>. All we need is a mutant version of the protozoan that causes nubile women to be attracted to the otherwise gross odor of zombies. It's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080904/" rel="nofollow">Humanoids from the Deep</a> in reverse.<br /><br /><br />Avery Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104017679971839738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-83887448914993119152013-08-12T04:19:27.791-07:002013-08-12T04:19:27.791-07:00A human version of this would have all kinds of pl...A human version of this would have all kinds of plot possibilities - <br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2028805/Zombie-rats-Parasite-leads-rodents-death-making-sexually-attracted-smell-cats.htmlPeter Appshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14285946080733212637noreply@blogger.com