Amory heralded the advent of a gay literary culture independent of heterosexual control or interference. Xtra! Toronto, The reprint of the book, written by a former San Jose resident and teacher, is being hailed by historians as a reclamation of 'an integral part of gay pop culture history.', A charming, delightfully queer pastoral. Xtra! Toronto, This charming, delightfully queer pastoral comes to us care of the Little Sister's Classics. it belongs in every gay man's library., This charming, delightfully queer pastoral comes to us care of the Little Sister's Classics. Xtra! West, The Song of the Loon was originally published in 1966 and is remarkable not just for the success (there were two sequels and a movie) but for the fact that in a time when gay liberation was focussed primarily on sexual freedom, Song of the Loon is a frontier romance., Arsenal Pulp and Little Sister's should be praised for bringing back Song of the Loon.In its sweetly euphoric way, Loonannounced the Summer of Love, and envisioned elements that were to become typical of gay culture in its first flowering, liberation phase.

â€”Wayves, Song of the Loonreminded me that while all books are books, some books are even more history. Unique among pulp novels of the time, the gay characters in Song of the Loon are strong and romantically drawn, which has earned the book a place in the canon of gay American literature.The Song of the Loon was originally published in 1966 and is remarkable not just for the success (there were two sequels and a movie) but for the fact that in a time when gay liberation was focussed primarily on sexual freedom, Song of the Loon is a frontier romance. The most popular erotic gay book of the 1960s and 1970s, Song of the Loon was the inspiration for two sequels, a 1970 film of the same name, at least one porn movie and a parody novel called Fruit of the Loon. Along his journey, he meets a number of characters who share with him stories, wisdom and homosexual encounters.

Published well ahead of its time, in 1966 by Greenleaf Classics, Song of the Loon is a romantic novel that tells the story of Ephraim MacIver and his travels through the wilderness. a happy amalgam of James Fenimore Cooper, Jean Genet and Hudson’s Green Mansions.”-from the cover copy of the 1969 edition

“More completely than any author before him, Richard Amory explores the tormented world of love for man by man.

Song of the Loon by Richard Amory