tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post2085565468778118504..comments2024-03-28T18:54:13.800-04:00Comments on alien romances: Sex and HealthRowena Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11839386556697211986noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-51776222617115071022008-01-16T19:17:00.000-05:002008-01-16T19:17:00.000-05:00Will do, Jacqueline. I'll undoubtedly review it o...Will do, Jacqueline. I'll undoubtedly review it on my Enduring Romance blog and just let you know when. I'm having a hard time tracking a copy down here in Alaska, but there's always Amazon.com. I haven't read any MZB, but have been intending to for a long time.Kimber Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982239712083114488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-36691872367959768182008-01-16T14:55:00.000-05:002008-01-16T14:55:00.000-05:00Margaret and Kimber AnThat's a good point about wo...Margaret and Kimber An<BR/><BR/>That's a good point about woman being created because it's not good for the man to be alone. We shouldn't lose sight of that. <BR/><BR/>So if there are "aliens" out there on other planets, why were THEY created? hmmmm. <BR/><BR/>Kimber An, let me know what you think of Catch Trap. To me the book is about the true nature of Art, where it comes from, what it's for, and what it means to be an artist. To others, (including MZB) it was about something else entirely. <BR/><BR/>Jacqueline Lichtenberg<BR/>http://www.simegen.com/jl/Jacqueline Lichtenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613040740264804278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-23118903697685246262008-01-16T08:46:00.000-05:002008-01-16T08:46:00.000-05:00I'd like to read more novels with all this in it. ...I'd like to read more novels with all this in it. Sure, there's some great Romance novels out there. However, nearly all of them are about a white man and a white woman (whether they're supposed to be alien or not) meeting, making fantastic noookie, and living happily ever after. Like I've said before, Fantasy is nice, but I've got to be able to relate. Real Life is very different. Sometimes, our real heroes break their jaws (right, Margaret?) We mothers get stretch marks (hello, Susan and Mr. Star King.) Some of us are brown. Sometimes we fall in love with African American men or Vulcans. Sometimes, our humanity seems to be stripped away and we're perceived as part-machine (sound familiar, Linnea?) Sometimes, the love of our lives is no longer able to perform the physical act. How love and sexuality is handled then is a testement to the author, I think. <BR/><BR/>I've seen stories like these in Science Fiction more than any other genre, which is one of the attractions. I'd like to see more.<BR/><BR/>Now, I'll pop over and reserve a copy of CATCH TRAP.Kimber Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982239712083114488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-39820072981773110732008-01-15T19:10:00.000-05:002008-01-15T19:10:00.000-05:00Wonderful speculations. I agree that sexual fulfil...Wonderful speculations. I agree that sexual fulfillment is an essential part of emotional health. (That doesn't have to mean conventional intercourse.) Even the more advanced of the "lower" animals use sexual contact for bonding and other social purposes, not just for reproduction. If the primary purpose of human sex were reproductive, our desire for our mates would be limited to fertile heat periods. The book of Genesis (in its second version of the creation of humanity) says woman was created, not to bear children, but because it wasn't good for the man to be alone.<BR/><BR/>James Tiptree's story "And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side" explores the irresistible human urge to reach out erotically to beings different from ourselves -- but in decidedly more negative terms than Jacqueline uses.Margaret Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08293021955480708191noreply@blogger.com