Re- Kick-off (as it were...)

[davemarc]

> >>>>Not so much in itself, but is it possibly related to the
> book's reported lack of erotic content? I'm going to miss
> those steamy sex encounters with Jessica, Katye and Geli.
> That was the '70s and this is the '90s--but even so. Did
> Melanie tell him to tone things down? Or is it some kind
> thematic thing? Drawing demarcation lines between the sexes 
> as between colonies and a zillion other things. Maybe
> it's the influence of those wily Jesuits.
> 
> 			P.

Looks like Paul might prefer Mary Anne Mohanraj's Torn Shapes of Desire:

"Obviously Gwen's talent in bed was a shared family trait.  Familiar hands
caressed skin, sweaty bodies entwined on the mud-stained bed.  They
separated only briefly enough for Gwen to reach out and grab a...."  (p.
90)

Gotta go,

davemarc