The Comet and Aye and Gomorrah are two science fiction short stories that discuss racism and sexuality in post-apocalypses, respectively. ... The two authors share similarities and differences in their use of techniques to call attention to such segregation. ... The two occasions resemble each other in that both the gay man and the bisexual woman arbitrarily label other people as insiders or outsiders according to their sex and sexual orientations. ... For example, Delany refers to the Spacers as "making faces...making noise, making the Luxembourg Gardens roar at two in the morning"" (124). .....

• Word Count: 2007
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate