Diane Duane posted on Usenet a number of years ago to the effect that it was intentional that Tom and Carl's relationship NOT be unequivocally either gay or not gay. http://groups.google.com/group/soc.motss/msg/25c9214646dd8589
> What might be good reasons for > me _not_ getting too definite on this subject in the books themselves? > Hint A: Discard what will possibly be the first reason to come to > mind (i.e. anything to do with potential sales, marketing, or possibly > being banned anyplace). > Hint B: I really dislike labels. _Any_ kind. I look forward to the > day when there will be no need for them any more, and nothing left but > people for whom it is OK to love other people in ways that do no harm > to the loved (or others). I much doubt I'll see such a time in this > lifetime, but it's a goal worth working for.
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> What might be good reasons for
> me _not_ getting too definite on this subject in the books themselves?
> Hint A: Discard what will possibly be the first reason to come to
> mind (i.e. anything to do with potential sales, marketing, or possibly
> being banned anyplace).
> Hint B: I really dislike labels. _Any_ kind. I look forward to the
> day when there will be no need for them any more, and nothing left but
> people for whom it is OK to love other people in ways that do no harm
> to the loved (or others). I much doubt I'll see such a time in this
> lifetime, but it's a goal worth working for.