His Web site () includes Rainbow: Lubbock, an online newsletter for his fellow gays in Lubbock, Texas. Though best known for his books, Simolke also writes for This Week In Texas (). At the same time, the invading world Degranon remains as fanatical and divisive as in the original, with characters using religious dogma to justify violence and oppression against each other and everyone else.Ī review appearing in the Octoissue of X-Factor () explains how Degranon’s second edition explores gay marriage and other contemporary issues, saying that “Duane Simolke establishes his voice in gay genre writing” with those explorations. While the first edition (published January 2002) showed gay marriage as legal and a non-issue, the second edition further incorporates parallels to anti-gay crusades in real life.įor example, one of the passages explains a series of constitutional amendments that supposedly protected society on the planet Valchondria but actually led to discrimination and a gradual erosion of human rights. When Duane Simolke re-released Degranon: A Science Fiction Adventure in June 2004, he made three of the central characters gay, and used them to further delve into contemporary issues, including gay marriage.
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