Stage Fright
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| Title: | Stage Fright |
| Publisher: | Oz X-Press |
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| Author(s): | Meg Lewtan |
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| Date(s): | undated, but probably 1986 |
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| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | Professionals |
| Language: | English |
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Stage Fright is a 175-page slash AU novel by Meg Lewtan. It is in the same universe as Camera Shy.
Reactions and Reviews
1990
Stage Fright/Camera Shy -- Lewtan novels. Doyle as model/actor, living with and loving Bodie who is in CI5. Unfortunately, sometimes STAGE FRIGHT comes dangerously close to Bodie/Shaw. I also found both novels tell us altogether too much about B&D's doings. I know how to chew peas, too, thank you, and I don't need step-by-step details of how to. Also, Lewtan's Doyle tends to get too "guilty" and over-wrought. I like her touches with Bodie, but I, too, get the feeling of "St. Bodie" (corollary in B7 -- the "St. Blake" stories where [Blake] survives Gauda Prime and not only forgives Avon, but leads the poor distraught man into The Light.) I also like the way she uses Murphy as long as she keeps him incidental and not intrusive. I fear she has him interfere too much. Her saving grace is that she totally admits what kind of writing she does, that it has plot holes and that she tends to bodice-ripping. [1]
1991
Don't forget "Stage Fright", the sequel to "Camera Shy". It is one of the very few sequels that doesn't leave you with a feeling of being let down after you finish it. It stands by itself as a very good story. [2]
1994
Camera Shy was one such example [of too much pining and swooning] for me. Although I liked the story (liked the sequel, Stage Fright, much better) I thought Bodie was a completely arrogant, emotionally abusive bastard, and the worst: Doyle fell for it and LET him abusive him emotionally. Doyle was written as very insecure and falling for all of Bodie's little tricks (for instance Bodie being very gentle to Doyle one moment and then suddenly turning cold and arrogant to punish him). And Bodie used all those tricks deliberately with the aim to soften Doyle up. I hated it! While I could believe that Bodie could be such a bastard I'd never want Doyle to fall for someone like that! Made me really cringe.Fortunately, it got better the more the story progressed and the sequel Stage Fright had them in a relatively equal balance. [3]
1997
For characters--I need them strong and tough. If they are made too weak it just loses it for me. And why oh why is it nine times out of ten Doyle being rescued by Bodie. Even good stories that I'd normally like start me rolling my eyes when we get another Doyle as victim bit. I absolutely love Camera Shy and it's sequel Stage Fright... they are wonderful but I cringe at the ends where Doyle falls apart. That's just not the Doyle I see in ANY of the eps. [4]
References
- ^ comments by Linda Terrell in Short Circuit #3 (October 1990)
- ^ from Cold Fish and Stale Chips #9 (1991)
- ^ comment at Virgule-L, quoted anonymously (November 3, 1994)
- ^ comment at Virgule-L, quoted anonymously (March 2, 1997)