Life with Mr Brammers

[blamebrampton]

'Hey, you'll probably like this book I'm reading.'

'Oh yes? Why?'

'It's a fantasy and the hero is gay. You should tell all your internet friends, they'll love it.'

'Is that so?

'Yeah, and the heroine's a lesbian, your other friends will love it, too.'

and

'It took me years to work out Freddie Mercury was gay.'

' ... HOW?'

'Well, I lived in Murwillumbah.'

(The book, in case you are interested, is The Steel Remains, by Richard Morgan.)

Comments

[tomatoe18.livejournal.com]

Book. Fantasy. Gay hero.

That rings a bell.

Or maybe not.

*opens store database even though is supposed to be rushing to the cinema*

[abusing-sarcasm.livejournal.com]

I love how one-dimensional they make us seem...

Yesterday, my husband and I had this conversation:

Him: Did you hear David Carradine died?
Me: Yeah. I saw it on someone's LJ.
Him: Really? But he's not even gay!

He seems to think we never discuss news unless it's gay or gay-adjacent. Which is really only KIND OF true...

[bryoneybrynn.livejournal.com]

lol

I like your Mr B - he knows how to keep the masses happy. ;)

[rickey-a.livejournal.com]

snorfle

[adores-draco.livejournal.com]

I just had to google Murwillumbah. Place of many possums, I see.

I was over twenty when I found out that not all gay men are hairdressers or flight attendants because there was one at the financing company were I worked. *blushes*

I cannot even explain that by living in Murwillumbah...

[who_la_hoop]

lmao! But is it a good book with fantasy and a gay hero? Otherwise, it'll just be extra disappointing :D

[kareina.livejournal.com]

who is Freddie Mercury?

[meredyth-13.livejournal.com]

Mr B does rock, in that male tolerant, trying to engage kind of way. :D

[mific.livejournal.com]

Oooh yeah, The Steel Remains, one of my favourites. RM in general is just about top of my "must get" list when a new one's out. Great mix of hard-edged coolness and intellect - and now gay heroes as well (sighs happily). Were you teasing Mr B, knowing full well he came from Murwillumbah? Naughty!
Another excellent read, free off the net via creative commons and reccd by RM, is "Blindsight" by Peter Watts. Not slash, not fantasy - it's "hard" (space/science) sci-fi about 1st contact. I just finished it and it pushed all my buttons: an amazing hard-edged take on vampires as the ultimate predators, stuff about consciousness and perception, the works. http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm
Um, but not slash. No. See, I do read other things sometimes!

[sbbo.livejournal.com]

You know, if you're not going to be visited by the random assignations faerie anymore because of a spouse, you've picked a very good one.