[LMB] Why LMB just doesn't count, but Asaro does

[PAT MATHEWS]

Asaro and some other authors in other genres write of "Such men on whom a 
pair of trousers would be wasted."

Of course, then the writers of dick-lit often write women who are men with 
boobs, so I gues we're even.

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>From: "Beth Mitcham" <mitcham.beth at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: "Discussion of the works of Lois McMaster 
>Bujold."<lois-bujold at lists.herald.co.uk>
>To: "Discussion of the works of Lois McMaster 
>Bujold."<lois-bujold at lists.herald.co.uk>
>Subject: Re: [LMB] Why LMB just doesn't count, but Asaro does
>Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 10:50:41 -0700
>
>On 4/9/07, Azalais Aranxta <tiamat at tsoft.com> wrote:
>>On Mon, 9 Apr 2007, Beth Mitcham wrote:
>>
>> >  I
>> > then tossed in Asaro, which was accepted as a woman whose men
>> > aren't entirely believable.
>>
>>Gosh, you're polite.  I find the Tooth Fairy easier to believe in
>>than 90% of Catherine Asaro's male characters,
>
>Yeah, that was a diplomatic way to put it.  Actually, she was the
>posterchild for "women with dicks" (as opposed to "Men with boobs",
>which I think Weber won).
>
>I don't remember the virginity worries, is that in her fantasies?  I
>can't get into them, which I find strange since I enjoy her space
>opera, which I think have all the same faults.
>
>Beth Mitcham
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