sci-fi fantasy lit column stuff - romance!

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So as I work on the first intro article, I've been struck by a couple of ideas for future articles. One on great out-of-print stuff you should track down, and the other -- wait for it -- a Valentine's Day feature. Yes, that's right, the great (or completely compelling and utterly fucked up, to be more accurate) relationships in sci-fi and fantasy novels.

So far I've got a few on my nomination list (that is, some will make the piece and some won't) including Molly/Case from Neuromancer, Paul/Chani from Dune, Gentle/Pie from Imajica, Alec/Richard from Swordspoint, Phedre/Josclin from Kushiel's Dart, Asriel/Mrs. Coulter from HDM, Jodeau/Xas from The Vintner's Luck (this is the one most likely to get booted right now, as I'm using that book in the out-of-print piece).

But all of this speaks to my particualr biases of the moment. What am I forgetting? What haven't I read that I really should (I know, everything!)? Anyone got some f/f or poly ones for me to reference? I know they are in my brain somewhere, but they're not coming to the fore. As should be obvious from what's above, happily ever after not required. Also more hard sci-fi stuff welcome. I really like hard sci-fi, but I'm largely at a loss on it for this particular list (thank you, William Gibson for making me not look like a total pussy).

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peaking from _riverside. Mercedes Lackey's Bedlam Bard series with Eric has a threesome elf/human female/mage (for the life of me, I can't remember their names). And I don't know if this counts or not, but the Meredith Gentry series by Laurell K Hamilton is basically a constant orgy. Actually, her Anita Blake books are similar, although there we fall into the vampires debate where Meredith is a fairy. Not that I'm recommending these books per se, but thought if you had read them that they might nudge a memory or two.

Aaron/Darvish/Chandra from Tanya Huff's Of Darkness, Lift, & Fire [The Fire's Stone]doesn't have a 3-way romance but it does have one male in a reciprocated love with another and married to a female and all three are super good friends.

But I think an [f'ed up] pairing I really liked was Mercedes Lackey's Vanyel/Tylendel. That's a angsty-suicide-supermagic powers-reincarnation relationship.