From: rja.carnegie@gmail.com   
      
   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   
      
   though I think only one member of the marriage   
   appears.  But I suppose that a certain kind of   
   fan fiction had been marrying Kirk to Spock   
   for years...  or not:   
      
   mentions marriage only once, re Spock's on-screen   
   anullment.  "Proper" novels _The Price of the   
   Phoenix_ and _The Fate of the Phoenix_ took   
   the affection between Kirk and Spock farther   
   than most stories that aren't only about that.   
      
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