In memory of Lucilla Andrews

Lucilla Matthew Andrews Crichton (b. November 21, 1919, Suez - October 3, 2006, Edinburgh) published 35 novels, an autobiographical memoir and an academic biography of a Roman Catholic theologian in the course of a prolific and highly successful career. She was probably the best known exponent of romantic "hospital fiction" and her personal experiences of war-time nursing provided the backcloth for the hospital scenes in Ian McEwan's novel Atonement. It was only last year that Andrews learned, with considerable amusement, that McEwan had expressed his indebtedness to her biographical memoir, No Time for Romance (1977), in his acknowledgments in Atonement (2001). When Andrews learned of the link between the two books, she observed wryly that her view of the matter was similar to that of Rhett Butler in Gone With The Wind. ("Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.").

Lucilla Andrews, who also wrote under the names of Diana Gordon and Joanna Marcus, was a founder member of the Romantic Novelists Association (which honoured her shortly before her death with a lifetime achievement award). Her first novel was published in 1954 and her last in 1996. She is regarded by today's contemporary authors of romantic fiction as having set a standard, and many of her books now sell for hundreds of pounds in the second-hand trade.

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In memory of Lucilla Andrews

Lucilla Matthew Andrews Crichton (b. November 21, 1919, Suez - October 3, 2006, Edinburgh) published 35 novels, an autobiographical memoir and an academic biography of a Roman Catholic theologian in the course of a prolific and highly successful career. She was probably the best known exponent of romantic "hospital fiction" and her personal experiences of war-time nursing provided the backcloth for the hospital scenes in Ian McEwan's novel Atonement. It was only last year that Andrews learned, with considerable amusement, that McEwan had expressed his indebtedness to her biographical memoir, No Time for Romance (1977), in his acknowledgments in Atonement (2001). When Andrews learned of the link between the two books, she observed wryly that her view of the matter was similar to that of Rhett Butler in Gone With The Wind. ("Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.").

Lucilla Andrews, who also wrote under the names of Diana Gordon and Joanna Marcus, was a founder member of the Romantic Novelists Association (which honoured her shortly before her death with a lifetime achievement award). Her first novel was published in 1954 and her last in 1996. She is regarded by today's contemporary authors of romantic fiction as having set a standard, and many of her books now sell for hundreds of pounds in the second-hand trade.

To read more:

http://rosaromance.splinder.com/post/18595180/

Spaceport: Marked by Jade Buchanan

This is a multi-author series, so I don't know if the futuristic world was an original creation by Jade Buchanan or not, but in a way or the other, this short story, 70 pages, is a funny erotic romp.

It's a menages, an you know that I'm not really fond of menages, but since the three men got together at the same time, there is not the problem of the odd man out who interfere with a previous pair. Chet is a Nil Raja, an alien race which still lives in caste; every caste is identified by the blue swirl patterns in their skin, and since Chet belongs to a pleasure caste, his swirls are sensuous and delicate, made to enthrall and entice. He doesn't have a protector and when Dinesh arrives to the same Spaceport where Chet lives, the lithe Nil Raja thinks that the big Nil Raja Warrior would be a perfect protector.

Dinesh is a very conservative Nil Raja warrior. He doesn't like when he is forced to leave his planet, but when he witnesses to a murder attempt of the Councilor of the Spaceport he doesn't think twice to protect the man, even if this means that, from that moment on, he has bound his life to Ainsley. And when the fate brings to him also the little Chet, Dinesh thinks that where there is space for one, there is also space for two, and so he only widens his protective embrace.

Even if Ainsley is a clever politician, he is not a prudent man; he puts himself in danger without thinking when deal with politic matters. But not when it arrives to personal relationship: usually he faces that matter in an aloof way. But this time he has not choice in matter: he is between Dinesh and Chet, and he can't disentangle himself from the two, and truth be told, he doesn't want to.

Dinesh and Chet's characters are at the opposite: Chet is the omega male, lithe, sensual and graceful; he reminds me a cat, content to purr in the lap of his big warrior, but with a wit of his own that it's not easy to control. Dinesh is the alpha male, stocky and of not much words, he prefers to grunt fast order and he doesn't see the reason for long speech. Ainsley is in the middle (pun not intended...), he is usually a man of control, but his force is more based on his social status than in his body strenght.

Even if there is a minor adventure plot, the story is for the most part a sexy tale, with a lot of erotic encounters, and if you reason that the story spans for only a week and tells on two days of that week... well you realize how much space is devoted to the sex!

http://www.changelingpress.com/index.php?uaid=ISFUDNYA

Amazon Kindle: Spaceport: Marked
Publisher: Changeling Press, LLC (September 26, 2008)

Reading List: http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle

Spaceport: Marked by Jade Buchanan

This is a multi-author series, so I don't know if the futuristic world was an original creation by Jade Buchanan or not, but in a way or the other, this short story, 70 pages, is a funny erotic romp.

It's a menages, an you know that I'm not really fond of menages, but since the three men got together at the same time, there is not the problem of the odd man out who interfere with a previous pair. Chet is a Nil Raja, an alien race which still lives in caste; every caste is identified by the blue swirl patterns in their skin, and since Chet belongs to a pleasure caste, his swirls are sensuous and delicate, made to enthrall and entice. He doesn't have a protector and when Dinesh arrives to the same Spaceport where Chet lives, the lithe Nil Raja thinks that the big Nil Raja Warrior would be a perfect protector.

Dinesh is a very conservative Nil Raja warrior. He doesn't like when he is forced to leave his planet, but when he witnesses to a murder attempt of the Councilor of the Spaceport he doesn't think twice to protect the man, even if this means that, from that moment on, he has bound his life to Ainsley. And when the fate brings to him also the little Chet, Dinesh thinks that where there is space for one, there is also space for two, and so he only widens his protective embrace.

Even if Ainsley is a clever politician, he is not a prudent man; he puts himself in danger without thinking when deal with politic matters. But not when it arrives to personal relationship: usually he faces that matter in an aloof way. But this time he has not choice in matter: he is between Dinesh and Chet, and he can't disentangle himself from the two, and truth be told, he doesn't want to.

Dinesh and Chet's characters are at the opposite: Chet is the omega male, lithe, sensual and graceful; he reminds me a cat, content to purr in the lap of his big warrior, but with a wit of his own that it's not easy to control. Dinesh is the alpha male, stocky and of not much words, he prefers to grunt fast order and he doesn't see the reason for long speech. Ainsley is in the middle (pun not intended...), he is usually a man of control, but his force is more based on his social status than in his body strenght.

Even if there is a minor adventure plot, the story is for the most part a sexy tale, with a lot of erotic encounters, and if you reason that the story spans for only a week and tells on two days of that week... well you realize how much space is devoted to the sex!

http://www.changelingpress.com/index.php?uaid=ISFUDNYA

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle