[lbo-talk] Re: love stories ???

[Gar Lipow]

On 4/6/06, John Costello <joxn.costello at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 4/6/06, Gar Lipow <the.typo.boy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 4/6/06, Daniel Davies <d_squared_2002 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > > I would suggest "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand.
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> > You know, that really does have a hell of a lot of appeal to
> > teenagers. Robin Hahnel thinks it is the most fun political novel ever
> > written.
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> You guys missed the original stipulation that we're looking for short novels
> or novellas.  Atlas Shrugged is four of those.
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> I'll second Bujold's _Shards of Honor_, which I reread last night while
> thinking about this thread. As a bonus, it now comes bound together with
> _Barryar_.
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I'll second Bujold and repeat my rec of "Silver Metal Lover".  Another
Tanith Lee work, "The Flat Earth" series is also something I also
might recommend; it does have a strong sado-maschocistic element
though (not as strong as DeSade, but explicitly there) so it would
depend on the parent as to whether to give a teenage girl.