Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex

Because with today's incarnation of the character things about him have changed, such as the fact that any kid they could have wouldn't begin develpoing significant powers until they left the womb and allowed direct contact with sunlight.

Thats a good get out clause on DC's part and allows the characters to actually have a relationship

It was funny watching this, but all of the reasons why this article was true once are now moot in the versions of Superman over the last 20 years.

This was of course written a long time ago. Pre-Crisis, and all that.

Kandor throws everything into a tizzy, including the whole question of Kryptonians becoming extinct (a breeding population of millions in that bottled city).

Today, a high school girl (whether secretly Supergirl or not) can show up pregnant and, while she may be teased, she'll hardly be thrown out of school. Indeed, she'll be offered counseling.

Or she could make it with her cousin and they could go on Jerry Springer.

It's "terr-o-dac-tyle", not "pet-ra-dac-tyl".

Mind you, that's a nice neologism.

uhhhhh I guess red sunlamps could work????

Couldn't Superman just take "LL" to the miniature Kryptonian city in a bottle, Kandor, where he has no powers? He could leave LL there for the nine months of gestation, assuming that's all it takes, and just commute between Kandor and Metropolis.

Or LL can just wear a kryptonian amulet.

1) There is at least one audio tape of Niven reading it himself. hillarious. hunt it down!

2) I've always wondered why niven never explored red sunlight as a solution. But then I'm a comic fanboy and think of things that gut the heart out of an author's main idea. :)

cool video! didn't know that venetian princess was in this video! cool!