tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post6802995382868356104..comments2024-03-28T23:42:09.625+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Temple ProstitutionKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-59615529291179583232013-12-15T10:13:50.517+00:002013-12-15T10:13:50.517+00:00Sean,
Sure. Gaiman was, of course, presenting the ...Sean,<br />Sure. Gaiman was, of course, presenting the history through the voice of a modern young woman with a Women's Studies Masters degree who was dancing because the money was good and talking to her fellow dancers. I don't think Gaiman himself would have discussed the issue in quite the same terms!<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-81978317273151230862013-12-15T10:06:41.479+00:002013-12-15T10:06:41.479+00:00Hi, Paul!
I know you are a fan of Neil Gaiman, bu...Hi, Paul!<br /><br />I know you are a fan of Neil Gaiman, but I preferred how Poul Anderson handled the issue of temple prostitution in "Ivory, Apes, and Peacocks," to what I've seen of how Gaiman handled the matter in the quotes you gave here. I thought Anderson's treatment was more sensitive and delicate, while I found the quote from Gaiman crude. And, as a Catholic, I don't agree with how the people of Tyre used sex in pagan religious rites because I considere sex to be sacred, a thing rightly done only by married men and women. But, as I said, Anderson's handling of the matter was so well done that it was not offensively pornographic!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com