[LMB] An article referencing Herself at sequentialtart

[Natalie Luhrs]

On 8/18/06, Eric Oppen <technomad at intergate.com> wrote:
> There's an article about Science Fiction Romance up at
> www.sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=220 about Science Fiction Romance,
> more-or-less lamenting the great lack of books that combine the genres.
>
> Lois, it seems, is carrying the banner for Science Fiction Romance all by
> herself.

De-lurking for a moment here.

I wouldn't say that at *all*.  Then again, I select 90% of the books
and write 50-80% of the science fiction and fantasy reviews for
Romantic Times, so I read with an eye to romance (although it's not my
sole criteria).  One thing to keep in mind is that I tend to lump
science fiction and fantasy together as one category, which I know
isn't quite correct, but that's how I read, so that's how I review.
The section skews heavily towards fantasy because there is more
romance happening over in that area, but I'd love to include more SF
and am working on that.  See, I never would have called Laurell K.
Hamilton science fiction.  I would call it fantasy.  But if the
article's author is including LKH in science fiction, then why doesn't
she mention Kim Harrison?  Why only Jim Butcher?

There's Charlie Stross's Merchant Princes series which as a bit of
romance in it, although it's not the main focus, Catherine Asaro's
supposedly got some romance in her Skolian space opera series,
although I really wouldn't know because I don't like her writing so
have only read one book in the series and whatever it was about fell
out of my head soon after.  There's Joe Haldeman's collection, _A
Separate War and Other Stories_ which has one story ("A Separate War",
maybe?) that is definitely a romance with a science fiction setting.
And then there's Kage Baker!  The driving force of that entire series
is Mendoza's ill-conceived romance with Nicholar Harpole (and others)!
 And this is just what I remember from this year--there are a lot of
other books out there, too.

I was lucky enough to review _The Sharing Knife_ for the October issue
of RT.  I *loved* it. Loved loved loved it.  More, please.

Going back to lurking,
Natalie
-- 
I am turning in revolution
These are the scars that silence carved on me
     -- Vienna Teng, "Gravity"