Jul 102010
I’m at ReaderCon, typing away at my laptop while waiting for dinner.
I’ve had many fascinating conversations with authors and fans; in fact, I have had too many conversations to relate them all.
Last night I had to explain to someone who was unfamiliar with the erotica market why I winced when he said “literary erotica.” I fumbled at trying to find the right words, until he said, “so it’s the equivalent of someone saying ‘I don’t write science fiction. I write magical realism.’”
I stood there with my mouth open for a moment before explaining to him that his analogy was the best I’d heard. Then I wrote it down so I wouldn’t forget.
Kneel to Me
Mate: And More Stories from the Erotic Edge of SF/Fantasy
Up for Grabs
Wired Hard 4
Wishbone
Hi. That was me. I promised to email you the title of a book, and was interested in checking out your web site, then promptly lost the card you handed me. (It may yet turn up – only partially unpacked. But for now it’s gone.) A google search was enough to get me here (fortunately I remembered your name!), but not enough to get me your email address. So this comment is in lieu of an email. (My email is on my web site, which I just entered in the form so presumably you have.)
Anyway, the book was John Boswell, Christianity Social Tolerance and Homosexuality (1980). It’s academic history, so if you’re not in the mood for that don’t try it, but as academic history goes it’s quite well written. And it’s a fascinating, engrossing work.
It was nice to meet you!
…er, that title should have commas after “Christianity” and “Tolerance”.