In this first (of many) highbrow literary salons here on Bookruptcy, host Demetria Spinrad walks us through Pioneer Summer, a novel about a forbidden gay romance at a Soviet summer camp. Demetria and co-host Magali Ferare also cover the Discourse surrounding the book itself, the fascinating localization choices around one character's speech impediment, and the fact that Russian fujoshi are braver than the Marines. Dive in with us!