One silent tear

[james_davis_nicoll]

How sad it is to see a man reach out, only to be rejected

Comments

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

And men who don't brusquely domineer their women, I think.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

LIKE SCALZI.

[carloshasanax.livejournal.com]

Is there any evidence that Beale has even met a woman? His Wikipedia entry claims three children, but there's no cite. Maybe they're like Lou Antonelli's furbabies.

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

Dude, *Leo Frankowski* managed to meet and marry a woman.

(BTW, fans of Leo: obit locked due to a spam problem. Probably be unlocked in a year or so)

[carloshasanax.livejournal.com]

True enough, but Frankowski was a courtly gentleman of the old school compared to Beale.

The unmotivated jumps in tone and logic in his prose style make me wonder. They're a little like Dave Sim's.

[scott-sanford.livejournal.com]

Damn, the Wikipedia page reminded me of The Two-Space War. I've been trying to forget that for years.

[editrx.livejournal.com]

To be fair, and even though I sorta liked the guy personally, he did have to go all the way to Russia to find a girl, and did it through one of those Bride Auction thingies. (Not that he paid money, but, ya know...)

[tb-doc-smith.livejournal.com]

I was under the impression that the Bride of Frankowski (a mature woman with a daughter approaching marriageable age) dumped LF before he died.

[editrx.livejournal.com]

That is indeed true. There was an interpretor living with them as well. It was all ... bizarre.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Frankowski *paid a poor Russian woman to marry him*, with her fully understanding that the wealthy American was two generations her senior and would die and leave her his money eventually. And, after meeting him, she dumped him anyway.

Frankowski is perhaps not a relevant comparison.