Eyes of the Dragon is good, too, in the Stephen King-iverse.
As for characters being straight and white, have you read Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea books? Most of those people are brown, and there isn't a whole lot of sexuality thrown about in general.
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Date: 2008-08-24 07:52 pm (UTC)As for characters being straight and white, have you read Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea books? Most of those people are brown, and there isn't a whole lot of sexuality thrown about in general.