"They just [wanted] something that wasn't embarassingly primitive, would lighten the load on their over-worked staff, give humans an illusion of autonomy, and make them feel good about how magnanimous the imperial administration was."

Wait a gosh darn minute! These aren't aliens he's writing about, they're REPUBLICANS!!!! AAAAaaaaaarrrghghhh....

How 'bout Hillary Rosen/Courtney Love slash?

O M F G

By the time I was halfway through this story, I was convinced that George Alec Effinger had actually faked his death. Masterful.

Jesus christ, *slash* fiction for Larry Lessig? I really, really don't want to think about Lessig/Valenti slash. Or Lessig/Powell slash.

Lessig/Metallica slash, though, that sounds like fun.