[LMB] An article referencing Herself at sequentialtart

[Elizabeth Holden]

> 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.

I'd say, rather, there is a lack of great books that
combine the genres. Not a great lack of books that do
it.

Haven't read the article yet - I will when I have time
- but there is a huge section of the romance genre
that uses science fiction themes. I remember one in
paticular I enjoyed, about a female space captain and
her collared and mind-controlled slave, who turned out
to be the prince of an enemy planet.  No, this was not
porn. Just a plain old sexy romance novel put out by
Avon or someone. I think the author was Justine
Davies.

The thing is, most SF readers I know wouldn't be
caught dead reading this stuff and most genre romance
readers I know aren't interested in SF. Two different
markets, two different marketing strategies, two
different sections of the bookstores.

Then there are those zillions of romances in which the
heroes are werewolves and vampires and other Creatures
of the Night.  The first one I read was by Linda Lael
Miller but there seem to be dozens (or hundreds) of
writers writing this now.  Romance publishers have
whole sub-sections of it, though they generally call
it their 'supernatural' line rather than their
'fantasy' line.

> > Lois, it seems, is carrying the banner for Science
> Fiction Romance all by herself.

Only if you define Science Fiction Romance in a
certain way.

And of course her books are exceptionally good.

namaste,
Elizabeth