Has anyone read these?

blackcat777 · Mar 14, 2018

Has anyone read any of these books? If you did, did you enjoy them? Why or why not?

1 1) Gynecocracy or The Adventures of Julian Robinson by Viscount Ladywood
2 2) The Catalyst by Sara Adamson (Laura Antoniou)
3 3) The Image by Jean de Berg (Catherine Robbe-Grillet)
4 4) Macho Sluts by Pat Califia (now Patrick Califia)
5 5) Harriet Marwood, Governess by John Glassco
6 6) Flederfiction by Fledermaus (Tony DeBlase)
7 7) Mr. Benson by John Preston
8 8) Story of O by Pauline Reage (Dominique Aury)
9 9) Beauty's Punishment by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
10 10) Thongs by Alexander Trocchi

I found these books on a list here, in case anyone else is interested. The link includes brief summaries.

I haven't read everything on the list. Some of the titles sound intriguing, but I have only been able to find them used in paperback, for over $20, sans a Look Inside, with little to no information in the reviews.

Related question: has anyone read the final chapter that was cut from Story of O? I have never been able to find it, and the reviews for everything listed as "Return to the Chateau" on Amazon say it's fake.

Maryn · Mar 15, 2018

I've read Macho Sluts, Mr. Benson, The Story of O, and the whole Sleeping Beauty trilogy, most long ago. Those works are part of how I decided I could write this kind of fiction, that the thoughts ricocheting around in my skull were not too weird to see the light of day, and that I was fully capable of writing at a professional level in the erotica genre.

Unlike many of our members who are enjoying their deserved success, I'm not so good at erotic romance, which is far more marketable, but hey, you use what strengths you have to do what you can.

I don't know if I still have my copy of Story of O, and if I do, where it is. I dimly recall that the character went back to the chateau at the end, after a large gap in time (decades?), but not what happened there. I doubt that I had some special edition with content removed from mainstream editions. I remember buying it at a seedy porn place in Indiana, in a town where I knew nobody, which is how you got print porn back in the day. ("We're going to see your parents? Okay, let me cash a check at the bank so we can stop at that store in Logansport and pay cash.")

Maryn, terribly old

Chris P · Mar 15, 2018

I liked Anne Rice's Sleeping Beauty books for the most part (and really liked certain parts). My only criticism is that some things that don't do much for me got repetitive. (Enough spanking already. Sheesh). I had The Story of O but never got to read it.

blackcat777 · Mar 16, 2018

I got the email this morning... "Your Amazon Smile order of Mr. Benson is on the way!"

Story of O was totally life-changing when I read it. I switched majors and transferred to Roissy I mean I thought it was an awesome book.

That was years ago, and I haven't read anything more intense (though some other titles have come close), until I started reading Gynecocracy. Currently, I'm halfway through, terrified for the MC, and it feels like being on one of those rides that drops you straight down for every single chapter, no lulls. It's not just about the sex (although it is completely about sex), there is cutting backhanded social commentary (I still can't get over it's more than a century old), and the author is an artist with the use of understatement. It's not for the faint of heart. But that's when I found this list of books, because I was like OMG NEED MORE BOOKS LIKE THIS.

Strangely, I haven't read Anne Rice's Sleeping Beauty books, and I don't know why. I've read almost everything else she's written (though I never read her explicitly religious titles, either). I should get on that.

Those works are part of how I decided I could write this kind of fiction, that the thoughts ricocheting around in my skull were not too weird to see the light of day

Now I'm thinking I should dedicate my next book to my parents, who taught me honesty is the best policy :roll:

Has anyone read these?

blackcat777

Maryn

Baaa!

Chris P

Likes metaphors mixed, not stirred

blackcat777