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I still like Sex enough that I’ll read the next several issues (or the next trade paperback) at least. But my initial enthusiasm has shifted to a neutral wait-and-see attitude. I would like to see some of the many threads start to come together in a compelling and cohesive way. If not, then like our hero Simon Cooke I may have to move on.

'Venus on the Half Shell' is fun to read, and very interesting from the perspective of the history of science fiction. But from a feminine perspective much of the sex, and the accompanying quest for erudition, bears more than a passing resemblance to a sci-fi version of Erica Jong’s search for the “ultimate zip-less f**k.”

'The Wolf of Wall Street' was never going to be as universally appreciated as much of its creators’ previous work, but that’s kind of the point. It is meant to be ridiculous, both through its characters’ actors and through the fact that they are allowed carry them out.