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''Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex'' is a 2002
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book by the British
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Olivia Judson written in the role of her
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,
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Dr Tatiana. Dr Tatiana receives
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from various creatures about their sex lives, and responds by explaining the biology of sex to creatures concerned. The book grew out of the article "Sex Is War!" she had written for the ''
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'' in 1997. It became an international best-seller and was nominated for the
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for Non-Fiction in 2003. It was later turned into a musical of the same name, shown on
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in 2005.


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