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The novel's feminist themes and treatment of sexuality were at the center of the controversy regarding its qualities, and the target of much of the scorn heaped upon it. | The novel's feminist themes and treatment of sexuality were at the center of the controversy regarding its qualities, and the target of much of the scorn heaped upon it. | ||
To be entirely honest, though, her use of the words "venom cock" to descibe an erection had much to do with the scorn. The phrase vemon cock was to be seen in a sample of the book's prose displayed at a convention. | |||
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Janine Cross, Canadian writer. She became the subject of a great deal of mockery online following the distribution of an excerpt from her fantasy novel, Touched by Venom (2005), at the World Fantasy Convention in November of 2005.
The novel's feminist themes and treatment of sexuality were at the center of the controversy regarding its qualities, and the target of much of the scorn heaped upon it.
To be entirely honest, though, her use of the words "venom cock" to descibe an erection had much to do with the scorn. The phrase vemon cock was to be seen in a sample of the book's prose displayed at a convention.
Bibliography
Novels
- The Footstop Café, (2005) (as Paulette Crosse)
- The Dragon Temple Saga
- Touched by Venom, (2005)
- Shadowed by Wings, (2006)