Gay SciFi/Fantasy?

Post by **wayfriend** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:55 pm

Let's add Harry Potter to our list.

Post by **Holsety** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:56 pm

Wayfriend wrote:Let's add Harry Potter to our list.

OH YAH! Dang I forgot about that.

Ok so basically what HP is saying is...
Well Dumbledore=Churchill and Grindelwald=Hitler so what Rowling is saying is Churchill had a thing for Hitler. You know he loved that hitler stache...

Post by **Zahir** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 4:21 am

The character of Zebra in Chasm City is a transexual.

Several characters in Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire are bisexual.

One major character in The Curse of Challion is homosexual (this is stated explicitly and is part of his back story).

Daniel in Queen of the Damned is gay.

Post by **Starkin** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:07 pm

Ricardo Pinto's The Stone Dance of the Chameleon series; the main character, Carnelian, is gay as well as the author. Seems it takes a gay man to write a gay man protagonist.

Anne McCaffrey has a lot of gay characters in her various series: Dragonriders of Pern for instance. Robin Hobb, too. Not a lot of straight authors seem to have any positive gay men role models (Robert Silverberg comes to mind) but there are "lesbian-ish" characters here and there. Go figure.

Post by **Spiral Jacobs** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:05 am

One of the main characters in China Miéville's Iron Council is gay.

Post by **emotional leper** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 6:39 am

I think pretty much everyone in Torchwood is Gay or Bi.

Post by **danlo** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:36 pm

Elric could be, then again Elric could be anything (he's so messed up)

it's a joke, it's a joke!!!

Post by **emotional leper** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:53 am

danlo wrote:Elric could be, then again Elric could be anything (he's so messed up)

it's a joke, it's a joke!!!

He does strike me as gay, in that pretty-boi, "Oh, poor me, this sword here at my side don't act the way is should" way.

Post by **danlo** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:45 am

Depends on how one interprets Elric-I never saw him as pretty--he could be said to be a super-skinny, albino, drug addict that F-ed over his entire family and kingdom (and may have been impotent), if you want to look at it that way...

Post by **emotional leper** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:48 pm

danlo wrote:Depends on how one interprets Elric-I never saw him as pretty--he could be said to be a super-skinny, albino, drug addict that F-ed over his entire family and kingdom (and may have been impotent), if you want to look at it that way...

Well, personally, I have to go out on a limb and say the Moorecock's most known character is gay.

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:39 pm

Finally worked out the merge function. New topic has been inserted into the original.

Post by **danlo** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:20 pm

Good job!

Post by **caliope** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:04 pm

Has anyone ever come across Devlin Waugh in 2000AD?

From 2000AD...."Devlin Waugh is like few other comic-book heroes. A bodybuilding, flower-arranging priest with an eye for beautiful boys and a handy way with extremely big guns, Devlin survived a steroid abuse scandal in the Olympics to become the future Vatican City-state's chief exorcist and paranormal warrior.

As Aquatraz underwater prison - home to some of the world's most vicious killers - is overrun by a vampire infestation, a loose gang of nurses, wardens and pest controllers must come together to fight this evil menace. But around the corner lies someone even more scary. Clenching a cigarette holder between perfect teeth, he purrs "You can rest easy, gentlemen. Fingers OFF the triggers. My name is Devlin Waugh. I'm here to steal the show..."

This series, originally run in The Judge Dredd Megazine, had a positive reaction like no other before or since. In the annual poll of readers' opinions, Waugh became the first and last character ever to knock Judge Dredd off the top spot as Favourite Strip.

If you've ever wondered what would happen if Oscar Wilde and the cast of Brideshead Revisited were to be merged with Deathrace 2000, The Evil Dead and the Terminator, now's your chance to find out... "

Rupert Everett would be perfect for this role in a film.

Post by **spoonchicken** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:50 pm

FaTeke wrote:Anyone know any science fiction or fantasy books that have gay characters?

I read a fantasy series a while back where the main character was gay, it wasn't the best I've ever read ( I can't even remember the series ) but it was still interesting.

Just curious.

Take care,
Matthew

"The Wars of Vris".....the main character was gay.I read it back in the 80's. Not my all-time favorite work, and.....I don't remember the authors name.

Post by **Zarathustra** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:13 pm

Bakker's Prince of Nothing. It's quite an important story element, for one particular character. And it's handled in a mature, thoughtful way. It's not really featured for the sake of exploring homosexuality itself, but as merely a path studying to human behavior in general.

Wed Mar 18, 2009 2:51 pm

Malik23 wrote:Bakker's Prince of Nothing. It's quite an important story element, for one particular character. And it's handled in a mature, thoughtful way. It's not really featured for the sake of exploring homosexuality itself, but as merely a path studying to human behavior in general.

I'm 1/4 way through Prince of Nothing Book 1...lot's of gay happenings in this one...hard to get passed...

Post by **Orlion** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:11 pm

Has Ancient Evenings by Norman Mailer been posted yet? Maybe i should check

Post by **Zarathustra** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:07 am

Jacob, feel free to revive one of the Prince of Nothing discussion threads. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

I remember thinking that the book didn't really take off until the second half. I also don't remember the gay theme being explicit at all in the first 1/4. Are you making a gay joke (i.e. "lame")? Feel free to be specific.

Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:24 am

Sespific? Nah.

Well, our prologoo hero gets raped...then later our new hero helps a boy who's a prostitute to live...then our hero, in a meeting with his masters, mentioned his lover, male name...that's as far as I got...between the gay'ness, literal, and the Christ-like imagry of Seshwana's death, I really couldn't pick it back up...still debating...was pretty interesting so far though...

Post by **Zarathustra** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:23 pm

Get ready for the Christ imagery to get a lot more explicit!

This is a fantasy version of the Crusades, down to specific actual historic events that happened during those wars.

I honestly don't remember the gay incidents you're talking about. The story is much, much larger than those instances. The real meat of this tale is Achamian, Cnaiur (sp?), Kellhus, Esmanet. If you haven't reached Cnaiur's sections yet, you haven't reached the real story.

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