tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126523682465389764.post471591086584537509..comments2024-03-27T23:56:45.818-04:00Comments on The PorPor Books Blog: SF and Fantasy Books 1968 - 1988: Book Review: Assassin of Gortarbanduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08205251855147881113noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126523682465389764.post-70328831756301019712015-09-30T15:02:35.045-04:002015-09-30T15:02:35.045-04:00Used to see 'em on the shelves of the bookshop...Used to see 'em on the shelves of the bookshop, the vibe I picked up was that they were aimed at the female market, you know the <i>historical</i> romance crowd, where there are plenty of buttons flying off bodices. An impression that was reinforced by the contexts I'd see the read in and by the covers, which were sort of airbrushy depictions of chicks in various states of submission. So I gave 'em a miss, it was only later, when my naivety over the controversy that arose over them was dismissed, that I formed a different impression. I gather now, that the game is up for the author, can't get a publisher to take 'em up, maybe he should come up with a pen name, something ending in James? DeadSpiderEyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687178085803686186noreply@blogger.com