title: The Blind Date Guide to Dating
author:  Frank Thompson 
description: "Although other traditions from [the 18th century], like public whippings and witch burnings, have virtually died out... the cruel spectacle of the blind date lives on," asserts Thompson, a writer for the real-life TV show Blind Date. This book is partly an accompaniment to the show and partly a jokey guidebook, filled with silly dos and don'ts culled from the experiences of those who've been on the show. The hodge-podge account will appeal only to the (perhaps few) viewers who want to spend the extra bucks.
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  BLIND DATE
  
  
  by Misty Vixen
  
  
  Blind Date takes place in a
  
  
  futuristic setting. Humanity has settled among the stars and
  
  
  discovered another dozen or so alien species living out there.
  
  
  Several decades have passed and humanity has, with a fair amount of
  
  
  success, settled into the galactic community. However, despite a
  
  
  fairly healthy attitude towards sexual freedom and liberation that
  
  
  evolved over the past several hundred years, most humans are very
  
  
  uncomfortable with the idea of interspecies sex and romance, thus
  
  
  it is a large social taboo to date or sleep with an alien. Despite
  
  
  this, there are those who shrug off the social contract and love
  
  
  how and who they want to love.
  
  
  This was so goddamned stupid.
  
  
  Why, why did he ever think that this was a
  
  
  good idea?
  
  
  Robert sat in a booth at a small corner cafe
  
  
  that sold sandwiches and soups and wondered if perhaps he should
  
  
  just leave, because he figured there was a good chance that he’d
  
  