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profiterole_reads ([personal profile] profiterole_reads) wrote2025-06-04 05:37 pm

Praxis by David Gerrold

The novella Praxis by David Gerrold (The Man Who Folded Himself) was interesting. In order to escape being sentenced to the Labor Corps, James and José opt to emigrate to Praxis, a colony world with only men, and get fake-married to improve their chances.

Let's talk about wrong expectations. None of the story actually takes place on Praxis, only in the training camp, though the camp is also men-only.

The story isn't exactly m/m, it's more of a queerplatonic relationship at this point, though they talk about maybe having sex in the future.
tjs_whatnot: (reading leads to...)

[personal profile] tjs_whatnot 2025-06-05 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Haha! Somehow I started following this author on FB without realizing he was a novelist? I think I thought he worked in TV? Which apparently he does? IDK. I just know I usually really appreciate his take on things but we had a bit of a disagreement about Shel Silverstein (of all things), but he was super gracious about it in the end. (I wasn't the only one who disagreed with him and voiced our opinions; didn't want you think that I, personally, one-on-one argued with him 🤣).