Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site randvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!randvax!rohn From: rohn@randvax.UUCP (Laurinda Rohn) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Women's preferences Message-ID: <2201@randvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 20-Dec-84 20:17:59 EST Article-I.D.: randvax.2201 Posted: Thu Dec 20 20:17:59 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 23-Dec-84 01:42:20 EST References: <715@watcgl.UUCP> <1032@houxm.UUCP> <436@gitpyr.UUCP> Organization: Rand Corp., Santa Monica Lines: 50 > from Roy J. Mongiovi. > ...John Norman. In actuality, his name is John Lange, and he is a > doctor of philosophy in some college in New York. The basic idea of these > novels is pretty much the same as the idea for which he was given his PhD: > > A woman can only truly realize her full potential and find > fulfillment by becoming the sex slave of a virile man. > > Now that sounds pretty unbelievable to me, in fact it sounds like a > teenage male's wet dream come to life. But the plot gets better. The plot couldn't possibly get any worse. This is utter trash. > These novels are published by DAW, and Donald A. Wollheim (= DAW) claims > that sales on this series are SINGLE-HANDEDLY keeping DAW Books afloat. > Also, in an interview, John Lange claims that 4 out of every 5 letters he > receives about the books are from WOMEN and are FAVORABLE!!! I would expect Lange to claim that sort of thing. I don't think there's any way of proving it (short of intercepting his mail :-) ), but I don't think I believe it. Then again, I don't think I'd write to him and complain about his books. How does one go about refuting an argument like that? He doesn't strike me as the type who would listen, anyway. Why waste the time? > These books contain lovely stuff like: the way to tell is a woman is a > REAL woman is to flick her between the legs with a whip and watch how she > "moves." Hah. He might be surprised when she "moves" to break his face. > Now, I'm glad that DAW books is making money, because they publish a lot of > other stuff which is quite good. But please, tell me that what the GOR books > say isn't so.... I hope you didn't really think that what the GOR books say might be true. But let's turn this around. Do the men out there REALLY think that women want abuse? Lauri rohn@rand-unix.ARPA ..decvax!randvax!rohn "I told you when I met you I was crazy..."