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From: andersen@nmtvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Superman II - More Questions?
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Date: Wed, 29-Feb-84 15:11:48 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 29 15:11:48 1984
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  In reply to Jerry Greenberg: 
 
      Q: "Why does Superman have to lose his powers when he falls in 
          love with a human?" 
 
      A:  The answer to this is given in a hilarious pseudo-newspaper 
          article written by Larry Niven in his book, ALL THE MYRIAD 
          WAYS.  The article is titled "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" 
          and describes in graphic (and gory) detail EXACTLY what would 
          happen if Superman tried to mate with a human female without 
          (temporarily, at least) getting rid of his powers.  As Niven 
          says, Superman can put a dent two-inch-thick steel just by 
          pinching it slightly.  Think of what that would mean to a  
          female body when Supes starts to forget himself in the midst 
          of passion and . . . well, you get the idea.   
    
          Niven also goes into related areas such as the genetics of
          humans and kryptonians and the problems involved when a human
          woman tries to give birth to a kryptonian baby.

                                             andersen@nmtvax