price：$5.12
Free Spirit Publishing
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Excellent!) 『This book is up-to-date, informative, thorough and full of good common-sense advice. As a parent, I found it very useful.』
(Strongly Recommened...) 『This book serves as a guide to self-understanding and the understaning of GLBTQ lifestyles. This book provides essential elements on the cause and effects. It also gives information on gay orginazations and counseling agents for those whom stuggle with homophobic problems. This book touches on scientific priciples and possible causes of the GBLTQ life style. Highly recommened. I will nick name the book, "THE GAY BIBLE". This book is a great tool for new-comers.』
(Great Resource) 『I work at a high school and the teenagers I work with love this book! I highly recommend it for any LGBTQ teen as well as for any parent or teacher/counselor working with young people.』
(Great for teens!) 『This is an awesome book. I bought several that I use with a group of high school students. It's very informative and easy to read. Also has step-by-step suggestions for coping with issues such as homophobia, harassment, and coming out. An invaluable resource.』
(Dealing with Teens? Get this!) 『This book is a must-have for any Library shelf that serves teens. It is written in a style appealing to teens and includes short, one or two page summaries of ways to cope with the many issues teens face when questioning their sexuality. It also provides excellent, current resources for teens, from crisis lines to 'safe' (moderated) chat sites. I especially enjoyed the section dealing with 'coming out' to parents and family. It provided experiences from other teens who have (the good, the bad, and the ugly), and also possible responses parents might have when a teen tells them he/she is gay. In addition, it listed possible, respectful ways to respond to less-than-accepting parents. A fantastic compilation of stories, insights, and resources for teens.』 『Are you queer or questioning? If you are, this book is for you. Do you know someone who might be queer or questioning? If so, this book is for you, too. Or are you someone who just wants to learn more about what it's like to be queer or questioning? This book is a great place to begin. Discovering that you, or someone you love, might be GLBTQ is a revelation. Accepting it is a process. One thing that can help that process is information. This book can't answer all of your questions or counter all of the misinformation, misconceptions, myths, half-truths, and outright lies you might have heard about being GLBTQ, but it's a start.』
price：$1.70
Dreamspinner Press
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (I cannot express how much I love this book no matter how hard I will try) 『From the moment I read the first page of this book it sucked me in and never let me go. Besides portraying a touching love story this author achieved something which very few historical romances did for me. I felt as if I am truly visiting another era. I mean, I know she never gave us the exact time frame and the exact location, but it truly felt as Anglo Saxon middle ages to me. I do wonder if some traditions she describes were indeed true to real life, but even though I did not research this era, it felt to me as if it was.
And of course I found the love story to be simply fascinating and engrossing. I am also very impressed that she used a plot twist that I usually HATE with the capital H to create the tension between protagonists and I loved it.
Bravo.』
(Engaging, Intellegent and oh so Swoony!) 『I'm a sucker for a sweeping historical romance, and this book fit the bill. From page one I was drawn into the world of King Christopher and Dafydd by the sharp and clear descriptions of everyday things... in olden times, as well as the richly layered language. Ms. Sudbury did some serious research! What makes it all click is that you know from that first page that you're in for a treat of a story.
There's not a lot more I can add to the reviews already on the page, The King's Tale is a great read. I will take a moment to touch on how much I enjoyed the secondary characters. Sure the king and woodsman are the fire and roar of this novel, but Sudbury has surrounded them with supporting cast for whom I also fell. A young page who matures to knighthood. The harried seamstress and a head cook working to keep up with all the changes in the castle routine. The trusted adviser and, of course, the villains: major and minor.
So, yes, I'd recommend The King's Tale if you're looking for some quality fiction.
』
(A book worth re-reading) 『A number of things initially attracted me to Rowena Sudbury's "The King's Tale." I was intrigued by the fact that it is a historical novel, and the blurb and the small excerpt of story were both promising. But as much as I would like to say that I never judge a book by its cover, I have to admit that the true reason I picked this book up was the visual impact of its cover art. This is a physically attractive novel - from the cover, to the script used, to the small graphic at each chapter opening - and for all that this is an electronic novel and not a tree book, I itched to hold it in my hand as soon as I stumbled across it online. Now that I've read it, I'm even more enchanted. I was amazed to find that this is Ms. Sudbury's first published novel, because this story is simply excellent. It is beautifully written and emotionally gripping, and it will pull its readers out of their armchairs straight into the Middles Ages in Great Britain.
I stayed up late finishing this novel - very late - and probably sniffled my way through a third of it. And while this may have led to a case of slightly burning eyes the next morning, it was worth it. I enjoyed every single page of this story. It was touching, exciting, sometimes violent, and it held me absolutely riveted until the very end. The setting incorporates a realism that I found to be captivating. There is beauty, but there is also squalor and filth. These kingdoms are not those of fairytale castles and rainbow-hued unicorns. Rather, they are places where life can be struggle for survival on a daily basis.
"The King's Tale" revolves around the characters Dafydd and Christopher, two men who are opposites yet who complement each other so perfectly that they seem to have been created by nature specifically for that purpose. The bond of love and emotion between the two men is deep and moving. Christopher is very much a king. He acts as his subjects need him to act. He wears a fearsome public face, is quick to anger, metes out swift and ruthless judgment, and offers little quarter to his enemies. Yet for all his arrogant and regal airs, he has a softer side that only Dafydd and a very few others get to see. He cares deeply for his kingdom and the people therein, and he knows that the needs of his kingdom must supersede any personal desires he might have.
Dafydd tempers Christopher with quiet wisdom and gentle ways that hide a great strength. Others may look upon Dafydd as being weak, assuming that he takes the "woman's role" in his relationship with the king; however, he is no stranger to pain, and he is fiercely loyal to his king and his adopted kingdom. Being a Welshman, he also has a mystical side that keeps him something of a mystery.
I am thrilled that I ran across "The King's Tale" during my never-ending search for entertaining reading material. Although I don't in general re-read my books, I can confidently state that this one is going to be an exception. Do I guarantee that you're going to like this novel as much as I did? No, of course not. But I do think that you should give it a shot. I'm certainly glad that I did, and I'll be eagerly awaiting Ms. Sudbury's next release.
--Bobby 』
(The King's Tale by Rowena Sudbury) 『At first, reading the blurb of this story, you can think for it to be a fantasy tale: the king of a small realm who falls in love for a woodsman and makes him his consort... how else it could happen if not in a fantasy tale? But truth be told, if you pass upon this detail (not little, you are right), The King's Tale is all for all an old fashioned historical romance. The time and custom are well described and researched, and even the "trick" they use to be together is historically based: the handfasting ceremony was common among the medieval people in what is now England, two people, usually a man and a woman, forged a pact to be together for an year; if within the year they had a child, the pact would turn in a marriage, if not, they would have the change to come back to their family without any other string to bound them. The handfasting was a regular and recognized ceremony well before the institution of the modern christian marriage and for the hereditary law it was biding as well.
But shall we come back to the story. Christopher is the beloved son of a kingdom in the Cornish coast. The time is perhaps the late X century or the beginning of the XI; I don't believe it is after the Norman conquest, since the custom are more similar to the old Saxon legends. But truth be told there is a feudalism structure that resembles very much what was introduced by the Norman; and there is also a reference to a King Henry, who, from an historical point of view, could be linked to King Henry I, the son of William the Conqueror. I believe the author did an hard work to write an historically accurate novel allowing herself only some small freedom to make Christopher and Dafydd a possible match.
At the beginning of the story, Christopher is just became king, after the death of his father. Even if his father knew of his son's preferences for men, he told to his son that he had still to marry, to produce an heir to the kingdom. So Christopher is travelling the kingdom in search of a woman he can love, but obviously the quest is impossible. Christopher can't really love a woman. At the same time, Dafydd, the fourth son of a wealthy welshman, moved to Christopher's kingdom: as fourth in line he has nothing on his own, and his father prompted him to search his own path far from their land (maybe fearing for him to be an obstacle to his other sons). So Dafydd is leading a quite and comfortable life as woodsman, even if he is way more skilled than the task requires. On a snowy night, Christopher searches shelter in Dafydd's cottage and some days after in Dafydd's bed; when he asks to the man what he wants in exchange of his kindness, Dafydd replies that he wants a story of beauty, since he has seen few beauty in his life. And Christopher decides that he will tell to the man a tale of beauty AND love. He makes Dafydd his consort and brings him to live to the castle.
As I said, the chance for it to be real are few, but not impossible. Christopher's choice is not easy and not seen well by all his people. But he is the King, and what he wants he has. This is probably the best part of him and yet also the baddest: Christopher doesn't ask to Dafydd if he wants to be his consort, doesn't give him a choice; he brings the man to the castle and forces him upon his people. In doing so, he also puts the man at great risk, and what will happen it's in part due to his decision. If someone could think that Christopher is selfish and uncaring, I think instead that he is coherent to his character: he is a leader, he was raised to command and to have his wishes satisfied; he can be good and merciful, but only if he wishes, he has not to be. He may asks, but most of the time, he doesn't since he is not used to be refused.
A different man from Dafydd probably will have not bear such a man. But Dafydd is a gentle soul, he has not a selfish bone in him and he deeply loves Christopher. Even before the king's desire for him, he was already in love with him, a love he feeds from afar. He is also a strong man, both in body than in will, and only due to that love he can submit to Christopher's love, that is both love than ownership. Both Christopher than Dafydd know that it was Dafydd's choice to submit, and this is the reason why their relationship could last.
As I said I will tag the story as fantasy only since there are not clear references to a precise time period, but for all the rest, the story is pure historical. Even Christopher's decision to bear a bastard child he can then claim as an heir is the obvious decision that a man in his situation and time would have done. So, even if at first I didn't like the momentary interference of a woman between the two men, it was necessary as the only way to allow them to be together.
The King's Tale surprised me, since I was not expecting for it to be so "real", I opened it ready to read a fantasy tale, and instead I lost myself in an engrossing era, the Middle Ages, that I have always loved. I would also like to highlight the effort of the author to use a language that is right for that era, an expedient that maybe at first could make it difficult for a common reader to start the book, but that in the end, it has a main role in allowing that "lost in the tale" feeling that I mentioned above.』 『Though Dafydd is the fourth son of Welsh nobility, when he leaves his home he becomes a humble woodsman in small kingdom of Lysnowydh on the sea. During a fierce storm, a stranger seeks shelter in Dafydd's remote cottage. He is no ordinary traveler-he is Christopher, King of Lysnowydh. The wild passion that flares between them rivals the storm, and love moves King Christopher's heart to name Dafydd Marshal of his troops to keep him close. However, love is never simple or safe when it must endure the pressures of political life. Though Dafydd proves himself in battle, Lysnowydh's nobles protest his rise in position and power. Forces will conspire against Dafydd and Christopher, and they must endure treason, treachery, and the demands of a kingdom requiring an heir to secure their happiness together.』
price：$6.40
Quiver
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Tastefully erotic inspiration for the curious) 『When Lori and I were researching "Threesome: How to Fulfill Your Favorite Fantasy," many women told us they wanted to experience another woman but "just couldn't imagine it." After viewing slides of women together in a non-threatening environment, i.e. alone and involved with each other, about 85% admitted that they now felt confident enough to explore their possibilities.
"Women Loving Women" is the perfect title to open the horizon for these curious women. The photos offer an excellent guide for women who are not quite sure what to expect, what to do, how to act. The positioning is erotic enough to inspire but so tasteful that no one interested in a bi experience will be turned off.
Artistically, the photography has a David Hamilton feel -- lushly set, beautifully posed. I imagine that thousands of frames were rejected to arrive at this perfect mix. Bravo!
Recommendation: Some of Hamilton's models look so young, you may question whether they are legal. That said, for pure technical skill and erotic posing, I recommend any book or poster by David Hamilton as a complement to this book.』
(Charming and playful) 『This gentle and cheerful book carries a unique approach to physical affection between women. There's no feminist or political agenda - in fact, there's very little about female homosexuality at all. It's just about the sexuality, sensuality, and attractiveness of women, and sees no reason to assign special meaning or labels when women feel that attraction, too. It arises naturally when a woman's love for her own feminine beauty and erotic potential becomes too much for her one body to contain.
Starting from that simple, un-charged premise, Waxman leads the female reader (which I'm not) through the basic steps of exploring another woman's sensuality. That starts, of course, with knowing her own - the things about herself that the woman will reach out to in another. Then there's the reaching out itself. Many of this book's intended readers have only had experience reaching out to (and being reached by) men, so this offers as much encouragement as education in how the experience might differ. Some of Waxman's advice might seem obvious, like observations on how intimate details differ between one woman and the next. But, if the reader has only herself as an example, how could she be expected to know the range of differences? Discovering them is part of the loving adventure.
This book's photos truly stand out. They depict beautiful young women singly, in pairs, or in small intimate groups. Every picture depicts delicate sensuality - happy people in enticing scenes and activities. Even discussions of mff threesomes features ladies-only photos. In keeping with the book's text, the pictures carry an explicitly sexual sense, but without vulgarity or negative overtone. One charming paradox appears in many of these images. They often spare the viewer direct genital confrontation, sometimes using a hand as figleaf. But, when that hand caresses instead of just covering, the scene's full sexual energy comes through - but gently.
This book expresses a woman's view of women's sensuality. That's such a huge topic that others will see it very differently, but that's not the point. It's describes how lots of women want to be loved, and that matters to anyone who loves them, whether man or woman.
-- wiredweird』
(Beautiful photography and inspiring text!!!) 『This book is not a polished, coffee table, collector's item of lesbian photography - it's an instructional manual. But one can be forgiven for this initial assumption given the astounding color photography laced throughout this work. Almost every page is adorned with gorgeous, full-page images of girl-on-girl sexuality. The photography is is simply breathtaking and holds absolutely nothing back. We're talking full-frontal assault here ... and the lesbian experience is showcased in all it's beautiful, romantic, intoxicating glory.
Heterosexual women are the targeted audience and the book's premise is introducing them to the beauty of the lesbian encounter. The author, renown sex expert Jayme Waxman, provides a host of very usable information that, besides being very accessible, is almost encyclopedic in it coverage. Topics include famous women who took female lovers; the sensory joys of touch, smell, and taste; how to find, approach, and engage with other women; toy play, girl-on-girl-on-girl encounters; she even explores, in great detail, the fine art of tongue play. Ms. Waxman is masterful in her prose. It's quite inspiring actually, and like Rodney Dangerfield in "Back to School", one feels compelled to stand-up in a crowded room and shout, "Yes! Yes! Oh Yes!"
The publisher Quiver does an excellent job too - the production quality is superb and despite being a paperback, this book is put together like a tank. Ultimately, despite it's lovely appearance, "Women Loving Women" is designed to be an inspiring, carry-with-you-everywhere instructional manual that will jettison its female readers into the ravishing depths of making love with other beautiful women. And I can personally that attest that men will love it too. 』
(Beautiful Book) 『This is a beautiful book printed on high quality paper. The substance is a little on the light side, but then again, this is more of a picture book than a how to book. I'd recommend the book to anyone who is generally interested in the subject matter (hetero girls getting together) and wants a pretty book of photography on that subject.』
(Captivating! For Straight Women. . For Once!) 『This is the first (illustrated) book I've found which encourages love making between two hetero women - and it's utterly fantastic!
The cover photo - which resembles the timeless statue, "The Three Graces," by Antonio Canova -- was the first to catch my eye.
Once inside, I found the text to be both informative and poetic. Making love to each other is described in a very natural, matter-of-fact tone (with taboos only mentioned indirectly).
But it's easily the photos that are the most captivating. They are both breathtaking and sensual - without showing the most intimate places - or the most intimate contact (but pretty close).
The author teases us through all of the steps - starting with attraction (seeing other women as beautiful), the senses (touch, smell and taste), knowing thyself (masturbation), toys (getting things flowing), lips (for kissing everywhere first) and then tongues - as the key to girl/girl enjoyment (for both arousal and pleasure) -- and finally concluding with threesomes (not what you might think) and places (where to go online to meet others so inclined).
In two of my favorite photos, one depicts a girl being passionately kissed about her neck - while her friend slips her hand down the front of the girl's loosened jeans; and the second one captures the moment of discovery - as a pretty girl peeks under her friend's undies - as they are gently removed by two sets of hands. In later chapters, the young women are all nude - and the touching depicted is much more focused.
My favorite chapters - which were also the most instructional (and enthralling) - were those that dealt with oral sex. The author explains the power of the tongue for licking (and the benefits of kissing the same parts earlier) and how important it is to go slow - to allow your partner's arousal a chance to keep up.
Of special note, one of the later sections is entitled, "Three's Company," which is about having a threesome (duh!). Surprisingly, the ménage a trois suggested - is not with three women - but with a couple (male and female) and another girl. The author takes us through two points of view, 1) one being the woman in the couple, and 2) the other being the girl on the outside looking in. Each has its advantages.
Achieving a two-girl threesome - thus becomes another possible culmination for our same sex experiences - which is an idea I really liked. The difficulty of having a threesome, of course, is finding a single girl to play the third wheel - and helping her (or both women) to overcome their same sex inhibitions. Allowing women to "practice" by engaging in their own girl/girl experiences ahead of time is a great way to solve both problems. And as the author points out - making love to another female is also a great way for us to become more comfortable with our bodies - and with our sexuality as well!
The idea of loving other women before getting married (or having serious long-term relationship with guys) is not a new idea. The acronym, "LUG" for "Lesbians Until Graduation" demonstrates that girls may have already discovered this pleasurable experience for themselves.
To conclude, implicit in hetero women making love - is that doing so is not in competition with (nor is it a substitute for) making love with our men. I think of it as a very special and loving friendship. I hope that this beautiful tome, "Women Loving Women" signals - that we may have finally turned the corner. Please don't miss it. 』 『
Women Loving Womenexplores the phenomenon of the contemporary "bi-sexual" or "lesbian" experience for the heterosexual woman. However, while women loving women is indeed an emerging trend, it is also an age-old obsession that this book also addresses and places in a historical perspective. The book investigates the reasons modern women are more open to same-sex encounters, how these experiences can connect people and help them grow, and how regardless of one's sexual orientation, there is much to learn here about the nature of love, sex, and physical attraction and its unconscious determinants. In addition,Women Loving Womenalso responds to how these same-sex encounters are less apt to create conflict in their heterosexual relationships, and actually might spice things up with their male partner (many men fantasize about same-sex women relationships), break the ice with a best friend, or simply add a new dimension to their sexual history.Women Loving Womenfeatures sophisticated photographs that will capture the warm and enlightening approach of exploring erotic possibilities with other women, even when you don't identify yourself as a bisexual or lesbian. Testimonials from heterosexual women who have experienced same-sex romantic encounters will be featured throughout. Sidebars will also feature quotations from women-who-have-loved-women throughout history, such as Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir, Anais Nin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, amongst others.
The photographs, shot on location in New Hampshire, tell a story of three beautiful women who leave their boyfriends/husbands behind for a "girls weekend"-and discover a new dimension to their friendship
price：$19.99
Adamant Media Corporation
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Review of the Nonesuch Dickens edition) 『My review here is not of the novel, but rather of the Nonesuch edition of Dickens' classic. The book itself is a facsimile edition of the 1937 Nonesuch Dickens, and is published by Barnes and Noble. The book itself is in quality hardback. "The Christmas Books" Nonesuch edition has the spine bound in leather and the rest of the cover is cloth-bound [the color is red].The dust jacket is clear quality plastic. The paper quality is of good stock and is cream in color.
The text is set in Martin's Type and the etchings were printed and hand-colored by A. Alexander and Sons Ltd. This is a beautiful and affordable classic [I own six of them and plan to get the rest] and the Nonesuch Dickens Classics will enhance any collector's library. 』
(Very moving stories and a great publishing house) 『Dickens' Christmas Books might be some of his most overlooked works, except for, of course, "A Christmas Carol." But in these stories he has captured the season's spirits of reflection and faith better than any other work I've read. "A Christmas Carol" is an acknowledged masterpiece; "The Chimes" and "The Battle of Life" are particularly moving as well. Four of these five stories bring me to tears by their ends.
I started in 1991 to read one story per year in the published sequence, (for Christmas 2000, I'm reading The Haunted Man again) and this has made December and its holidays more enjoyable and meaningful for me. I hope to continue the cycle and look forward to reading "this year's Christmas story" aloud to my family as my kids grow up.
Oxford Press/World's Classics publishes excellent quality paperbacks, and they do justice here to Dickens' powerful works. I highly recommend this work (and especially this publisher) to anyone; if you're looking for "A Christmas Carol", get this volume of all the Christmas Stories and enjoy even more of Dickens' masterful ability to weave the human condition into such moving short stories.』
『A Christmas classic for more than 150 years, "A Christmas Carol" tells the story of the cantankerous Ebenezer Scrooge, his underpaid clerk Bob Cratchit, and Bob's frail son Tiny Tim, one of Dickens' most enduring and popular characters. When Scrooge, a miserly money-changer, is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future on one cold and snowy Christmas evening, all three of their lives change for ever...』
price：$1.50
MLR Press
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC) 『Personal Demons Florida based FBI Agent Chase Nozick and LAPD Detective Enrique Rios Ocha join forces to bring down a ruthless killer and locate a missing witness before it's too late. Enrique, an expert in inner worlds of Santeria, Voodoo and Palo Mayumbe, aids Chase in navigating the rituals of the little known religion.
Personal Demons has all the elements of a good cop thriller, action, intrigue, danger and black magic. Each clue adds another level to the building plot. The background peek into the rituals is fascinating and informative. The characters have strength. As an added component to the well written plot, discovering they are both gay as well as in the closet, Enrique and Chase indulge in a secretive and intense sexual fling. They also share a respect and concern for each other that immediately bonds their alliance. Job requirements separate the pair; however I got the impression that they would remain long distance friends. Although I was not pleased with the indeterminate state between Chase and Enrique's relationship, as a murder and mayhem cop thriller, I enjoyed this book immensely. 』 『Hunting a notorious hit man, FBI Agent Chase Nozick and LAPD Det. Enrique Rios Ocha delve into the inner worlds of Santeria, Voodoo and Palo Mayumbe. A missing informant, her murdered brother and a ghost from Chase's past send them on a hunt through mystics and psychic surgeons to find their witness before it's too late. Can he rely on leads from a child possessed by Orishas? Do cards hold stronger clues than blood? Chase must conquer his own personal demons to bring the killer of his partner to justice and find the strength to take a chance on Enrique.』
Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Broad But Not Authoritative) 『Please folks, if you read this book, consider it a light once-over survey and not an authoritative reference on all of the practices it attempts to cover. There are passages in here that would not be at all helpful for someone who is just exploring their Gay sexuality. There are good parts, but there are questionable parts as well. If there is a specific topic that you want to know more about please, don't let this be your only source.』
(How does bestiality have a place in this book?) 『So here goes-- my first "one-star" review. But in this case, it is richly deserved.
What were the authors thinking? Adding bestiality (yes, there it is, right between Sex with straight men and sexually transmitted diseases). I read this book at a friend's house and I just could NOT believe it!
How many gay men have sex with animals? Would this even be acceptable in a "straight" sex book or a book for lesbians? I can just see it now... The NEW Lesbian "Joy of Sex" includes a chapter on how to have sex with your cat (or dog, if you prefer).
Were the authors drunk? Who decided this was a good idea?
The American public doesn't need any help looking for reasons to find homosexuals an aberrant group. It's completely unacceptable that bestiality was included in this book. Bestiality is a sick aberration and just seems so out of place, uncalled for, so unacceptable. Since they decided to go that route, the authors should have also added in a dash of pedophilia and a splash of necrophilia to top it off. Why include sex with animals at all?
I've got a great idea. If you own this book, return it. If you can't take it back, burn it.
』
(Best edition ever of this classic) 『I first came across this 30 years ago in the first edition. What they have done in this edition is nothing short of brilliant. Clear, concise and factual, it presents vital information for a healthy, gay lifestyle and enables responsible choices and decisions. I refer to it often to refresh my resolve to live a happy, healthy life.』
(Wow.) 『A manual on how to fist and rim. Just what everyone needs!
In all seriousness, who needs a book instruction them on how to fondle or whiz on each other? That's what MTV videos are for. 』
(A Great Update) 『Having read previous edition, I found this a good update on many subjects. Gives good guidelines for a great safe-sex sex life. Keeping it in view for everyone to read.』 『
First published in 1977,The Joy of Gay Sexbecame an immediate bestseller and a touchstone of the emerging gay consciousness, offering a delectable first glimpse of gay life and love for countless gay men. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, it has remained an essential reference for gay men worldwide.
The changes to gay life over the past decade, for better and for worse, are reflected in this fully revised and expanded new third edition. Noted psychologist Dr. Charles Silverstein has teamed up once again with critically acclaimed novelist Felice Picano, updating every single entry and adding nearly thirty new entries. The authors have succeeded in bringing the book up to date for a new century and a new generation of readers while maintaining its signature brand of positive, permissive, and responsible advice.
Invaluable as a sex guide, a resource on building self-esteem, and a coming-out guide for young gay men,The Joy of Gay Sexcovers the ins and outs of gay life alphabetically from "anus" to "wrestling." The authors continue to provide advice about safe sex in all of its varieties, from techniques and positions to fostering intimacy and creativity in relationships. They also address the many emotional and relationship-oriented issues in gay life, such as loneliness, depression, and letting go. Expanded entries provide cutting-edge health information on the newest treatments for HIV, strategies for avoiding STDs, and tips for getting the best care from your doctor.
The Joy of Gay Sexserves as a general reference on a number of diverse topics important to gay life and culture, ranging from the history of the gay rights movement to the history of condoms, from body decoration to spirituality. Scores of new entries address topics such as on-line dating, cosmetic surgery, coming out at work, sexual harassment, and much more. Acclaimed artist Joseph Phillips spices up the proceedings with fifty new illustrations.
price：$4.78
Cleis Press
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (palace of varieties) 『I found this such an excellent book that I cannot wait to read the rest of James Lear's other books. He is an interesting story teller with some nice twists in plot. And it is also at times very erotic. A good lead character.』
(Sorry, Naysayers) 『I love James Lear, his other books, and this one, too. Too much sex? Read something else. Disgusting scenes? My absolute favorites. To each his own, and I'm glad I own this book. Thank you, Mr. Lear.』
("Immersed in the world of vice, but not so far gone that I had lost all moral sense.") 『Bawdy, squalid and irreverent, James Lear's sexually graphic novel transports us to London of 1935 and into the life of eighteen-year-old Paul Lemoyne, a waif and wild child whose fleshy adventures play out amongst the rarefied world of music halls, train stations, public toilets and the sordid back alleys of South London. Escaping an abusive and alcoholic father, who cannot help but conceal his shame beneath a pitiful display of hostility ,Paul escapes from Sussex and hops on a train to London from Sussex.
Although Paul has very little education, he possesses a fierce natural intelligence; it's not surprising then that he is able to secures employment as a stage hand at the South London Palace of Varieties, a bawdy and ramshackle music hall, smelling heavily of unwashed bodies, cigarette smoke and perfume. Under the tutelage of Mr. Nicholas Holly the General Manager, Paul begins his services in this grand life of hard physical labor, that involves clambering around scaffolds and sweeping the stage, and also allowing Holly to give Paul oral satisfaction when Holly so desires it.
But it is in the gentleman's cloakroom in Waterloo station which really cements Paul's career as a procurer of male needs, where one can "wash and brush-up for a sixpence" and where at the urinal involving two young gents in identical black suits, Paul has his first true sleazy experience where he also gets to earn his first crown. Soon enough Paul's consumed with the idea of getting sex wherever and with whoever he can, becoming a master of this extracurricular work.
While Paul aches to conquer the red-headed Kieran, his affable young work colleague, he's also helped by Vera, a genial and somewhat effeminate dresser in business like ambition of servicing many of the "toffs and stage-door johnnies" that come to the performances, especially the giant Mr. Newsome with his hands on his hips, "his huge weapon throbbing before him," and where he and Paul end up taking pleasure in each other as "crudely and as brutally" as they liked.
Paul rapidly becomes an enterprising young man, luckily blessed with a true tart's instinct for divining the wishes of his clients and he begins to ply his trade at the various pubs that pepper the East End, low dives, frequented largely by stagehands, prostitutes, laborers and itinerants. The stink of beer and fags and unwashed men requiring him to be crude and coarse and above all dirty. But it is through Paul's association with Mr. Albert Abbott who takes a beneficent in him forcing him to do dirty things with a handsome art deco paperweight that Paul is eventually thrust into bigger markets in an effort to make real money and perhaps also the chance to make something more of himself.
Although Albert swiftly becomes the ruling passion in Paul's life, he's always there playing Paul like a puppet, even pecuring him the genius artist Mikhail Boleslavsky while also levying a certain amount of his cash flow. Albert Abbott is just one just one of a dozen colorful characters who populate Paul's little world, they're the supporting players in a smut-filled dream of which Paul is always the hero. Author James Lear's unashamed descriptions of Paul's sexual philandering is shocking, but it is the author's colorful combination of 1930's London and its world of vice along with descriptions of Paul engaging in some of the most degrading sexual activities that make this novel so unbelievably entertaining and also so shocking. Mike Leonard August 08.』
(Graphic Sex) 『It is 1930 London and Paul Lemoyne is an eighteen year old who has just moved there from the country. He begins his new life as music hall stagehand and soon discovers the seamy gay side of the city. Such is the idea of James Lear's ("The Back Passage") new novel, "The Palace of Varieties". The book is very graphic and very well written. Again Lear captures us with his ability to tell a good story. However, this time the story is lost in the sexual escapades of our main character. Lear knows how to create characters and his Paul is a gay rent boy and sociopath who just never learns from his own mistakes and failings. He manages to ruin everything he comes into contact with in his quest for absolute sexual pleasure. He has talents and good qualities that he ignores so that he can degrade himself completely. Lacking a moral backbone and with no values, he is a plain and simple sex addict. He deserves what he gets and the reader has no sympathy for him whatsoever. The storyline of the book is secondary to the sexual exploits of our "hero" and I use that term loosely. He is a man with no morals nor feelings and he has so much sex that he comes across as quite a depraved character that does not have any qualities worth identifying with. He is just a hedonist and it seems to me that it is a shame for an author like Lear who can write beautifully to waste so much time on sexual acts that are disgusting to a degree. The storyline could have been developed into an interesting read if some of the sex was pushed to the side. In reality, the book is as close to pornography as possible and what a pity. I am sure there is an audience for books like this but I, myself, would have more enjoyed less sex and more story. 』
(An Awful, Truly Awful, Book) 『"The Palace of Varieties," is trash, though well-written trash. Lear writes well. But, make no mistake, it's still trash. There is virtually no humanity and very little pleasure in this story. Paul, the main character, is an irredeemable, thoroughly despicable, self-admitted gay prostitute who, as a sociopath, never learns from all his awful (or good) experience. The worst thing about this book is its degradation of intimacy and love. Paul demonizes and debases everyone and everything he ever touches.
The reader is forced to wade through page after page of Paul's disastrous, exploitive, selfish little life in London during the 1930's, hoping -- for the first 100 pages -- that maybe, just maybe, Paul might take advantage of his personal talents and the generous help of others to make something of himself other than becoming a tramp. He does not. He's a sex addict, and, worse, he's a young man with no moral backbone or visible set of values. There is nothing, absolutely nothing, about Paul to like or appreciate. Whatever bad happens to him in the story (and a great deal of bad happens), he thoroughly deserved it.
The story is populated by a string of unpleasant, unlikable, silly people, with only 2 or 3 minor exceptions. The exceptions are young men who have personal strength of character and rise above the degradation that Paul heaps upon himself and them. Paul manages to degrade, abuse and drive away these friends, the only decent people in the book.
If you were looking for a gay man's story that had some stimulating sex in it, this is not the book for you. There is not much of a story here. If you were looking for tons and tons of gay male sex, you've found it here, but, even as Paul himself tires of his endless life of sexual exploits, the reader tires greatly of it too (at least this reader).
While I did more-or-less enjoy another of this author's books "Hot Valley," I will never buy nor read this author's work again, simply because this book is such an obvious pandering to smutty interests -- a faux novel in reality, simply 275 pages of gay porn. In fact, I didn't even finish this book (rare for me), except to browse for 5 minutes the last pages. The story, the characters, the sex -- it's all immensely boring and without any redeeming value whatsoever.』 『
This extremely graphic novel brims with male sex from the sordid to the sublime, in every position, place, and variety. Watch and enjoy as Paul Lemoyne leaves his humble home to begin a new life as a music hall stagehand, but soon discovers there are richer pickings to be had from the stage-door johnnies who haunt the Palace of Varieties Music Hall. And thus ensues our rake's progress from low-life prostitution to the salons and studios of Mayfair, from the bath-houses of Bermondsey to the rarefied circles of modern art. All the while behind each of Paul's outrageous sexual adventures lurks the mysterious figure of Albert Abbott, his lover, corrupter, and Svengali.
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Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Good Book) 『I love this book. This man is one of the best authors ever! He will be greatly missed. RIP E.Lynn Harris.』
(Any Way the Wind Blows) 『The product was in excellent condition. I had been looking for it in lots of stores. Even though it was an older book they still wanted full price for it. I am grateful to have found it for the price I did and enjoyed reading it.』
(Absolutely wonderful!) 『I loved this book. I was excited to find a sequel to "Not a Day Goes By", which was the first I read from him, though I was hoping a book would be made about Yancey and Desmond!
I think I may start from the Invisible Life now』
(I'm thrilled that the wind blew in my direction; this is fantastic storytelling) 『I read the prequel to this book, "Not a Day Goes By." I enjoyed that book and wanted a second dose of the author by the name of E. Lynn Harris. Thankfully, I read this sequel, "Any Way the Wind Blows", and was even more satisfied with his creative writing. Harris's style of writing recalls the format of a soap opera because they both jump from scene to scene. In soap operas, this annoys me greatly, but with in his literature, it doesn't bother me at all, even when the best parts are intercepted by other scenes.
Yancey and Basil were once engaged. On the day of their wedding, they called it off because Yancey and her malicious mother, Ava, discovered that Basil was leading a double life; they found out he was bisexual. Basil was once loving and attentive to Yancey, but in both the prequel and sequel of this story the reader finds that he can be a cold-hearted player to men and women alike. Basil does not want anyone to know that he is attracted to me, however, in "Any Way the Wind Blows", many will finally be enlightened. Yancey is a successful recording artist. Her records climb the chart throughout the book. Ironically, her first single, "Any Way the Wind Blows" is about a man who is bisexual. Many of the characters ask Yancey and Basil if this song is about their relationship, and for a long time, they are tight-lipped about it, but, Basil, what you do in the dark will come to the light.
This story concludes very realistically and I appreciate Harris for that. Too often in literature, a story will have an unbelievable ending, but the end of this story is not tied in a bow by no means. Some of the characters have better fate than others, but the end is one you will want to know. I loved this book so needless to say it is highly recommended! 』
(great stuff) 『This is one of my favorite books amongst all E Lynn Harris's book. It is funny, sexy, smart and will have you reading to the end once you open the book. Of all the xters though, my favorite was, or should I say Yancey. That girl is fierce and a big b@#*^@ one minute, and a complete softy another minute, and believe me when I say there are two in every 10 women out there today, now lets not talk about Basil, another piece of work in the story lol. It is a must read.』 『When her wedding to John“Basil” Henderson didn’t come off as planned, Yancey Harrington Braxton flew off to L.A. and remade herself as mega-diva Yancey B. And Basil started concentrating on his career as a high-powered sports agent. But then Yancey’s first single, “Any Way the Wind Blows,” hit the charts, and now it threatens to blow Basil’s cover--if anyone learns who it’s really about. And it looks like the gorgeous (and ambitious) hunk Bart Dunbar might just have it all figured out.』 『One of the guilty pleasures of the reading world, E. Lynn Harris's novels are filled with gorgeous, glamorous, A-list African-Americans who will do whatever it takes to get their way. You don't want to know anyone in a Harris novel. The talented Yancey Braxton, who was left at the altar in the previous book in this series (Not a Day Goes By), moves from New York to L.A. with hopes of transforming her theatrical success into a bigtime musical career. And if her first pop single happens to expose her bisexual ex-fiancé Basil Henderson to ridicule, so much the better. Basil himself claims to be looking for the mother of his children--a good woman, in other words--while continuing his nonstop sexual conquests on both sides of the fence. He meets his match in Bart Dunbar, a hunky gay man with a mean streak the length of the Mississippi. When Basil dismisses Bart after a couple nights of steamy sex, Bart finds a way to make himself memorable. The best-written and most wicked of Harris's novels,Any Way the Wind Blowswill keep you up all night turning pages and being grateful for a quiet life.--Regina Marler』
Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Mirrors, Prisms, Lenses) 『Out of curiosity, I just dropped in to have a look-see at the current reviews and was not surprised. As it was in 1977, so it is in 2009. What a book! It is rare to find a work that can cause such divergent responses from its readers over such an extended period of time. In the old days it was mainly the complaint concerning "the talent wasted by SRD." Why won't he write "Babel 17" again? Like Joni Mitchell said, she was not going to "paint A Starry Night again, man." Most of these negative reviewers do not seem to even be familiar with SRD's older work, so at least that seems to be over.
I first read this work upon its release, when both I and the author were young men. The artistic, cultural, racial, sexual, and political contexts that were explored in the novel were those shared by many in the urban centers of North America at the time. The concept of relativism seems to be one which many of the negative reviewers seem to unfamiliar with. I have re-read "Dhalgren" at least every couple of years, which means that I really cannot remember how many times I have waded through it. All I can say is that it was worth the journey every time Bellona was re-entered. There is no "getting it". There is no "riddle to be solved". Like life, the novel is not meant to be understood, it is meant to be experienced.
William Gibson said it best: "It turns there, on the mind's horizon exerting its own peculiar gravity, a tidal force urging the reader's re-entry. It is a literary singularity...Dhalgren does not answer, but goes on. Revolving. A sigil of brass and crystal, concrete and flesh."』
(The Worst Novel in the English Language) 『...or perhaps even any human language. Never has the mind of man conceived of such a self-indulgent exercise in deliberate obscurity, empty artifice and lexorhea. SPOILER: Its a book about itself. The book. A literal literary circle j@rk. Ooooooooo so deep and worthwhile - NOT.
I love novels. I love the evolving form of the novel, from Swift and Defoe through Austen, Scott, Dickens, Twain, Wells, Hemingway, Joyce, Faulkner, Burroughs, Brunner and beyond. This is a crime against the concept of the novel. It is abomination.
I burned my copy. That does not make me a book-burner, Delaney's monster doesn't count. Sometimes I wake up at night in a sweat, shaking in horror remembering this un-book. I wish I could burn the memory of it out of my brain. Burning my copy will have to do.』
(Well, I got further in this book than Philip K. Dick...) 『Dhalgren takes place in a city after an unexplained catastrophe. Government, law enforcement, medical care and education have all collapsed. There is no work. Money is useless. Looting is rampant. Gangs roam the streets.
Into this post-apocalyptic scenario comes the novel's protagonist, the mysterious and charismatic Kid. He meets a girl named Lanya, and they have mind-blowing sex. Then, during the post-coital bliss, Kid asks, "Hey...do you have any birth control stuff?" (107)
Wait a minute. Society lies in ruins. You can't see daylight through the smoke from all the burning buildings. Even walking outside presents a mortal danger. But this, this is what he's worried about? Fortunately, it turns out that Lanya is already on the pill. And here I thought that all the conveniences of civilization had perished in the flames; how nice that this one just happened to survive.
Further inspection reveals that the dangerous ruined city is not really that dangerous. Consider the "orchid," the weapon of choice for the gang. Many paragraphs are devoted to this weapon, but it is almost never used. Sure, in 800 pages you can find a couple of times where somebody cuts somebody. But that's nothing compared to the number of times the book describes the orchid's peculiar shape, its potential danger, and the way it mysteriously appears on Kid's arm or belt even though he doesn't remember putting it there (53, 83).
What about the gang? Well, you know they're tough because they swear a lot and engage in wild orgies. They have stylish names like Nightmare, Dragon Lady, Devastation and Cathedral. Sometimes they break into buildings and fight people. But, in 800 pages, they don't do much of that, compared to the swearing and the orgies. They're cool, but not scary.
Where am I going with this? Kid writes poetry for most of the book; at one point, someone tells him that the city "provides...the decor which allows the poems to...take place." (289) That fits the book itself. The entire setting is decor, constructed in order to allow Kid to be cool and mysterious.
Essentially, the city is the ideal playground for well-read, rebellious young people who take pride in their marginal or alternative aesthetic tastes. There's no authority. If you want something, just take it from an abandoned store. You don't need to work, you can do anything you want. Total liberation. But at the same time, there's no danger. Well, there is (otherwise it wouldn't be as cool), but it's always at a safe distance. There's nothing truly messy to deal with, you don't even run the risk of getting your girlfriend pregnant. You get a cool weapon to wear on your wrist, but you don't need to worry about being killed in a street fight.
Better yet, the city bar gives all the booze away for free. The local bohemians meet there for weighty discussions. In any halfway convincing apocalypse, they'd be dead, and booze would be a scarce and valuable commodity.
The gang provides street cred. These tough guys are full of admiration and obedience toward Kid. The sensitive, well-read poet, who doesn't fit in anywhere, somehow turns out to be a born leader in the streets. "People think of us as energetic, active, violent." (761) He goes on to explain that, really now, their lives are boring. Such invincible, self-effacing cool.
You never get to read Kid's poetry, but there are countless scenes of Kid writing it. You read about him crossing out a word, or rewriting a line, or changing the title, or lengthily discussing his work (159-164, 351-356) with critics. You might not learn much about most characters in the book, but when it comes to this topic, every tiny detail is laboriously recorded. It doesn't matter what's in the poems; the mere presence of creative impulses is supposed to be enough to justify the protagonist. That's why, when another poet criticizes Kid's work, this shocks and wounds Kid more than any other experience in the whole book.
Washing is an odd fixation. Kid takes a bath, leading to the following play-by-play: "He let the water out, and ran more over his feet, rubbing the gritty skin from his insteps...He soaked and soaped his hair, rubbed his arms and chest with the bar..." (139) A couple of chapters later, there's another washing scene: "At the sink he wet his fists and ground them in his armpits. Again and again he wiped his neck...He put his foot in the bowl...He wet and rubbed his legs to the thigh, then began the other foot." (313) The bath is dragged out to a whole page. In this way, minor details are grossly overwritten. Long words and sentences tortuously drag out essentially trivial statements: "Then he remembered, amidst his auto-pontifications, there were two other people who would have to agree with him before he could even suspect such meanderings correct." (419)
This kind of navel-gazing abounds, but there's no empathy. Tellingly, the one time the book attempts a character study (the Richards family), it produces a caricature. There is a very simplistic, overbearing message: look at the way this pathetic middle-class family clings to its middle-class rituals and routines, for lack of the courage necessary to face reality! But the fact is, the only reason why the protagonists are courageous enough to face reality is because the book's reality has had all real hardship magically removed.
This is why I can't get into the book's depiction of chaos: it's not really chaotic. If you wanted to write about what happened if society were to collapse, you'd have to do away with the conveniences that enable your preternaturally cool characters to be so cool. Then you'd have a very different story, whose protagonist would probably not write poems. The city in Dhalgren, however, is a place to go slumming.』
(A masterpiece without time or space) 『A masterpiece without time or space, broad as the earth itself... but not to my taste. Storytelling without climax; no crests or troughs; solid 800+ pages of life without temporal or spacial consistency. It's an odd and inspirational one: if this was written, published and well-liked then it may just be possible for anyone to do the same!
Parts of the book were readable, very readable as a matter of fact. I naive though in trying to pin down the time and place, but proved to be a unfruitful mind exercise. Best I could could do was (time- about 1980) and (place- around Ohio). Perhaps these questions were meant not to be answered, but it's human nature to try to make sense of things... and that is where many people see the fallacy in Dhalgren: it can't be applied to us.』
(Potential wasted) 『Samuel Delany's Dhalgren is generally considered a science fiction novel, but, in a real sense, it's more of a fantasy than science fiction- hard or not, and it is not a particularly good piece of sci fi, set in the then-near future of the late 1970s. Instead, it is a weird amalgam of the worst of High Modernism and proto-Post-Modernism. No, Delany's a bit better of a wordsmith than the dregs that have spanned the decades from Donald Barthelme to David Foster Wallace, but he's not a master, nor a `poet', nor anything of that grandeur that his apologists declaim. As for his storytelling abilities, the actual `story' of Dhalgren is rather inert and bogged down in the naïve sexual politics of the Vietnam War era. As such, the 801 page book, first published in 1974 by Bantam Books, feels even more outdated than an earlier classic of the post-Apocalyptic genre: I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson, which was published over two decades earlier.
Dhalgren is both a post-apocalyptic and dystopian novel that is divided into seven sections. The first, Prism, Mirror, Lens, starts with an amnesiac wandering just outside of the fictive city of Bellona, a post-Apocalyptic hellhole the geographic dead center of the nation. He meets a sexy woman with a scar on her leg and they have sex- it's a random sex act that is repeated many times during the course of this anomic work. Then they hide in a cave, and find a chain made of the titular elements. He then looks for his sex partner and sees her becoming a tree, and takes off for Bellona. On the way he meets Tak Loufer, who calls him The Kid. This is a hint of the low level of the writing and sets the expectations for the reader at a low level. Only in bad sci fi novels do such character names exist. Later on we find out that other characters are name Tarzan and The Ripper (ala Jack). Tak shows Kid around the weird blighted city, including violent scorpion gangs whose disguise themselves with hologram projectors. Kid hears of a weird newspaper publisher called Roger Calkins, who is an enigma. At a commune, Kid meets Lanya Colson, who becomes his lover. Already one can see sex and drugs has a greater influence than that of science on this book....Aside from bad writing as this there are the endless descriptions, such as that of a recording session, or the pretentious arts dialogues that reveal just how vapid the characters and their author are. Yes, like the crap that is Finnegans Work (the rantings of a syphilitic) or that of Infinite Jest (the imposture of a fraud), Dhalgren has its apologists who will claim that the book is really about the experience of living inside a novel the characters are unaware of, or a sci fi autobiography of Delany- sort of a fantastical Remembrance Of Things Past- Marcel Proust on acid, or an exploration of mental illness from the inside out. Yet, not a single of these often claimed posits can be convincingly upheld by the text of the work itself. Dhalgren is really a novella shamelessly bloated with preening and forced magical realist lard.
But, worst of all, it's a work devoid of such qualities as irony and humor, which are almost essential to the greatest of literature, and most of all real intellectual depth. Works of depth are actively about things, although their art is how those `things' are represented. Dhalgren is positively arid, and one can only wonder what an underrated sci fi humorist as Kurt Vonnegut could have done with the trite concept this novel foists. Then, again, considering the brilliance and outrageousness of such masterpieces like Slaughterhouse-Five and Galapagos, I doubt he would have even been enraptured by such stale ideas. As this book was recommended to me, I hoped that I would encounter the first published work of science fiction that was truly great literature first- in the way that Huckleberry Finn, Moby-Dick, or A Tree Grows In Brooklyn are. Vonnegut's works are literature first, with sci fi tinges, and Asimov's Foundation trilogy puts sci fi so far in front that, despite its greatness, it can rarely be perceived as literature foremost. Unfortunately, all I read was yet another vastly overhyped work that was in need of a rigorous editing to bring its few good ideas and sections to the fore. Would that that reality was only a fantasy.』 『Delany's masterpiece about a wanderer who searches for meaning and identity in the ruins of a devastated city.』 『What isDhalgren?Dhalgrenis one of the greatest novels of 20th-century American literature.Dhalgrenis one of the all-time bestselling science fiction novels.Dhalgrenmay be read with equal validity as SF, magic realism, or metafiction.Dhalgrenis controversial, challenging, and scandalous.Dhalgrenis a brilliant novel about sex, gender, race, class, art, and identity.
A mysterious disaster has stricken the midwestern American city of Bellona, and its aftereffects are disturbing: a city block burns down and is intact a week later; clouds cover the sky for weeks, then part to reveal two moons; a week passes for one person when only a day passes for another. The catastrophe is confined to Bellona, and most of the inhabitants have fled. But others are drawn to the devastated city, among them the Kid, a white/American Indian man who can't remember his own name. The Kid is emblematic of those who live in the new Bellona, who are the young, the poor, the mad, the violent, the outcast--the marginalized.
Dhalgrenis many things, but instantly accessible isn't one of them. While most of this big, ambitious, deeply detailed novel is beautifully pellucid, the opening pages will be difficult for some: the novel starts with the second half of an incomplete sentence, in the viewpoint of a man who doesn't know who he is. If you find the early pages rough going, push on; the story soon becomes clear and fascinating. But--fair warning--the central nature of the disaster, of its strange devastations and disruptions, remains a puzzle for many readers, sometimes after several readings.
Spoiler warning: If you want to figure out the secret of the novel as you readDhalgren, then stop reading this review right now! If you want to know the secret before you start, this is what the novel is about: the experience of existence inside a novel. Time passes differently for different characters. A river changes location. Stairs change their number. The Kid looks in a mirror and sees not himself, but someone who looks an awful lot like Samuel R. Delany. Central images include mirrors, lenses, and prisms, devices that focus, reflect--and distort. The Kid fills a notebook with a journal that may beDhalgren, and is uncertain if he has written much, or any, of it. The characters don't know they're in a novel, but they know something is wrong.Dhalgrenexplores the relationship between characters and author (or, perhaps, characters, "author," and author).
The final chapter can be even tougher going than the opening pages, with its viewpoint change and its stretches of braided narrative--and the novel ends with the beginning of an unfinished sentence. But the last chapter becomes clear as you persevere; and when you get to that unfinished closing line, turn to the first line of the novel to finish the sentence and close the narrative circle.--Cynthia Ward』
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Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Crude for dedicated fans only) 『If you had really liked the man before reading this your estimation of him will sadly deteriorate after reading it . I just wish he hadn't bothered.』
(Brilliant) 『If you have never heard of Stephen Fry before, it is a good book to start. But if you are a fun like me, this one definitely should be included in your collection.』
(Find, inhale, enjoy.) 『Mr Fry lays bare his soul in this remarkable book. I read this at a single sitting, and will recommend it to my friends for its honesty, humour, and intelligence.
With surgical clarity he reveals the demons that have beset him in his earlier years, and the reader may well nod painfully in recognition of many of them. The description of his tumultuous life is described with wit and an absence of mawkishness - I await a similar treatment of his next 20 years.』
([insert cryptic title here]) 『Stephen Fry recounts his childhood and teenage years with honesty and candor. Whenever I read an autobiography I'm prepared for some bias and self-absorption, but Fry's book seems to be a sincere attempt to be candid and reflect upon his past. The autobiography feels relatively uncensored as he writes about mischief at boarding school, unrequited love, making use of a stolen credit card, and a suicide attempt during his teenage years. It's all presented with humor and little, if any, self-aggrandizement. I finished the book feeling as though I had read his carefully thought-out musings and insights on life and certain topics in general, rather than simply a retelling of the events that had occurred his own life.』
(Wildean Fry) 『I have been a fan of the polymath approaching genius that is Stephen Fry for many years and had enjoyed his acting, columns, and novels before getting my hands on "Moab is My Washpot", the story of a young, pre-fame Stephen Fry.
This volume is, as all of his writings are, a wonderful display of how beautiful language can be. Fry manages to effortlessly and effulgently blend his incredibly sharp wit, his thorough understanding of the English language, and a nice flowing story with the real life problems and challenges of being a thieving, lieing, homosexual, at times suicidal, youth who has all the blessings a boy can have and still become a bastard. It is honest, it is real -if that makes any sense- it is poetic, and it is fun.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading "Moab is My Washpot". It is gripping and warming and delightful. It makes you think, that "I can overcome this" or at least give you a sense of slight elation. It is not a "look at my how good and clever and fine and intelligent I am" biography. Not at all. It is simply a very good story told very well.
Highly recommendable.』 『A number one bestseller in Britain that topped the lists there for months, Stephen Fry's astonishingly frank, funny, wise memoir is the book that his fans everywhere have been waiting for. Since his PBS television debut in the Blackadder series, the American profile of this multitalented writer, actor and comedian has grown steadily, especially in the wake of his title role in the film Wilde, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination, and his supporting role in A Civil Action.
Fry has already given readers a taste of his tumultuous adolescence in his autobiographical first novel,The Liar, and now he reveals the equally tumultuous life that inspired it. Sent to boarding school at the age of seven, he survived beatings, misery, love affairs, carnal violation, expulsion, attempted suicide, criminal conviction and imprisonment to emerge, at the age of eighteen, ready to start over in a world in which he had always felt a stranger. One of very few Cambridge University graduates to have been imprisoned prior to his freshman year, Fry is a brilliantly idiosyncratic character who continues to attract controversy, empathy and real devotion.
This extraordinary and affecting book has "a tragic grandeur that lifts it to classic status," raved theFinancial Timesin one of the many ecstatic British reviews. Stephen Fry's autobiography, in turns funny, shocking, sad, bruisingly frank and always compulsively readable, could well become a classic gay coming-of-age memoir.』 『Stephen Fry is not making this up! Fry started out as a dishonorable schoolboy inclined to lies, pranks, bringing decaying moles to school as a science exhibit, theft, suicide attempts, the illicit pursuit of candy and lads, a genius for mischief, and a neurotic life of crime that sent him straight to Pucklechurch Prison and Cambridge University, where he vaulted to fame along with actress Emma Thompson. He wound up starring as Oscar Wilde in the filmWilde, costarring inA Civil Action, and writing funny, distinguished novels.
This irresistible book, the best-written celebrity memoir of 1999, concentrates on Fry's first two tumultuous decades, but beware! A Fry sentence can lead anywhere, from a ringing defense of beating schoolchildren to a thoughtful comparison of male and female naughty parts. Fry's deepest regrets seem to be the elusiveness of a particular boy's love and the fact that, despite his keen ear for music, Fry's singing voice can make listeners "claw out their inner ears, electrocute their genitals, put on a Jim Reeves record, throw themselves cackling hysterically onto the path of moving buses... anything, anything to take away the pain." A chance mention of Fry's time-travel book about thwarting Hitler,Making History(a finalist for the 1998 Sidewise Award for Best Alternative History), leads to the startling real-life revelation that Fry's own Jewish uncle may have loaned a young, shivering Hitler the coat off his back.
Fry's life is full of school and jailhouse blues overcome by jaunty wit,à laWilde. The title, from Psalm 108:9, refers to King David's triumph over the Philistines. Fry triumphs similarly, and with more style.--Tim Appelo』
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