tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post2100606159525888268..comments2024-03-28T08:02:30.057-04:00Comments on Word-Whores: Old School SmexyTimesK.A. Krantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674754426001151828noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-45838137089531270322012-02-24T17:25:28.978-05:002012-02-24T17:25:28.978-05:00My first read sex scene was in the White Dragon. N...My first read sex scene was in the White Dragon. Nothing so wild as this stuff, whew!!!Linda Robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04452743850118017500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-33330033249268092442012-02-24T09:13:38.308-05:002012-02-24T09:13:38.308-05:00OMG, I remember that story. The MC was a scout wi...OMG, I remember that story. The MC was a scout with some kind of organization that slipped between alternate realities (in a kind of Quantum Leap thing) looking for realities they could communicate with or trade with or something. I remember him having sex with her and it being totally unsatisfying for him. But I don't remember the whole taking her to the bull scene, so it didn't have as horrifying an effect on me. I do remember he saved one of the babies and took her back with him, after which they declared that particular reality off-limits (or not viable or something).<br /><br />I had a horrible experience with a series of books (can't remember the titles - I'm repressing) that were rife with rape and subjugation and general nastiness. I think I was 12 or 13 at the time. If I knew then what I know now, I would never have read them. This is why I've always told my daughter to be careful what she reads - because once it's in your head you can never get it out again.B.E. Sandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336115135400388268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-10658416581165765762012-02-24T01:09:25.624-05:002012-02-24T01:09:25.624-05:00Sounds similar to my first "sex" book I ...Sounds similar to my first "sex" book I read. The Fan Club by Irving Wallace. '<br /><br />4 losers decide they hate their lives and to make it better they kidnap a hot young starlet and have their way with her. It was a literary book, not a trashy romance novel but it was still graphic. Overly so.<br /><br />I was 12. lol.<br /><br />No formative stuff at that age. No not at all.James R. Tuck Dark Urban Fantasy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12517791916776187294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-37763929053980931922012-02-23T10:47:36.087-05:002012-02-23T10:47:36.087-05:00I remember that Piers Anthony story... and some of...I remember that Piers Anthony story... and some of his multiple-gender-alien-rape-scenes... yeah, those will leave a scar.blankenship.louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05541461775158369620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-3348695645018410232012-02-23T10:14:11.406-05:002012-02-23T10:14:11.406-05:00Yeah, I remember Chameleon. I was in 2nd grade whe...Yeah, I remember Chameleon. I was in 2nd grade when I read that one, I think. And of course, a lot of that sort of misogyny went over my head at the time...but I do think years of reading books with that overall "male gaze" definitely affected me over the long run. <br /><br />I've been accused have having a more masculine writing voice at times and maybe this is why. <br /><br />As far as that anthology goes - PA used to write for Playboy or Hustler I think, so I'm pretty sure a lot of those stories were from that timeframe - the publisher was just trying to cash in on his name and rounded up the old stories and put them out in book form. <br /><br />I can't blame him for not thinking little girls were going to read it since that wasn't the audience he was writing for, but maybe the publisher was a bit negligent in that respect?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08810952821295312008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-71050279858519119812012-02-23T09:57:57.390-05:002012-02-23T09:57:57.390-05:00whoa, never came across anything like that! I did ...whoa, never came across anything like that! I did find my aunt's Playgirl magazine as a preteen and read those fantasy stories. My eyes were opened! <br />I don't like erotica mainly because the language used. There are certain words for peoples naughty bits I just don't like. I have to have the romance/feeling aspect like you. I think they are now calling that romantic erotica to differentiate. <br />My favorite genre is UF (the darker the better) and romance tends to be light in those. If characters are passionate, intense and dark edged in all areas of their lives, then it only makes sense that they are that way in the bed too.Sharon Stognerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732141088637958862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663321286319002443.post-513823908150462182012-02-23T09:37:07.100-05:002012-02-23T09:37:07.100-05:00I never read that particular story or anthology (t...I never read that particular story or anthology (thank goodness), but I read all the Xanth books and I remember being shocked by the constant misogyny. Recall Chameleon? She was either beautiful and stupid or ugly and smart. The eternal pigeonhole. Anthony was at RT in Orlando that first year we went and I said hello to him. I kind of wanted to say something, but he looked old and really out of it. Probably not worth it. I don't think it occurred to him that little girls would read his books. Maybe he didn't know we could read?Jeffe Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779020656676094853noreply@blogger.com