Delphinophile - a book review
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:21 pm
No pics, but text may be NSFW
From other sources, Zach/Malcolm abandons this dolphin after nine months; shortly afterward she dies ...some presume from a broken heart. Years later, he writes a book about how his love killed her, great.
Which is worse: the bestiality, the victim-blaming or the media exploitation?
BTW Please don't go into a tail chasing frenzy, saying this implies I condone dolphin rape.
but you probably will, oh well I tried.
Wet goddess [Recollections of a Dolphin Lover] is one man’s encounter with dolphins, based on a true story. Ruby is especially important in this book – Zach's [Malcolm J. Brennerend's pseudonym] up thinking he is becoming seduced by her, and perhaps because of that, actually does.
The book is about Zach and Ruby’s relationship and their forbidden love. Trying to keep a relationship while the rest of the world attacks them for it – everything Zach has ever known tells him that loving an animal is wrong. Yet, that is exactly what he finds himself doing.
Through this relationship with Ruby, he learns more about dolphins and himself than he had learned in his whole life.
Wet Goddess is a well-written, interesting, and engaging book. The story is marvelous, and the writing is excellent. It offers a lot of insight into dolphin sexuality and the social behaviors and amazing intellegence of dolphins, and especially their behavior towards humans.
The novel is punctuated with photos the author took himself. They show the park, himself, his friends, and the dolphins at Florida Funland. You can view a slideshow of the pictures at the official website here.
Overall, Wet Goddess is fascinating, informative, and definitely worth reading at least twice.
The official website for Wet Goddess is http://wetgoddess.net/. The website has an FAQ, author biography and blog, image slideshow, a couple sample chapters from the book, and buying information.
From other sources, Zach/Malcolm abandons this dolphin after nine months; shortly afterward she dies ...some presume from a broken heart. Years later, he writes a book about how his love killed her, great.
Which is worse: the bestiality, the victim-blaming or the media exploitation?
BTW Please don't go into a tail chasing frenzy, saying this implies I condone dolphin rape.
but you probably will, oh well I tried.