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Chrome

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This is an UNBELIEVABLE work of science fiction. Written years ago. I read this book 15 years ago, and I've been with "My" Vortex ever since. It's REAL Sci-Fi, but with gay heros.

I had to buy it "this time", because I didn't return it to the guy I borrowed it from last time and someone took it. Now that's karma.

Light on heavy sex, but strong on "I can't help but love'in that man of mine".

And because it was written a while back in 1978(read no concept of a PC), some of the "technology" is a little off.

BUT STILL! You won't be able to put it down.

I picked up a paperback copy of this a while ago, fascinated by the obviously homoerotic cover and the plot line... and, as a young queer person, amazed at the existence of a queer SF novel from 1978... I have all sorts of questions about it, ranging from the cover blurb (is Thomas Tryon a real person), to the apparently steriod enhanced cover art... to wondering about what kind of codes, if any, the author had to conform to... I wish I had a literary analysis of it... it was so wonderfully strange to read a book in which man/man attraction was normative, but still addressed the whole issue of love being forbidden by artificial barriers and societal pressure. Was Jove books a gay imprint of G.P. Putnam? Etc. Etc. It was a powerful book, which compelled me to keep on reading and reading... love conquers all.

george nader has done a wonerfull job, of mirroring a fantastical future world wherin the love that dare not speak its name takes on a new face. chrome and vortex are mad max iron lovers battling the universe to save their sacred love. with highly spiritual undertones and a precious vulnerability that each of the characters possess, this novel is both a moving love story and a voyage into a sterile and artless future where control and domination is ever-present but the will to live and enjoy pleasure prevails.

I haven't been this moved by a good gay fiction book since Song of the Loon which I read at the tender age of 16. It is not dripping with sex and the characters live beyond the sexual realm. When I first read this book I fell in love with Chrome and Vortex. I actually felt like I shared thier mutual awakenings. I laughed and cried with them,and never wanted the story to end. This book deserves a sequel.

I agree with Jeffrey H.: Buy it! First of all, it's a hoot that George Nader wrote this -- he was one of the hottest young stars in Hollywood in his day. But he's a very good writer, too. I paid a lot of money for this tome, but it was worth every cent. I couldn't put it down. Besides an intriguing premise, the futuristic view he puts forth is cool simply because of the date it was written (1978). I have to say that Chrome is one of the most interesting, appealing and sensuous characters I've come across. He slips out of the story for a while; all I could think about was his return. The book's a charming and bold relic of its time and I can't recommend it higly enough. My regret is that Nader didn't write a sequel.

BUT IT!

Chrome is a classic. The characterisation and the technology are blended and unlike many gay themed SF novels it does not rely on sex as the pivot to the story. It's erotic rather than sexual.

Nader seems to have written this book from his heart and I cannot understand why there were no further titles from him.

I've lent (and had to demand back) this book to many people. If you can get it you'll never forget it.

This book is most strange. Part a gay romance, part hard s-f, part philosophy.

Curiously enough, it is the gay romance the least accomplished part. The author's intent was probably to stress how the love between Chrome and Vortex is inevitable. Well, to do so, he goes on describing undescribable emotions and on the long run, he gets sticky.

The two other parts are interesting enough: the world depicted here is particularly depressing, a kind of oligarchy whose only interest is to deprive people of what makes them different from each other and valuable. The only possible way out for the main hero is to escape Earth, a sort of metaphysical death.

The writing is professional, the author is particularly good at descriptions of locations. The story is slow but stirs emotions anyway.
Not a masterpiece, a pleasant read.

george nader has done a wonerfull job, of mirroring a fantastical future world wherin the love that dare not speak its name takes on a new face. chrome and vortex are mad max iron lovers battling the universe to save their sacred love. with highly spiritual undertones and a precious vulnerability that each of the characters possess, this novel is both a moving love story and a voyage into a sterile and artless future where control and domination is ever-present but the will to live and enjoy pleasure prevails.

Originally published in the early 70's (!), I'm glad to see that this has been re-issued. The story begins quirkily, then develops into something wonderfully deep. Very little graphic sex, but a wonderful meld of sci-fi, good-guys/bad-guys, and true love. One of my all-time faves.

George Nader has combined the best of love and sex fiction with new dimensions of science fantasy. The character's sexually inclination does not try to prove itself as explicitly anything and a bit of everything. Have you found that perfect partner, then this book is for you. This book leaves no doubt in the imagination that there is a soulmate for you if you can only find them