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View Poll Results: Do you like sex/love scenes in the stories you read? | |||
No nookie for me. I don't want to go there. | 36 | 12.29% | |
Love scenes are fine if they contribute to characterization and plot. | 165 | 56.31% | |
I really enjoy sexuality in fiction. | 46 | 15.70% | |
Some sex is OK but only in small doses. | 38 | 12.97% | |
Love scenes are why I read! | 8 | 2.73% | |
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04-01-2011, 11:31 AM | #61 | |
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04-01-2011, 11:35 AM | #62 |
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I think we're aware of the difference. Some of us might prefer it with love, others might not care--women are people and people are all different!
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04-01-2011, 11:38 AM | #63 |
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If you're writing erotica, the point may be the sex scenes. If you aren't you need to ask yourself what the point is, and why you're including it. If in your authorial judgement there is reason to include the sex, do so. If readers with prude filters complain, the appropriate response is "My stuff isn't for you. Don't read it." ______ Dennis |
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04-01-2011, 12:08 PM | #66 |
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No graphic sex scenes for me. It never adds anything to the plot to describe a blow by blow [sometimes literally] account of the sex. Say they had sex, etc, but graphic doesn't add to the plot.
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04-01-2011, 01:46 PM | #68 |
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With all the free porn on the internet, who needs sex scenes in books anymore?
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04-01-2011, 01:47 PM | #69 | |
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You are not reading the right kind of sex scenes! Seriously though, explicit really has nothing to do with it (IMO), just the right level of steam can go a long way to enhancing the mood, plot or character development in a story. Last edited by Nyssa; 04-01-2011 at 01:50 PM. |
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04-01-2011, 03:27 PM | #72 |
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I remember a quote from a friend of mine back in high school when I was reading Piers Anthony's Bio of A Space Tyrant series-- "I'm on an odd numbered page, so people are having sex" (or something similar to that.)
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And as for the quaddies I don't remember exactly how much was discussed but as I remember not much (I think one Barayarran got himself into some kind of trouble after sleeping with a Quaddie). Oh yeah, and books are written down so you don't have to memorize every last word. I've read "Gaea" more times (well it only has 3 books) so try to find mistakes there. |
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Hear, hear ! Well, either since 6000 years ago, or since a female ape gave birth to a human being, depending on who you ask... |
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04-01-2011, 03:51 PM | #75 |
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Actually, I found sex in some other SF series (like "Gaea") to be more logical and purposefull then in Miles Vorkosigan, where it sometimes seemed to me it only served the purpose of spicing things up. Like Miles and Taura for example.
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