Comments on: Celebrating GLBT Literature – Part Five http://threedollarbillreviews.com/2010/04/30/celebrating-glbt-literature-part-five/ Reviews of books as queer as a three dollar bill Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:22:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Cary http://threedollarbillreviews.com/2010/04/30/celebrating-glbt-literature-part-five/#comment-909 Cary Mon, 03 May 2010 00:52:05 +0000 http://threedollarbillreviews.com/?p=833#comment-909 Hey, Kassa, Chris, wren and Clare - Thanks for the validation, for identifying with me a bit. I'm glad there are so many authors and readers taking interest in GLBT books these days. One of the best things we take away as readers is to be introduced to the world as seen and experienced by others' eyes. Hey, Kassa, Chris, wren and Clare – Thanks for the validation, for identifying with me a bit. I’m glad there are so many authors and readers taking interest in GLBT books these days. One of the best things we take away as readers is to be introduced to the world as seen and experienced by others’ eyes.

]]> By: Clare London http://threedollarbillreviews.com/2010/04/30/celebrating-glbt-literature-part-five/#comment-886 Clare London Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:58:06 +0000 http://threedollarbillreviews.com/?p=833#comment-886 Some great thoughts here, and I agree with a lot of it. I know many people read for comfort and familiarity, but I like to read for challenge and a new twist, either in style or plot. I like to be surprised - not in the horror way! - and engaged. I especially liked "and maybe over time writing about that world may usher it into being." Good God, I'm always bleating on about one of the best ways to bring something into being is through familiarity. I think it'll take much longer than I ever hoped, but I'll continue to do so. Great post, thanks for sharing! :) Some great thoughts here, and I agree with a lot of it. I know many people read for comfort and familiarity, but I like to read for challenge and a new twist, either in style or plot. I like to be surprised – not in the horror way! – and engaged.

I especially liked “and maybe over time writing about that world may usher it into being.” Good God, I’m always bleating on about one of the best ways to bring something into being is through familiarity. I think it’ll take much longer than I ever hoped, but I’ll continue to do so.

Great post, thanks for sharing! :)

]]> By: wren http://threedollarbillreviews.com/2010/04/30/celebrating-glbt-literature-part-five/#comment-884 wren Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:08:43 +0000 http://threedollarbillreviews.com/?p=833#comment-884 #3 resonated with me, also, but #1 moreso. "that sideways, semi-outsider perspective" hit it right on. My other favorite brand of reading these days is urban fantasy, and I like it for the same reason - Characters out of the mainstream but still very much a part of it, and in a world that is sort of like reality but not really. #3 resonated with me, also, but #1 moreso. “that sideways, semi-outsider perspective” hit it right on. My other favorite brand of reading these days is urban fantasy, and I like it for the same reason – Characters out of the mainstream but still very much a part of it, and in a world that is sort of like reality but not really.

]]> By: Chris http://threedollarbillreviews.com/2010/04/30/celebrating-glbt-literature-part-five/#comment-880 Chris Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:54:14 +0000 http://threedollarbillreviews.com/?p=833#comment-880 #3 particularly resonated with me - I was thinking "Yes, that's it exactly" as I read it! #3 particularly resonated with me – I was thinking “Yes, that’s it exactly” as I read it!

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