Most of the science fiction I've read would seem to indicate that there isn't such a thing.
I can't believe that I'm the only one who is writing that type of science fiction. There must be examples of other writers/authors who have written similar things.
Examples of books, specially recent ones, would be much appreciated.
I had picked up a book the other day, but haven't started reading it yet, as it was one of those "spend $250 before you walk out the door" type trips called "Cybersex" forward by Will Self. It is a collection of short stories which deal with well... you get the idea. The back says "Sometimes scary, often erotic and always very strange,..." well, that is part of the second paragraph. And yes, there are authors that are recognizable who are published in the book. - I'll let you know once I've read it.
Erotic SF/F is apparently a thriving subgenre, although many recognizable authors tend to publish these works under pseudonyms. One of the most famous examples would be Anne Rice, who published erotica under A.B. Roquelaire (sp?).
Thanks for the link to Circlet press.
Now, I will have to read Cybersex and the stories in it to see if what I write fits the subgenre.
hubby says that "I will fear no evil" is erotic, though definately not porn.
But then you have stories like "the cat who walks through walls" by Heinlein, which again, has lots of sex... group sex, etc. - but then Heinlein ended up being a dirty old man in his older age, soooooooo. "Friday" had some and so did "Time enough for love".
Anne McCaffrey (???) wrote a book called "Restoree" (title is close, author might not be) which also had sex, etc.
And Asimov wrote "The Sensual Dirty Old Man" by Dr. A --- this is a science text, not a story. -- and I think there was an implied sex scene in "Caves of Steel" or one of the subsequent stories. (Danieel Oliva is the main character)
IF you are looking more for smut... I would suggest looking in your local uhhhhhh, how do I put this... smut bookstore. I know that hubby picked up a book (which neither of us can remember) which was definatley smut set in a science fiction setting. He (hubby) does point out, that it was ok, in a male softmoric (is that redundant?) way.
I totally forgot (well, until after I shut down for the night) that there are also authors like Laurel K. Hamilton who write erotica (she can be found in horror) - here books have more of a story than just the erotica, but it is definately there none the less.
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VESTAL REVIEW - http://www.vestalreview.net/ - Frequency: Quarterly covering flash fiction. - they are looking for erotica, science fiction, mystery, fantasy, and about a dozen other genres.
I'm sure there are others, but well, I got tired looking.
here is the url
quote:
Our audience is adults....
Grrrrgh!
This should either be "Our audience is composed of adults..." or "The members of our audience are adults...."
"Our audience are adults..." is technically just as incorrect but doesn't sound quite as goofy as "Our audience is adults...." You would think that if someone was determined enough to note that the one expression was grammatically incorrect, they could at least have replaced it with a phrase that didn't sound stupid in addition to being grammatically incorrect!
Anyway, just thought I'd contribute something to this discussion 