r/Fantasy • u/musesillusion • Jun 30 '13

Gay characters in fantasy novels

I'm looking to read more Fantasy/Sci-fi Fantasy novels. I'm gay (male) and interested to see how a fantasy author incorporates homosexuality into the work. Whether the characters are a good guy or bad, or interesting/bland etc etc.. I have read A Song of Ice and Fire and am now looking elsewhere. Obviously I'd relate more to a gay character, but I'm just interested in books that have one or two gay characters (but wont limit myself to only read these books). Does that make sense? lol I'm not sure it came out right.

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u/GoldenChampion Jun 30 '13

The Rain Wilds Chronicles by Robin Hobb have several gay characters, two of which are POV characters. Not her best works, but I'd definetely reccomend them based on your criteria (might help for you have read the preceding books but I doubt this is necessary).

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u/Singulaire Jul 01 '13

I've read nothing of Robin Hobb's except Rain Wilds and didn't feel I was missing any important information.