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schmericaSometimes with books it's especially hard to tell if the homoerotic content is unintentional subtext, intentional subtext, or plain out text. Tonight I finally got impatient with the fantasy book I'm halfway through -- I had picked it up at the cheap paperback exchange when I was home during break, not knowing anything about it -- and googled to see if it was supposed to be, you know, just manly complete and total fascination or if there was maybe queerness to come. Verdict: totally intentional boy-sparkage, but nothing happens in this book. There is, however, a sequel I didn't know about, in which they are living together and in a relationship, so ... I guess I'll have to read that. Also, apparently the co-authors are queer partners, which is nice to know.
Amazon review, for my own entertainment: Unfortunately, the authors made the odd choice of setting Point of Dreams 6 months after the case of the missing children has been solved and Nico and Philip are already involved physically and are moving quickly toward 'leman' status ... Perhaps the authors wanted them to be at the more comfortable stage for this story in which case I wish they had saved it for another book so we could have been the voyeurs of the early stages of their romance. You know, the ROMANTIC parts! In the first book we are left hanging with vague feelings of attraction the men feel toward each other but barely acknowledge to themselves beyond vague feelings. The artistic decision to bypass the magical early moments of mutual attraction is questionable.
(The book, btw, is Point of Hopes by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett, which I am really enjoying, for the most part -- the world and society is really interesting, and the characters are likable, even if the plot is a little slow. It's out of print, I believe.)
Amazon review, for my own entertainment: Unfortunately, the authors made the odd choice of setting Point of Dreams 6 months after the case of the missing children has been solved and Nico and Philip are already involved physically and are moving quickly toward 'leman' status ... Perhaps the authors wanted them to be at the more comfortable stage for this story in which case I wish they had saved it for another book so we could have been the voyeurs of the early stages of their romance. You know, the ROMANTIC parts! In the first book we are left hanging with vague feelings of attraction the men feel toward each other but barely acknowledge to themselves beyond vague feelings. The artistic decision to bypass the magical early moments of mutual attraction is questionable.
(The book, btw, is Point of Hopes by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett, which I am really enjoying, for the most part -- the world and society is really interesting, and the characters are likable, even if the plot is a little slow. It's out of print, I believe.)
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11/4/06 06:25 (UTC)Seriously, his Isaac Newton is gayer than a maypole in a drag competition. Wow.
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16/4/06 00:45 (UTC)Have you read the Nightrunner series, by Lynn Flewelling? She does the same thing, where the two main (male) characters are tentatively "together" at the end of the second book, and then the beginning of the third book is like, "Tada! It's two years later and we're in a happy and physically fulfilling relationship!" And all the fans cry out in frustration!