Straight, Gay, or Binary?: HAL Comes Out of the Cybernetic Closet

Mark Dery

In this essay from his new collection I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts, cultural critic Mark Dery contemplates the sexual orientation of one of science fiction's most memorable machines: HAL, from 2001.

Straight, Gay, or Binary?: HAL Comes Out of the Cybernetic Closet

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