Comments on: Raw Gore, Explicit Cruelty, Debased Sex in Novels

By: E. J. Ruek

E. J. Ruek — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:18:48 +0000

Ummm. How about:

With a single finger, she speared him in the chest, her finger penetrating two knuckles deep between two ribs.

He screamed out, grabbing his wounded ribs as he dropped, writhing, to the ground.

“Wimp,” she snickered.

Marva Dasef — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:38:13 +0000

Ditto. I’m trying to add a bit of action to a scifi and I’m the most namby pamby of all time.

She poked him in the chest with one finger.

He dropped to the ground screaming, “Owie!”

That’s about as violent as I get.

E. J. Ruek — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:04:20 +0000

I agree comPLETELY!!

Kristen — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:05:19 +0000

The same could be asked about violent gore in movies, or the unnecessary (and yet, so frequent) shots of women’s bare breasts.