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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Hank T Cannon: What’s the role of sex in genre fiction? I wasn’t introduced to sexy books in romance, but in decidedly non-romantic sci fi and contemporary fiction (hello Harold H. Robbins) where it was depicted as a description of power, personality, or outgrowth of culture, and kind of treated like sport. Only later as my reading expanded did sex as a conduit for romance, or as an ignition for romance enter the picture. Is sex just for the fun of it gratuitous in genre fiction, or does it serve … Read more