Yes, the thing about Houellebecq is that he's so interested in making mischief that you never really know what he actually believes. I really liked Possibility of an Island as well. I think it makes a very nice pair with Atomized - this agreement that the sexual revolution was the last spasm of homo sapiens as a biological species and th…
Yes, the thing about Houellebecq is that he's so interested in making mischief that you never really know what he actually believes. I really liked Possibility of an Island as well. I think it makes a very nice pair with Atomized - this agreement that the sexual revolution was the last spasm of homo sapiens as a biological species and that the future has to do with mitosis, cellular reproduction, etc, with, basically, the scientific taming of the sex drive.
I don't take this very seriously as sociological analysis - I don't think Houellebecq is actually advocating for it - but in the way of great fiction it may be prophetic about where the society is headed.
Yes, the thing about Houellebecq is that he's so interested in making mischief that you never really know what he actually believes. I really liked Possibility of an Island as well. I think it makes a very nice pair with Atomized - this agreement that the sexual revolution was the last spasm of homo sapiens as a biological species and that the future has to do with mitosis, cellular reproduction, etc, with, basically, the scientific taming of the sex drive.
I don't take this very seriously as sociological analysis - I don't think Houellebecq is actually advocating for it - but in the way of great fiction it may be prophetic about where the society is headed.