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  • (Big Hair Big Guns) The Cool War by Frederik Pohl

    From jdnicoll@jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) to rec.arts.sf.written on Thu Oct 9 08:55:44 2025
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    The Cool War by Frederik Pohl

    A hapless minister is drafted into international intrigue.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/just-another-day-in-paradise
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  • From William Hyde@wthyde1953@gmail.com to rec.arts.sf.written on Thu Oct 9 16:29:00 2025
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    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
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  • From Robert Carnegie@rja.carnegie@gmail.com to rec.arts.sf.written on Mon Oct 13 19:55:12 2025
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    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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  • From ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan@tednolan to rec.arts.sf.written on Mon Oct 13 19:49:22 2025
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    In article <10cjhug$2d7t2$1@dont-email.me>,
    Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> wrote:
    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>

    Well, by that standard, wouldn't Mannie's marriage in TMIAHM from 1966 qualify? He wasn't the only guy in it I don't think.
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