I am both a Bondage Master and a sci-fi fanatic [Remember, we've talked about the old BSG] and you summed up my primary problem with Gor in four words: They are badly written. [Very low-rent ripoffs of ER Burroughs' "John Carter of Mars" really..should be called "The Slums of Barsoom"] I don't care that much about the 'moral issues'. The most awful behavior can be well written and I'll happily read it without any qualms at all.
However, this is the major pitfall of writing from an ideologically driven point of view. Just look the Left Behind books. [Slacktavist (http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/left_behind/index.html) does a wonderfully vicious job of 'deconstructing' them] It can be done, of course, like CS Lewis and The Narnia books. But it is a tough road.
This is something that I have given a lot of thought to as I myself am doing such and worry about Story vs Ideology. You can get the general idea here (http://community.livejournal.com/e_speaks/31724.html) and read all I've finished so far - plus bits of Works In Progress - here (http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=nebris&keyword=Witches+Cycle&filter=all). I suspect my struggle to maintain balance between Story and Ideology is at the heart of my slow progress.
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However, this is the major pitfall of writing from an ideologically driven point of view. Just look the Left Behind books. [Slacktavist (http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/left_behind/index.html) does a wonderfully vicious job of 'deconstructing' them] It can be done, of course, like CS Lewis and The Narnia books. But it is a tough road.
This is something that I have given a lot of thought to as I myself am doing such and worry about Story vs Ideology. You can get the general idea here (http://community.livejournal.com/e_speaks/31724.html) and read all I've finished so far - plus bits of Works In Progress - here (http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=nebris&keyword=Witches+Cycle&filter=all). I suspect my struggle to maintain balance between Story and Ideology is at the heart of my slow progress.
~M~
..I freakin' love the evil Nerys..lol