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<blockquote data-quote="Particle_Man" data-source="post: 3654410" data-attributes="member: 892">I have previously given warnings about the rape scene in the book and have been thanked by some people for doing so.&nbsp; You may not believe this, but there are people in this world that really don't want to ever read a scene where the viewpoint character rapes someone, regardless of the context, and regardless of the greater artistic value there may be in the work as a whole.&nbsp; This truth is shocking to some, I know.&nbsp; And yet (another shocking truth) these are mature people who like sophisticated narratives (to cut off any reply along the lines of &quot;well then they should avoid all mature readers stuff, stay out of fantasy and science fiction sections of bookstores entirely, and stick to Care Bears&quot;).I have never had someone who has not read the book say &quot;Dude, you spoiled the book for me.&quot;&nbsp; At worst, I have had some people who have read the book say &quot;Dude, you are spoiling the book for others, and/or misrepresenting it&quot;, but that's a small weight compared the larger weight of the people that have thanked me for the warning.So far, the evidence IME is in favour of giving the warning.&nbsp; So I have done so here, and will continue to do so in the future.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Particle_Man, post: 3654410, member: 892"] I have previously given warnings about the rape scene in the book and have been thanked by some people for doing so. You may not believe this, but there are people in this world that really don't want to ever read a scene where the viewpoint character rapes someone, regardless of the context, and regardless of the greater artistic value there may be in the work as a whole. This truth is shocking to some, I know. And yet (another shocking truth) these are mature people who like sophisticated narratives (to cut off any reply along the lines of "well then they should avoid all mature readers stuff, stay out of fantasy and science fiction sections of bookstores entirely, and stick to Care Bears"). I have never had someone who has not read the book say "Dude, you spoiled the book for me." At worst, I have had some people who have read the book say "Dude, you are spoiling the book for others, and/or misrepresenting it", but that's a small weight compared the larger weight of the people that have thanked me for the warning. So far, the evidence IME is in favour of giving the warning. So I have done so here, and will continue to do so in the future. [/QUOTE]

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