History Literature / TheJournalEntries

* WritingAroundTrademarks: Sternberg initially asked Creator/LarryNiven for permission to write a Literature/KnownSpace {{fanfic}}. Niven granted it, but got offended when he discovered the story turned out to be about [[RuleThirtyFour "a sadomasochistic homosexual gangbang"]] and threatened to sue. Sternberg then reworked the setting to be an homage to ''Literature/{{Ringworld}}'' featuring genetically engineered felinoids who were [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of kzinti.

* AGodIAmNot: Ken Shardik basically creates an entire world and more than ten different races, taking his fantasies and making them reality (albeit the hard way). He also goes off and manages to save a goddess at the same time. Through all of this, plus the fact that he lives at least 37000 years (the last main-series story has him alive at 37555 Pendorian years after initial decant), he does not like to be addressed as any sort of god. "I'm just this guy, you know? No more or less special than any other interstellar traveller. What I did was so long ago the story is better told by others anyway." However, "oh my fah" has more or less replaced "oh my god" among Pendorians, and "fah" is short for "father," meaning Ken. Ken himself sometimes says the phrase himself reflexively a few times, but almost always lampshades the self-reference.

* TriangRelations: Ken is in a stable, non-exclusive polyamorous relationship with P'nyssa and Aaden that has endured for over 35,000 years.

This page is a work in progress and has not been completed yet.

* HotForStudent: Explored a few times, notably with Tylia.

A set of WebOriginal erotic science fiction stories occurring in the same universe, ''The Journal Entries of Kennet R'yal Shardik, et. al., and Related Tales'' follows the experiences of Shardik through several centuries of events. Created by Elf Sternberg, a bisexual UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}} enthusiast and UsefulNotes/{{furry fan|dom}} from UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}, the first story was published on Website/{{Usenet}} in 1990 and the series been updated in the years since. The series contains multiple story-arcs, including several one-shots, and is not necessarily published in chronological order.

* IncestIsRelative: As [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Uncle Bob]] pointed out, you really can't maintain a parent-child relationship over the centuries among effectively ageless beings. In a society where there really are people who treat sex as a greeting...

* {{Asexuality}}: Seen most often with the AIs, but some other characters as well.