Let's talk about books!

[brown_betty]

Today's topic: Oh My God, I Can See Your Id

Comments

[karenhealey]

Anne Bishop in that one about the JEALOUS AUTHOR who tries to torment people for NOT APPRECIATING HIS BOOKS THE RIGHT WAY.

Seriously you have to read it OMG.

[derryderrydown]

There's more to Anne Bishop than magical cockrings? Wow.

[brown_betty]

She has DEPTH, Derry!

[derryderrydown]

Of course! Sometimes she uses magical cockrings as a METAPHOR FOR LOVE. You have to be deep to use metaphors.

[rae_beta]

Can we add Ann McCaffrey to that list, for ubiquitous and deeply creepy father-figure fetishization?

[brown_betty]

Man, I haven't read any McCaffrey but Harper Hall since I was twelve, although I guess it does have that too? I'm afraid most of McCaffrey's creepy escaped me, though, since I read it way too early.

[brown_betty]

Sounds like fun!

Oh wait, no, I meant the other thing: nauseating.

Or those the Damiana's children etc. books?

[brown_betty]

Hm, perhaps it's a bit clearer if I mention that I sort of presume most of my audience will be familiar with the concept of the id vortex; the stuff which approached mindfully leads to mindblowing sex, and stumbled over leads to disturbing, disturbing, subtext.

[thornsilver]

I thought that all authors do this? But, seriosly, John Ringo in his Jack books (which he admits to), Heinlein in the worldview "Starship Troopers".

[brown_betty]

Hee! I should totally have put him on the "disqualified for too obvious" list. STOP TALKING ABOUT TEENAGE PROSTITUTES. OMG. NO SERIOUSLY.

I haven't read Starship Troopers in forever, but I'm guessing libertarianism mixed with "Civilians will never know the moral sacrifices which we few bravely make for their ignorant comfort"?

[lazar_grrl]

Ringo has actually stated that his "Ghost" series is total id fic, and was never intended to see the light of day.

[tricksterquinn]

...I actually find this vaguely comforting, as it is REALLY REALLY GROSS.

Also, strangely addictive.

[buddleia]

I'd say Frank Miller but that's like pointing at the Eiffel Tower and saying it's in Paris.

[brown_betty]

ahaha oh man. Yes, Frank. You're going bald. Drawing enormous penises for twenty-two pages will not help that.

[costumegoddess_]

*snerk* I just almost covered my keyboard and desk with tea. Probably a bad move with that meeting happening right next to me in the conference room.
Stop trying to get me in trouble at work! :P

~K~

[buddleia]

Suddenly my comparison seems disturbingly apposite...