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> ...the protagonist is a middle-aged man who has beautiful young women throw themselves at him... Given that that could be used to describe quite a lot of pul
by ThrowawayR2 8y ago
> ...the protagonist is a middle-aged man who has beautiful young women throw themselves at him...
Given that that could be used to describe quite a lot of pulp sci-fi from that era, that is not much of an indictment. Writers, then as now, knew what their audience wanted.
- forapurpose 8y ago> Given that that could be used to describe quite a lot of pulp sci-fi from that era Now that is useful context that I didn't know. Could you provide other examples? > Writers, then as now, knew what their audience wanted. Wasn't their audience mostly younger guys? Wouldn't their audience want younger guys getting laid?
- ThrowawayR2 8y agoI was thinking of the Buck Rogers novels and William Burroughs's John Carter when I wrote that but both of them turn out to be ~30. Older than the likely audience but younger than I had thought.