Han Solo: A Ladies' Man for All Seasons

Han Solo: A Ladies' Man for All Seasons is an essay by Sherry Magee about the appeal of Han Solo and his portrayal in fiction that has a romantic focus. In it, the author discusses a number of current stories.
The essay was published in Facets #4 in 1980 and reprinted (with a slightly different title) in Empire Star #4 in 1981.
Han and Leia in Fanfiction is a similar essay by this author, written a year later. Another similar essay, one by Chris Callahan is called The Many Faces of Captain Solo, written in 1981.
==The Introduction==
==The Conclusion==
==The Stories and Poems Discussed==
* Spacer Man by Jane Firmstone in Warped Space #41 ("By letting the Corellian into her life for even a single night she has reawakened her ability to hope and dream. Most of us may not be as disillusioned, but he helps remind us, too.")
* Solo Riddens- Laughing Corellian by Susan Matthews in Solo ("Like the couuntry song says, ladies love outlaws.")
* Stowaway by Judi Hendricks in ...Scum & Villainy (part of the The Cori Beckett Series ("He can be less that irresistable when his arrogance and egotism get into the act, but he usually suffers from these attitudes." In this story, Han gets fresh with Cori and she punches him hard enough to break several ribs.)
* Winter Music by Ellen Blair in Skywalker #3 ("Han gets more than he bargains for when he uses his sexual attraction to further his own purposes...")
* Assault on Logaria by Judy Hendricks in Pegasus #3 ("Cori Beckett loses her ship and seeks Han's aid to recover it.")
* Green Fire of the Rhil by JJ Adamson in Empire Star #2 ("Seldra Kaidel, J.J. Adamson's lady smuggler, goes to him when her brother turns up missing.")
* Marketable Commodity by Judi Hendricks in Pegasus #4 ("finds Cori coming to the Corellian's aid when he is injured, his ship disabled on an out of the way planet.")
* Breakout by JJ Adamson in Solo ("Han turns to his friend, lover and fellow smugger, Seldra.")
* Vendetta by JJ Adamson in Vendetta ("Princess Leia not only comes to his aid, but has to fly the Falcon as well; ( you can imagine how much the Corellian enjoyed that!)")
* Lady of the Outlaws by Susan Matthews in Solo ("Han's friend and lover, General Jennett ap Rhiannon, becomes his go-between.")
* Second Chance by Kelly Hill in Warped Space #46 (listed as "upcoming") ("Han will accept a woman's help in re-establishing his psychological self confidence about his manhood.")
* Excerpts From a Corellian Diary by Susan Matthews, serialized in Falcon's Flight ("Conventional male-female relationships break down even further in stories regarding role reversal. In these tales Han usual assumes the role of a woman's concubine. (Now there's a fantasy for you!")"
* Nothing Left to Lose by Maggie Nowakowska in Skywalker #3 ("The reader is introduced to Bethen Avay, independent spacer, a woman with Sight and Jedi powers she is trying to deny. She and Han begin an affair at a time in the Corellian's life when, determined to be tied to nothing and no one, he has left Chewie and Luke, and the Alliance behind him to pursue his own independence.")
* a series in Galactic Flight by Chris Jeffords featuring an OFC named Taze ("... stories in which Han not only has a permanent lady, Taze, but several children as well. The point in his life at which this relationship occurs and the details of his domesticity remain to be seen. The idea of Han, wife and children conjures some delightful, if improbable images.")
* A Wedding March by Susan Matthews in Against the Sith #3 (Luke marries Leia, and "Han pulls a surprise by asking his friend if he can share the "joining day". The smuggler wants to marry Hansa, a Shulammite woman, first introduced by the author in "Han Solo and the Shulammite Woman," FALCON'S FLIGHT #2. There has been a slight complication in their relationship that has motivated Han to change his single status.")
* stories by Chris Jeffords and Mark Walton in Galactic Flight (in which "They see the princess as having been raised as a tool of the rebellion. She is as cold and hard as any weapon with no time or place in her life for romance with either Luke or Han. If she prefers the young Jedi it is because his talents suit her purposes. When she and the Corellian argue, there is an edge of genuine hostility. Some of this relationship emerges in 'Journey to Hamler' (GALACTIC FLIGHT #2); more will follow in future stories by the authors.")
* Tales from AAgan's Rim by JJ Adamson ("There is an attraction between the two [Han and Leia]. The smuggler keeps in touch with the Alliance, flying occasional missions for them, turning to them for help when the trouble is more than he can handle.")
==Fan Comments: From "Facets"==
From letters of comment printed in the fifth issue of Facets:
==References==
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