Genre Fiction

In 1996, Vanna Bonta wrote Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel. The book - and author - were well-received with praise and interest from top media outlets including Publishers Weekly who wrote that “whatever ‘quantum fiction’ is, we need more of it.”

“Quantum fiction” has since been defined as when fiction begins to effect reality, as it does in the life of Mendle Orion, Flight’s main character: while writing about his heroine Aira Flight, Mendle meets a mysterious, other-worldly woman with amnesia, who is suspiciously similar to Aira.

But why is this sci-fi read making headlines again, more than ten years after its original publication? Aside from being released as an audiobook this year, the fantasy world of Flight is now effecting our reality.

Author Bonta is a featured guest on the “Sex in Space” episode of the History Channel’s the Universe because, in her spare time, she invented the 2Suit, a “flight suit that stabilizes human proximity for various forms of intimacy in microgravity environments.”

Yes, that’s correct: humans can now procreate in outer space. If, like me, you are wondering why astronauts are allowed to sleep with each other on the job, then let me help alleviate your concerns: Apparently, we are moving toward Average Joe space exploration and, eventually, living. However, humans cannot exist if they are unable to bond and produce spawn. Hence Bonta’s 2Suit … which she has personally tested in zero gravity.

If having sex in space, or just learning more about the possibility, peaks your interest (I won’t tell anyone if it does), check out Universe: Sex in Space on the History Channel, Saturday, December 20, or on DVD soon after, and grab a copy of Vanna Bonta’s Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel.