That shit makes me hesitant to recommend people Dhalgren. There are a lot of things I absolutely love about that book, and it def is relatable today in terms of living in a collapsing society, but fuck that pedo shit (including a literal pedo 3-way partnership) fucking is so bad.
i think it's kind of made clear that the protagonist is not a particularly moral person, and that Bellona is not a moral city, but i can certainly see why it would be offputting to some
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Sci Fi writers don't be weird about sex challenge (Difficulty: Impossible)
Counterpoint: Sci Fi authors be extremely weird about sex. Galaxy Quest should be the floor, not the ceiling.
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:frothingfash: <- Orson Scott Card
I've only read Ender's Game and I don't remember weird sex shit. Did I filter it out or was it in other works?
Speaker for the Dead's plot partially turns around a family that gets torn apart due to cuckoldry, I don't really remember specifics though.
I don't think it shows up in Ender's Game, but Card is super homophobic
Yeah I'm aware of his attitudes.
:side-eye-1: <- Kim Stanley Robinson
:michael-laugh: <- Samuel R. Delaney
That shit makes me hesitant to recommend people Dhalgren. There are a lot of things I absolutely love about that book, and it def is relatable today in terms of living in a collapsing society, but fuck that pedo shit (including a literal pedo 3-way partnership) fucking is so bad.
i think it's kind of made clear that the protagonist is not a particularly moral person, and that Bellona is not a moral city, but i can certainly see why it would be offputting to some