Sorry for the delay - I got all behind, yesterday!
I've so not heard of the MZB book - eeeeeh! Sounds excellent, cos I adore Harlequin Airs to death! Although, thinking about it, I rather suspect EW may have mentioned The CatchTrap in her author notes, and I've just forgotten... hmmn! In any case, shall definitely add that to my list!
I've read The Charioteer and liked it, and I rather think Maurice is in a pile somewhere waiting to be read (except I think it's buried in a box in storage).
I just thought I'd mention, since you seem to be interested in how the writer's orientation/gender affects the tone. I am, so thanks for that rec! So many things do affect tone, and I've seen various accusations that m/m written by women is inauthentic (and encroaching and etc etc) and that women write more soppily than men, and so on... but finding comparable fic written by people you're sure are the gender they're claiming to be is... hard! *g*
I'm not desperately after any particular genre/type of book, to be honest - but I was interested in the way that m/m books are defined... I know, the debates are long and old and never-ending... *g*
I've so not heard of the MZB book - eeeeeh! Sounds excellent, cos I adore Harlequin Airs to death! Although, thinking about it, I rather suspect EW may have mentioned The CatchTrap in her author notes, and I've just forgotten... hmmn! In any case, shall definitely add that to my list!
I've read The Charioteer and liked it, and I rather think Maurice is in a pile somewhere waiting to be read (except I think it's buried in a box in storage).
I just thought I'd mention, since you seem to be interested in how the writer's orientation/gender affects the tone.
I am, so thanks for that rec! So many things do affect tone, and I've seen various accusations that m/m written by women is inauthentic (and encroaching and etc etc) and that women write more soppily than men, and so on... but finding comparable fic written by people you're sure are the gender they're claiming to be is... hard! *g*
I'm not desperately after any particular genre/type of book, to be honest - but I was interested in the way that m/m books are defined... I know, the debates are long and old and never-ending... *g*
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