On 09/10/2025 21:29, William Hyde wrote:
James Nicoll wrote:
The Cool War by Frederik Pohl
A hapless minister is drafted into international intrigue.
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/just-another-day-in-paradise
I don't have my copy to hand, but wasn't there a mention of a gay
marriage very early on?
I thought it was the first mention of a gay marriage, as an
unexceptional occurrence that i had ever read.
William Hyde
Arthur C. Clarke may have written one earlier,
because, you know. But I don't recall a wedding,
if you mean the wedding.
Apparently the same publication year as
_The Cool War_ - 1981 - I think Vonda N. McIntyre
included polyamorous marriage in Star Trek novel <
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Entropy_Effect>
though I think only one member of the marriage
appears. But I suppose that a certain kind of
fan fiction had been marrying Kirk to Spock
for years... or not:
<
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk/Spock>
mentions marriage only once, re Spock's on-screen
anullment. "Proper" novels _The Price of the
Phoenix_ and _The Fate of the Phoenix_ took
the affection between Kirk and Spock farther
than most stories that aren't only about that.
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