Open Book

I just listened to BBC's book programme, Open Book, and my ears pricked up when they had a listener's letter which said (I paraphrase)

"Where can I read gay books that aren't tragedies, over literary or about teenagers?"

Personally I think he's doing well if he's finding a lot of books about gay teenagers, but I couldn't help but be interested in the answer. They actually had Patrick Gale on to discuss the matter - and GAH! If he didn't bang on about the same old same old. Armistead Maupin (which, incidentally, for those of you priding yourselves on your French pronunciation of his surname you'll be surprised, as I was, to find it's pronouned "moppin'" Hee. Alan Hollinghurst, Ann Patchett (who?) and Merk Merlis.

sigh.

I fired off an email mentioning that there is a HELL of a lot of gay fiction out there now, from sci-fi to romance to mystery and everything in between and if they wanted some recommendations I'd be happy to give them. But sheesh. I think that Moppin and Hollinghurst is exactly what the letter-writer was hoping to AVOID.

Mere Mortals...( Read more... )

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Sheesh.

Could someone give THIS homophobe a kick in the arse from me, will you please?

Never heard of him, and will never buy his books.

(updated as the convention i mentioned has already happened - sorry for not checking!)

Review: The Vampire Fred by Vaughn R Demont

Sorry for being a bit spammy today!

http://www.torquerepress.com/fiction/vampirefred.html

I’m reviewing this here, as obviously it’s not a gay historical.  I rarely read anything else these days as I wade my way through The List, but I saw the blurb for this book and RW bought me a copy.

Fred is not terribly pleased to be a vampire, and he doesn’t, as the title suggests, fit the stereotype.  Involved in a "fatal” car accident-and his life was “saved” by Daniel, a mysterious and hugely annoying—to Fred—vampire sire who alls him “Fledge” and who has promptly moved in with him and hogs the TV.

It starts in an amusing vein, (excurse the pun)( Read more... )