John Carter marries a princess on Mars.
Carson Napier marries a princess on Venus.
Julian V has a love affair with a princess on the Moon.
SM Stirling
Marc Vitrac marries a "...high priestess-cum-princess..." (In The Courts Of The Crimson Kings, CHAPTER SIX, p. 148) on Venus.
Jeremy Wainman has an affair with the Martian woman who is:
"'...rightfully Emperor and King Beneath the Mountain, holding and swaying the Real World. Or at the very least, the Designated Successor.'"
-ibid., CHAPTER SEVEN, p. 159.
(I have read this book but forgotten its ending and am rereading it but have not reached the end.)
Poul Anderson
Dominic Flandry has an affair with Queen Gunli on Schotha.
4 comments:
Beautiful princesses are a staple of adventure fiction... 8-).
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
They are, and normal males like that! (Laughs)
Ad astra! Sean
Note that in THE COURTS OF THE CRIMSON KINGS, the guy who married the princess is -rescued- by the princess...
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
I remember that, and how Jeremy Wainman said something derogatory about "Ohio Brown."
Ad astra! Sean
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