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To: Publius6961

I guess.

I read a lot of SF and fantasy. A few years ago I read a pair of linked novels that were well recommended on Amazon, I forget the name of the author now—a woman. It turned out that her hero was gay.

Very well written, dramatic, and satisfying, except for that one unfortunate fact right at the center of things. None of the reviews or blurbs had mentioned it.

So, I read on with mixed feelings, having bought the books. No complaints about style, drama, construction. But I won’t buy any more of her books.


17 posted on 08/25/2011 9:29:07 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius.)
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To: Cicero
So, I read on with mixed feelings, having bought the books. No complaints about style, drama, construction. But I won’t buy any more of her books.

I think that is the crux of the reader/viewer anger.

Producers assume that perversion is so "normal" now, that they need not mention it. I certainly agree that graphic gay activity is firmly in the territory of advocacy, regardless of how well the writers otherwise deliver entertainment.

No matter how hard the advocates try, I am not going to accept gay perversion in any form as implicitly "normal."

22 posted on 08/25/2011 9:47:24 AM PDT by Publius6961 (My world was lovely, until it was taken over by parasites.)
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To: Cicero

Wasn’t Elizabeth A. Lynn was it?


27 posted on 08/25/2011 10:56:58 AM PDT by Melas (u)
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