A Century of Gay Erotica

Rating:
Summary: nice variety
Review: the earliest of the stories are set and were written around the victorian times. there's a lot of variety here: truckers, bikers, young students, threeways, army, glory hole, gladiators, s&m, pnp, even a fantasy/sci-fi story, a sherlock holmes story, and some cybersex. these stories may not have so much plot, but since they're excerpts from masquerade books it'll whet your appetite for the full novels these excerpts came from. recommended.

Rating:
Summary: nice variety
Review: While claiming to be a century of erotica, the earliest excerpt in this book is from 1969. Despite that little misnomer, the collection itself is definately just that: a collection. Mostly made up of excepts (and thus not catering to those of us who like our erotica with plot), this book nethertheless will likely have something in it for everyone: every style is explored here, from romantic erotica to more graphic and libidinous erotica, not to mention a very wide variety topics and "scenes."

My one complaint would be the inclusion of so many exerpts instead of short stories. Quite a few passages didn't quite make sense (you get the notion you're reading chapter 13 of 36, for example, in "The Revolt of the Naked,") but in the collection as a whole, there's more than enough diversity to find something you like.

As far as erotica goes, this is a decent collection if you're looking for exactly that: the erotic passages. If you're looking for your erotica with a plot to make it entirely stimulating, you might still enjoy some of the exerpts in here (and it's certainly worth the bargain price), but don't go in to this book expecting any sort of continuity.

'Nathan

Rating:
Summary: A mix of gay erotica of various quality...
Review: While claiming to be a century of erotica, the earliest excerpt in this book is from 1969. Despite that little misnomer, the collection itself is definately just that: a collection. Mostly made up of excepts (and thus not catering to those of us who like our erotica with plot), this book nethertheless will likely have something in it for everyone: every style is explored here, from romantic erotica to more graphic and libidinous erotica, not to mention a very wide variety topics and "scenes."

My one complaint would be the inclusion of so many exerpts instead of short stories. Quite a few passages didn't quite make sense (you get the notion you're reading chapter 13 of 36, for example, in "The Revolt of the Naked,") but in the collection as a whole, there's more than enough diversity to find something you like.

As far as erotica goes, this is a decent collection if you're looking for exactly that: the erotic passages. If you're looking for your erotica with a plot to make it entirely stimulating, you might still enjoy some of the exerpts in here (and it's certainly worth the bargain price), but don't go in to this book expecting any sort of continuity.

'Nathan