I Got Another One!!

So this came in late last night from a Charles Degrove, subject line The Steel Remains:


I recently paid $27 for this book. I have read several other of your books, and have enjoyed them all. So I figured it was worth it for a good book. So, imagine my surprise when I found out that the hero, "likes to suck mens cocks"…I can get porn on the internet for free. I don't have $27 to spare on your homosexual fantasies. The books going in the burn barrel with the trash tomorrow and I damn sure won't be buying any more of your garbage.


Get that?  The Burn Barrel. Man, Charles here isn't even going to try taking The Steel Remains back to the shop with the old got this as a gift, already read it, can I change it routine.  He isn't even going to see if he can shift it at his local second-hand bookstore for a few bucks back on his outlay.  Nope. This one's for BURNING!!!


You gotta admire the purity of a hatred so free from financial concerns.


(Unless he's just afraid whoever he sells/returns the book to is going to look at it and then at him, and then yell out to the whole shop:


"You read this homosexual fantasy garbage?  You cock-sucking faggot!  Betcha liked it too, didn't ya!  Bet it made ya hard!  Hey, y'all, look at this guy – he read this homosexual fantasy garbage, like all the way through, man!"


Actually, come to think of it – that quote about Ringil liking to suck men's cocks?  Does come kind of far into the thing………


I gotta say, Charles – now you're making me wonder, really you are…….)

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Published on October 07, 2010 18:34
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message 1: by Jessica (new)

Jessica It's pure genius I tell ya


message 2: by Eve (new)

Eve I actually really appreciate a book in the SF/fantasy genre that has a GLBT character because it's relatively rare. Charles really must have felt that his masculinity was under attack if he felt compelled to write to you. I'm sure if there had been a nice, soft-core lesbian love scene he would have reacted differently!


message 3: by Ingrid (new)

Ingrid I find it astonishing that people can be interested in books that explore alternative realities, books written by authors who are known to provide adult and sexual content, and then expect the author to stick to some kind of mediocre territory where boy meets girl and, let that be ONLY boy meets girl.... and probably best they don't actually have anything as vile as... sex.... shudder.... (immediately washes hands) or hang on.... was the girl meets girl bit OK then? Hmmmmm he didn't complain about that then huh?

Oh seriously. How embarrassing for Charles Degrove to show himself up in such a narrow minded and bully boy book burning sexually closeted fashion. I suggest he sticks to Mills and Boon.


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