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Comment 3 Oct 2005^ at 09:50 UTC

Sadly, both "ultraviolence" and "tortugraphy" are trends I've long seen creeping into many genres and media. Of the latter, I think I first noticed its rising popularity in SF with Gene Wolfe's The Shadow of the Torturer (1980) and various "anti-hero" protagonists by other authors. – Bo Leuf

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