the most horrifying thing Piers Anthony has ever written

[hradzka]

Some of you folks may recall that a while ago I mentioned that the curious thing about Piers Anthony, to me, is that while people often dump on Anthony for being weird, skeevy, disturbing, and that sort of thing, nobody doing so ever mentions the stuff that *I* find to be really disturbing. (And remember, when we say "Piers Anthony" we're talking

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[marag]

::wince:: Yes, Piers Anthony can be very disturbing. Skeevy is the least of it. I don't think I can read this without my head exploding...

[treelines]

A man could not force a woman, unless he was married to her
WTFFFFFFFFF

UGGGGHHHHHH, SO SKEEVED OUT BY THIS WHOLE PASSAGE
"CRAMMED IT INTO HER CLEFT," SAKDJFA, AND THAT STUPID EXCLAMATION MARK

CAN'T UNREAD IT, THOROUGHLY REPULSED

[musesfool]

Okay, I knew he had some weird...proclivities in his writing, but I did not need to know about this! OH PIERS ANTHONY NO indeed.

[keyne]

HONEY? As lube?

[brown_betty]

I know it's not the most terrible part, but yes, that's where my brain's last defense was breached too.

[remindmeofthe]

I like how he's going for this lofty, fairytale-esque tone, and then he just totally ruins it with this:

Honey squeezed out and got all over everything, but it did make the penetration easier.

Such dreamy, romantic phrasing!

(Yes, I'd rather snark the trees than take a look at the forest. It's easier that way.)

[kd5mdk]

2 bad things in one sentence. For this story, it's merely average.