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3454919 No.3454919 [Reply] [Original]

Are there any good homoerotic novels set in a fantasy or sci-fi universe?

Nothing too smutty, just enough to get me a little hot under the collar.

Actually, I doubt there's enough for me to be picky. Any Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels with homosexual themes would be nice.

>> No.3454927

http://requireshate.wordpress.com/g/recommended/

something there should have homos

>> No.3454929

>>3454927
Thanks.

I'll accept stuff with gay secondary characters as well.

>> No.3454936

Have you read The Mortal Instruments series? It's set in modern day Brooklyn but is a 'world hidden within a world' kind of thing. There are shadow hunters (demon hunters), demons, angels, vampires, werewolves, faeries, all things occult.

Anyway, the book has two gay secondary and the book is particularly gay positive and not stereotypical (though one of them is very flamboyant but that has more to do with him being a warlock).

>> No.3454940

>>3454936
I apologise for the last sentence; it was very poorly written. "Anyway, the book has two gay secondary characters and is particularly gay positive..."
Had to fix it. I'm a little OCD.

>> No.3454944

>>3454936

I saw it listed in the gay and lesbian section of Good Reads just now.

I kind of dismissed it because my Sister is into chick-lit dodgy books and loves the series. So yeah, assumed it was shitty.

Are they actually worth reading?

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3454945

No.

>> No.3454948

Can't you just imagine the leading female is a man?

>> No.3454952

>>3454948

Why would I want to change the intent of the author and the nature of the book?

What would the point in reading the book even be, then?

>> No.3454956

>>3454944
I, myself, am a female but tend to gravitate away from chick-lit. I read these books and thought that they were great; there is a perfect balance between romance, character development and fight scenes (which are in abundance. the main characters, being shadow hunters, have a very physical job to do).

>> No.3454963

>>3454956
Plus, my younger brother read them and really loves them as well.

>> No.3454970

>>3454963
>>3454956

Cool, I'll check them out!

I actually read and enjoyed The Hunger Games. Well, the first one.

>> No.3455012

>>3454970
but that explanation sounded awful. my bet is that anon would like any 'chick-lit' that she read; only, having 'gravitated away' from it, she assumes these must be an exception.

this - http://www.openingthebook.com/whicook/ - might be a useful tool for you, bro.

>> No.3455025

>>3455012

Cool, thanks!

>> No.3455039

>>3455012
Actually, I've tried reading other chick-lit such as The Vampire Academy and others relatively similar but they all kind of fell flat with me. I prefer the books I read to have a plot that is interesting enough that it won't have to rely on the romance factor, or even have the romance factor as the plot.

>> No.3455407

>>3454919
Barrington J. Bailey
http://fantasticmetropolis.com/i/bkspace/full/

Also a lot of Samuel Delany's stuff, especially Dhalgren, and Triton
Thomas Disch - On Wings of Song
Maureen F. McHugh - China Mountain Zhang