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Gay Western Novels..
Clyde-B:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on September 02, 2008, 09:22:54 am ---If the author actually conceived of the book as a novel for young adults, that may explain a lot about the impression I got on my browses through it, and it would alter my expectations when I actually sit down to read the whole thing. I had heard nothing about the book when I found it at Giovanni's Room, our independent gay bookstore, and just picked it up because it was a gay Western. While Giovanni's Room doesn't have a "young adult" section, it does have a section for books aimed at gay parents and at children growing up with gay parents, and so forth, but that wasn't where they had The Filly. I found the book shelved with all the other gay novels, and I think that probably colored my expectations, too. I wasn't expecting a novel for "young adults"--and I had also recently completed Longhorns, which is most definitely a novel for adults (had a good story line but struck me as a little simplistic and implausible).
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I have nothing against sex in the story, unless it reads like the purpose of the story part is to pass the time between sex scenes. :laugh: Then it gets kind of boring because it's usually poorly written.
I read Tin Star, and that was actually just a romance novel about two guys, again there wasn't much of a story beyond the romance.
I guess I'd like to find a good Western where the main characters are gay and that plays a part in it, but there's also an exciting story to it too.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Clyde-B on September 02, 2008, 10:02:35 am ---I read Tin Star, and that was actually just a romance novel about two guys, again there wasn't much of a story beyond the romance.
I guess I'd like to find a good Western where the main characters are gay and that plays a part in it, but there's also an exciting story to it too.
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I'm not familiar with Tin Star. Do you remember the author's name, Clyde? And is that romance as in romance or romance as in sex? Gay male "bodice-ripper" or gay male "Harlequin Romance"? ;D
Of course, before I worry myself so much about gay Western novels, I ought to read more of Annie Proulx's short stories. :-\
MaineWriter:
Jeff,
The author of The Tin Star is J. L. Langley. It is for sale on amazon and there are quite a few reviews posted there which should help you decide if it's your cup of tea...or ride in the saddle as it might be. ;)
L
Clyde-B:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on September 02, 2008, 01:30:33 pm ---I'm not familiar with Tin Star. Do you remember the author's name, Clyde? And is that romance as in romance or romance as in sex? Gay male "bodice-ripper" or gay male "Harlequin Romance"? ;D
Of course, before I worry myself so much about gay Western novels, I ought to read more of Annie Proulx's short stories. :-\
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Well Jeff, it is pretty much of a "zipper-popper!" :laugh: "You got an owie, oh, let's go to bed." "You're home from work, oh, let's go to bed." "you got kicked out of the house, oh, let's go to bed." It wasn't too bad, but don't expect Dickens, or even Mickey Spillane. I was able to finish it. But I like my sex a little sexier, and motivated by more than "It's been ten pages, it's time to do it again." :laugh: It ain't lit, but it was fun.
I got it at Amazon.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on September 02, 2008, 01:57:57 pm ---Jeff,
The author of The Tin Star is J. L. Langley. It is for sale on amazon and there are quite a few reviews posted there which should help you decide if it's your cup of tea...or ride in the saddle as it might be. ;)
L
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--- Quote from: Clyde-B on September 02, 2008, 03:41:28 pm ---Well Jeff, it is pretty much of a "zipper-popper!" :laugh: "You got an owie, oh, let's go to bed." "You're home from work, oh, let's go to bed." "you got kicked out of the house, oh, let's go to bed." It wasn't too bad, but don't expect Dickens, or even Mickey Spillane. I was able to finish it. But I like my sex a little sexier, and motivated by more than "It's been ten pages, it's time to do it again." :laugh: It ain't lit, but it was fun.
I got it at Amazon.
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Thanks, Leslie and Clyde!
"Zipper-popper"? :laugh: Love it, Clyde! The gay male equivalent of the bodice-ripper! :laugh:
Like I said, "Sometimes all you ask of Shakespeare is Denzel Washington in leather pants." :laugh:
"It's been ten pages, it's time to do it again"? Are you sure that novel isn't Brokeback fanfiction? ;D
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