Ever read this?
My Dad, the Pornographer
My Dad, the Pornographer (Published 2015)
What Andrew Offutt, the king of 20th-century smut novels, left his son.www.nytimes.com
I Never heard about any of this .
Red Sonja (1985)
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I Never heard about any of this .
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Yeah , interesting thing, andy offutt was into science fiction fandom, you know sending letters to SF fanzines, I don't think he ever had a fanzine of this own, but I remember reading his letter back in the 1960s, a live guy, for fannish writing he never used the upper case key.I Never heard about any of this .
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Never used upper case, like ee cummings? Ironic really since he wrote about porn...
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The power of being able to call yourself another name!
It's always a bit interesting how we so freely accept authors using a different name to publish under. Then again I suspect its because writing stories often begins as a very personal affair to many. That and sometimes some fans get a bit of an odd view if you write something "nasty" or "twisted" or your lead character isn't a moralistic perfect human character etc...
Kind of sad to read that the shift to porn writing was partly the result of a lack of faith in the sci-fi and fantasy market. Imagine if he'd had the right contacts and inspiration a writer like that he could have built his own "Dungeons and Dragons" style market of books. It was interesting to read about his use of detailed descriptive archives and binders; being able to write short hand and then pull out specific descriptions and jotted down ideas and concepts and slip them into creations. Kind of the thing that would estabilsh a powerful backbone to any team writing group working on a series of novels aiming to achieve a similar style.
It's always a bit interesting how we so freely accept authors using a different name to publish under. Then again I suspect its because writing stories often begins as a very personal affair to many. That and sometimes some fans get a bit of an odd view if you write something "nasty" or "twisted" or your lead character isn't a moralistic perfect human character etc...
Kind of sad to read that the shift to porn writing was partly the result of a lack of faith in the sci-fi and fantasy market. Imagine if he'd had the right contacts and inspiration a writer like that he could have built his own "Dungeons and Dragons" style market of books. It was interesting to read about his use of detailed descriptive archives and binders; being able to write short hand and then pull out specific descriptions and jotted down ideas and concepts and slip them into creations. Kind of the thing that would estabilsh a powerful backbone to any team writing group working on a series of novels aiming to achieve a similar style.
I agree.
The 85 movie was a vanity piece for Sylvester Stallone’s girl-friend, later wife then ex-wife. Nothing more. And as I recall, Red Sonja was a creation of the 60’s with no relation to R E Howard despite many attempts at linking them.
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Howard invented Red Sonja as a character in a historical fiction piece about the defence of Vienna against the Turks. Or was it Prague? Can't remember now, I never read it so...
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As terrible as Brigitte Nielsen was she certainly had the physical stature for Red Sonja. Gillian would play the role with more skill and depth.I think Karen Gillian could be a very good choice for the role of Red Sonja,
Bridgitte Nielson had zero acting ability. The actress that played Red Sonja's Sister would have been a far better choice. In the case of Karen Gillian , she is a terrific actress and could quite easily and convincingly play Red Sonja.
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Jennifer Lawrence, though she probably wouldn't want the role...
She'd be a very good choice.
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