The Origins of Whomus
Dr. Daniel Faustin M.D. is a top OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) in Brooklyn, NY. With a passion for the field and an unwavering commitment to his specialty, Dr. Daniel Faustin M.D. is an expert in changing the lives of his patients for the better. Through his tested expertise in the field, Dr. Daniel Faustin M.D.... more
This summary introduces the prelude to the story of Whomus in the Garden of Uter, the subject of a short science fiction novel I recently authored. I am a clinician dealing with issues related to the beginning of life and have been fascinated by the processes leading to the birth of a human being. Further, I am extremely impressed by the fact that this unbelievable achievement of nature only uncovers the tip of the iceberg of life’s mystery. I invite you to begin this journey and learn about the precursors of Whomus living in the Garden of Uter, in seclusion, before birth.
At the confluence of two colonies of haploid unicellular beings, there is hardly a likelihood that a specific member of each of these two cohorts would unite by conception and create a new human life. This hidden reality unfolds in a sheltered space away from the outer world where human life thrives, and yet only exists within one’s physical body as the provider of the actors and the spaces where the events take place.
An Oy comes from a pool of hundreds of thousands of sister-germ-cells of a biologically female child. From an original population of up to seven million during her early fetal life, they will experience an abrupt decrease of their numbers to the approximate average of a few hundreds of thousands during her childhood. From that point, most of them will age and perish while few lucky ones will mature and transform into oocytes and leave The Plant (a euphemism used in the story to refer to the ovaries) where they dwell at a rate of one per month to either succumb in the neighboring space adjacent to the Garden of Uter or travel through the tunnels leading to the Garden itself with a chance of meeting their other half, the Spex.
Meanwhile, a Spex, a match for Oy among millions of other Spex prototypes, comes from an opposite space from where a massive production base can release up to an estimated hundreds of millions just in one day. This base is referred to as The Factory, a nickname used in Whomus in the Garden of Uter to designate the testis or the gonad of a biologic male individual. Some Spex prototypes contain the X-chromosome and others the Y-chromosome. Therefore, from the union of a Spex and an Oy, a biologically male or female Whomus may be conceived!
When I authored the story of Whomus, I saw an individual fetus evolving from its embryonic days to the more complex being, preparing a grand exit to the outer world. As such, it did not matter to me what their gender was, and I left it to the reader's imagination. Who is Whomus anyway? Whomus is intrinsically us, regardless of our race or gender.
In the book, instead of the myriads of possibilities that could lead to a variety of beings all healthy and beautiful yet so different, I told the story of the long journeys of Whomus’ precursors and the improbable event of this meeting of Spex and Oy. The combination of two unique precursors makes the resulting Whomus very special.
In addition to the distant spaces where the protagonists Spex and Oy came from, I also felt it necessary to paint a picture that transforms the anatomic structure of the uterine cavity into an imaginary habitat with physical characteristics of a well-endowed environment hosting a temporary resident.
As I invite the reader to look at the complete text of the short novel, I call to attention the description of physical spaces bridging the Love Canal to the Garden of Uter and recommend the search for its equivalent counterpart in human anatomy.
About the book: “The Perillous Journey of Whomus in the Garden of Uter: The Dawn of Life”.
Daniel Faustin, MD, FACOG
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Available at: Bookbaby.com/bookshop
