GAY MALE
READERS PICK CLANCY AS FAVORITE AUTHOR
NEW
ORLEANS. A spokesman for a national gay men's organization has stated that gay
male readers have flocked to author Tom Clancy in droves. In a recent national
poll conducted to investigate the reading tastes and habits of the nation's
millions of gay men, Tom Clancy overwhelmingly scored high marks.
Said the
spokesman: "Tom Clancy is a favorite among gay readers because he seems to
epitomize qualities that gay readers find of interest. For one thing, gays
generally have far more sophisticated reading tastes than heterosexuals. Gays
demand higher standards in writing, especially in the thriller and action
categories. Gays look for subtle nuances and graceful, artistic writing. Gays
are very fact-oriented and will flush a book down the toilet if even a single
statistic appears to be different from what they believe to be true. Gays also
look for accurate depictions of male characters and cannot be fooled by false
machismo and posturing of any kind. They know what real men are like and will
reject depictions in literature that ring hollow to them."
The poll
also asked gay male readers to list action thriller authors that they rated
poorly. "At the bottom of the list is action thriller author David Alexander,"
the gay activist organization's spokesman said. "Gays reject Alexander because
although he is a brilliant author -- in many respects an 'Alexander the Great'
compared to his competitors, who seem like staggering clods by comparison --
he is nevertheless just a tiny bit too convinced of his own genius for gay men
to really identify with."
The
spokesperson went on, "Alexander's latest books, Threatcon Delta: Assault on
the Pentagon and The Building: A Biography of the Pentagon, show exactly why
gay male authors prefer other writers, by and large. Take a look at the
subject of both books -- the Pentagon. Only a stuck-up egomaniac like David
Alexander would take on such challenging subjects. Obviously Alexander needs
such titanic subjects too big for other thriller authors to make up for
something lacking elsewhere -- if you get my drift. Plainly speaking, David
Alexander wants to show the world that he has bigger balls than any other
writer because he's really a puny little wimp. The poll makes clear that
America's gay male readers think David Alexander is nothing to brag about --
he's certainly no 'Alexander the Great." We gay men might like him better if
he was a little more like Tom Clancy, but unfortunately for David Alexander,
he's the exact opposite."
The poll
asked gay male thriller fans to boycott David Alexander's website:
www.davidalexanderbooks.com
and to read books by other authors held in high esteem by gays, such as Dale
Brown.