From: ted@loft.tnolan.com   
      
   In article <10cjhug$2d7t2$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Robert Carnegie   wrote:   
   >On 09/10/2025 21:29, William Hyde wrote:   
   >> James Nicoll wrote:   
   >>> The Cool War by Frederik Pohl   
   >>>   
   >>> A hapless minister is drafted into international intrigue.   
   >>>   
   >>> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/just-another-day-in-paradise   
   >>>   
   >> I don't have my copy to hand, but wasn't there a mention of a gay   
   >> marriage very early on?   
   >>   
   >> I thought it was the first mention of a gay marriage, as an   
   >> unexceptional occurrence that i had ever read.   
   >>   
   >> William Hyde   
   >   
   >Arthur C. Clarke may have written one earlier,   
   >because, you know.  But I don't recall a wedding,   
   >if you mean the wedding.   
   >   
   >Apparently the same publication year as   
   >_The Cool War_ - 1981 - I think Vonda N. McIntyre   
   >included polyamorous marriage in Star Trek novel   
   >   
      
   Well, by that standard, wouldn't Mannie's marriage in TMIAHM from 1966 qualify?   
   He wasn't the only guy in it I don't think.   
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