Evan Graham has an embarrassing secret. When his sister Alexa spreads it around the school, he gets furious -- and so does his father. For his living, the father makes medicines related to women's bodies. He looks the other way while his son uses his chemistry set to torment his sister. She soon understands that she truly deserves all he does to her. He extends his chemical reach to other girls who had spread his secret, and follows torment by fulfilling his sexual dreams.
Many thinkers have considered what might happen if human consciousness merged into a single whole. But what would happen if only 3/4 merged, and the other 1/4 couldn't participate? The 3/4 cherishes the 1/4 who cannot read minds and strives for their happiness, self-fulfillment -- and pleasure.
People can tumble into an isolated valley, but they can never leave. The original pair multiplies to make a thriving community. Then an infection robs all males of both virility and fertility. Community survival depends on a few men with normal sex drives who fall in. For some reason they all die during their sixth night (though they don't believe they will). Women have mixed feelings, but they make the most of the time the men have.
Dr. Monroe wants unresponsive patients to be able to transmit their thoughts, but instead they transmit their pleasure. Next, when a therapist transmits sexual pleasure, it's a miracle cure for depression. And then he retires and collects every form of feminine company that suits his fancy, including a harem and a steady stream of women dying to be impregnated. All the females experience his every pleasure as their own.
In a worldwide calamity, all the men die and all the boys become profoundly retarded. There's only one thing they're interested in any more, an interest that awakens at puberty. Women struggle to adjust.
In a worldwide calamity, all the women die and the girls become profoundly retarded. They still respond sexually, however, and it is one of the few joys they have in life. Men find they can deal.
Kristen seemed like just an ordinary door-to-door canvasser for a good cause -- former child prostitutes in her case. She was looking for sponsors the way people do when they walk for hunger or something. But she wasn't going to walk; she was collecting something -- something measured in teaspoons.
Drone strikes kill too many innocents. In search of a more subtle weapon, the CIA creates a robotic device to capture females, pin them down, and rape them. But the robot that does the deed is an avatar for men far away who experience it almost as if they were there themselves.
Nate and Sue, both 13, land on a lush, uninhabited planet. After thawing from their long journey, the two have to start re-creating civilization. But their part is falling in love and making babies. More sex is needed than they expected. What's more, all the babies are girls. As they grow into young women, who can they turn to for a mate? Nate tells his story.
