[HN Gopher] Vladimir Nabokov's Superman poem published for the f...
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       Vladimir Nabokov's Superman poem published for the first time
        
       Author : pseudolus
       Score  : 46 points
       Date   : 2021-03-10 02:19 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
        
       | gojomo wrote:
       | Scifi writer Larry Niven later addressed the same 'risque' issue
       | that gave pause to Nabokov & the New Yorker, in his 1969 essay,
       | 'Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex'.
       | 
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_Steel,_Woman_of_Kleenex
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       | http://www.rawbw.com/~svw/superman.html
        
         | cafard wrote:
         | Need I say that Mad Magazine beat Larry Niven to this one?
        
           | gojomo wrote:
           | Did they? What year? (Did they also beat Nabokov?)
        
             | cafard wrote:
             | In the world of the Internet, you never have to say "I
             | don't know": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superduperman .
             | The year was 1953.
        
               | gojomo wrote:
               | Thanks!
               | 
               | But having just read the 1953 Mad Magazine
               | 'Superduperman' (https://forgottenawesome.blogspot.com/20
               | 17/07/superduperman....), I don't notice any reference to
               | the dangers posed by Super(duper)man's ejaculation!
        
         | HideousKojima wrote:
         | Robot Chicken did it as well, with Superman accidentally
         | shooting all the way through the back of Lois's head and
         | killing her with a super, uh, load.
        
         | JasonFruit wrote:
         | > gutting her like a trout
         | 
         | Egh.
        
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       | knodi123 wrote:
       | Can anyone find the actual poem?
        
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         | jan_Inkepa wrote:
         | https://twitter.com/shallowbrigade/status/136771766876631449...
        
           | leephillips wrote:
           | Thank you. It's a blast!
        
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           | knodi123 wrote:
           | Thanks!
        
       | chromaton wrote:
       | The issue that inspired the poem:
       | 
       | http://images.comiccollectorlive.com/covers/81e/81e43b16-625...
        
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