New York Times article which has pertinence to the recent discussion about slash

[heiditandy]

The article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/13/opinion/13BAWE.html
is very interesting for what it says about authors, modern culture, and
the world that those of us who are under 35 have grown up in.
 
In part, it says: 
 
 <<The line between gay and mainstream fiction is blurring. Heterosexual
writers no longer omit gay characters from their universes; authors
formerly categorized as gay writers are now reaching mainstream
readers... For more and more readers - and writers - a good book is a
good book, period.>>
 
I think this pretty much sums up how I feel about things I read, whether
in fanfic or hardbound or paperback novels. A good story is a good
story, and the category it's placed in isn't as relevant as whether it
tells a good story. Am I unusual in this, at least in the
non-fanfic-reading universe ( : broadens the question in hopes of
bringing some of those who read *no* fanfic into the discussion)?
 
 


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