I've read a few of those books on the list. The White Dragon (which gets mildly graphic). Another that comes to mind is The Dragonriders of Pern, esp. Only the badguys indulge in that kind of behavior. At least in any kind of future I'd want to see happen, GLBT etc, race, gender, haircolor, whatever, are issues of the past. I figure that in the future, it is another one of those "duh" kind of things. I have a number of gay and bisexual characters in my stories. Now if the author has stated that the characters are gay or bisexual, that doesn't bother me.Īlthough straight, there were many gay people around as I grew up, family and friends. It violates them to have them act in a fashion that the author didn't intend.
But the major reason I'm against it, is that it is against the stated nature of the characters. Reading gay smut isn't going to do anything for me, and yes, I'm certain. As long it is for the good of the story.Īs for slash fanfic, well, first of all, I'm straight. Sometimes it is necessary to describe the sex, to make a point. I don't want to have a threesome (or more) with them. Like any nosey friend, I want to know that they are together and everything is working out. I think of it as respecting my characters privacy. Smut implies graphic descriptions of sex. However, I'm not a big fan of smut, as you call it, and certainly not slash, although not for the reasons you may think. People fall in love and they certainly fall in lust. Honestly, people being people, I think there should be some in just about every story. I don't mind a little romance in my stories. I think I have enough testosterone to protect me and allow me to escape.
The Star Wars example was just the first sci-fi book I ever read that had a romantic element, so it has stuck in my mind for the last 30 years because I always wanted to read more of the stuff and didn't find more until many years later. CzernedaĪ little less romantic, but still a bit too 'women's space opera' to be widely popular with guy genre readers is The Gate of Ivory by Doris Egan.Īnd. These have varying degrees of kick-butt heroines and romance in them ranging from HEA to a more HFN trope (happily ever after = pure romance / happy for now = urban fantasy) but they're all considered space opera in scale. But it (and discussion of the romantic elements of it as well as its other traits of inclusiveness) would be an appropriate discussion topic under this sub-heading ('Romantic' Space Opera). the Vorkosigan Saga is considered to have a mild, underlying romantic element to it, though it's not a romance. It's about time we ladies seized our fair share of the genre! Not sure what counts as Romantic Space Opera? Some nice person made a Listopia! This list is a little sparse, so if you know of a book you feel like qualifies, add it to the open Listopia. So this entire Romantic folder is all yours (and for any guy brave enough to wade in amongst all the estrogen so long as y'all don't get condescending) to discuss what you like in a space opera, including HEA and what happens after that hot post-blow-up-the-galactic-bad-guy kiss!Īll discussions and recommendations about space opera books that have a strong underlying romantic and/or women's issues thread are welcome to start their own posts in this 'Romantic' Space Opera folder! So how about it ladies? We're 53% of the population and 85% of the general readership at Goodreads.
These days, we have some super steamy fanfiction for that sort of thing, but we also have women and some progressive male authors giving us ladies a little bit of smut thrown into our rollicking good space opera tales. Now that book came out before it was known that Princess Leia ended up with Han Solo, but I still remember today how warm and fuzzy it made me feel (as a teenage girl) when Luke fantasized about Leia's soft, red lips. My first brush with sexual innuendo as a teenager was the Star Wars tie-in novel, Splinter of a Minds Eye. sometimes you just want a little *SEX* in your space opera in between the epic battles, brushes with death and hostile aliens. if you're a girl (or a guy who enjoys a titillating read). Do you like space opera that has 'girl cooties' in it? Yes, I'm talking about an obsession with relationships and those steamy love scenes that happen after you blow up the Death Star and Princess Leia throws herself into Han Solo's arms.
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