tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post8893911075939040153..comments2023-10-31T05:03:38.910-07:00Comments on Letters from a broad...: Top 10 erotic books of all time...C. L. Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698855413639518095noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-3325300606358956592012-03-07T05:54:45.293-08:002012-03-07T05:54:45.293-08:00Certainly some of the events in "Lolita"...Certainly some of the events in "Lolita" are drawn from real life.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.kamagracentre.com/" rel="nofollow">kamagra</a>Jojo P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04518614435354339861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-47753018738580602482011-03-07T13:53:27.817-08:002011-03-07T13:53:27.817-08:00While I DO think you should read Lolita, I didn...While I DO think you should read Lolita, I didn't find it all that erotic, and it didn't leave me fantasizing when I wasn't reading it. I think it's worthwhile to see Humbert Humbert degrading over time, becoming more and more subject to the whim of a 12 or 13 year old girl, but not sexy. When I'm looking for erotic fantasies from my reading, I skip the mainstream novels that have that content, and just get my fix with explicitly <a href="http://www.ravenousromance.com/" rel="nofollow">erotic books</a>.Lance Flesherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17718117771747871877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-73330115605217540642008-02-11T11:26:00.000-08:002008-02-11T11:26:00.000-08:00Hey JulieAnne!!!I mean I write the type of thing t...Hey JulieAnne!!!<BR/><BR/>I mean I write the type of thing that I like to read, nothing more nothing less. I don't pretend to be making any sort of objective statement about quality, nor am I making any claims about what I expect other people's opinions to be.C. L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698855413639518095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-78809722243819027232008-02-11T11:05:00.000-08:002008-02-11T11:05:00.000-08:00"And, just being honest, I like my own two novels ..."And, just being honest, I like my own two novels better than any other fiction I've read in my life."<BR/><BR/>Are you, um, serious?<BR/><BR/>That's a pretty bold thing to say. I could be taking it out of context but it SOUNDS to me like you think your writing surpasses anyone else's you've ever read...wow.JulieAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905677646104943660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-65507504903757749002008-01-31T08:26:00.000-08:002008-01-31T08:26:00.000-08:00I started there in the fall of 1981 and finished u...I started there in the fall of 1981 and finished up a couple of years of electrical engineering before heading to god forsaken Bolivia in September of 1983. Coming straight back for my junior year of EE after 2 years off with an 18.5 credit hour load nearly killed me.Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343937101221163598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-54807695383332695892008-01-30T21:54:00.000-08:002008-01-30T21:54:00.000-08:00Hey J.J.!!!Thanks for the info -- wow, yikes!!!Hey...Hey J.J.!!!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the info -- wow, yikes!!!<BR/><BR/>Hey Bull!!!<BR/><BR/>Well, we've all liked stuff as kids that we're embarrassed about now. If you <I>still</I> liked this kind of thing, then I'd be worried.<BR/><BR/>So you started BYU at 16? There was a 16-year-old kid in some of my math classes when I was there, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't you.C. L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698855413639518095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-44130545443180555972008-01-30T15:41:00.000-08:002008-01-30T15:41:00.000-08:00What can I say? I'm truly embarrassed and shouldn'...What can I say? I'm truly embarrassed and shouldn't have brought it up. Did I mention that I was a very immature 16 year old that first year at BYU? I thought it was funny that these were in the "locked case" in the Harold B. Lee library. I first ran into these in my high school library and was surprised that BYU had the entire series, but they made you go get a librarian to fetch them.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's a commentary on my upbringing in a very conservative, rigid Mormon family that these somehow appealed to me. Somewhere I must have changed because by the time I was 19 even I realized there was something wrong when all of the women in the temple had to humbly pledge to obey their husbands as if they were God.<BR/><BR/>OK. I'm really, really embarrassed now so I'll just go away now.Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343937101221163598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-19913704571385035492008-01-30T15:12:00.000-08:002008-01-30T15:12:00.000-08:00bull: "As a very sheltered teenage boy I liked the...bull: "As a very sheltered teenage boy I liked the very trashy 'Tarnsman of Gor' series of books."<BR/><BR/>What <A HREF="http://girl-wonder.org/girlsreadcomics/?p=87" REL="nofollow">one blogger had to say about the Gor novels</A> made them look pretty creepyJ. J. Ramseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00763792476799485687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-39797851680431577622008-01-30T08:36:00.000-08:002008-01-30T08:36:00.000-08:00Hey C.V. Rick!!!That's a great list!!!On some leve...Hey C.V. Rick!!!<BR/><BR/>That's a great list!!!<BR/><BR/>On some level I don't feel like I'm qualified to make a "top ten greatest overall" list. I'm not as well-read as I'd like to be. I've read two of your top four (in high school and college) and I remember liking them, but they didn't jump out as "Wow!!!" for me. It's odd, too, since I like "bittersweet tragedies and the hero doesn't win in the end, because in the end there are no real winners in life," and have aimed for precisely this in my own work. (Almost precisely -- more like tragicomedies for me since I don't have the stuff of real tragedy.) Maybe I should try reading your big four as a grown-up.<BR/><BR/>Just sticking with fiction that I've really enjoyed, a few novels come to mind: <A HREF="http://lfab-uvm.blogspot.com/2006/02/la-littrature-dangereuse-lifestyles-of.html" REL="nofollow"><I>Dangerous Liaisons</I></A>, <I>A Suitable Boy</I> (Vikram Seth), and delving into children's, perhaps the "Little House" series. And, just being honest, I like my own two novels better than any other fiction I've read in my life. Of course my own two kids are my favorite kids ever, and naturally I write what I like. :DC. L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698855413639518095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-39299026029514546442008-01-30T07:29:00.000-08:002008-01-30T07:29:00.000-08:00I agree, Ender's Game, the novel, good but not spe...I agree, Ender's Game, the novel, good but not spectacular. Ender's Game, the novella (which came out first) was better, but not the best. <BR/><BR/>I wrote a blog post a while back on what my <A HREF="http://www.cvrick.com/cv_rick/2008/01/my-top-books.html" REL="nofollow">all-time favorite books</A> are. The short version is Flower for Algernon, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Things They Carried, and Slaughterhouse Five. I'm not particularly into sex it seems. That surprises me, but I wasn't thinking about that when I wrote the post. Wasn't thinking about it until just this moment as a matter of fact.<BR/><BR/>Ender's Game didn't make any of my groups of favorite books. I read it as a teenager (well, when I was 19, and in the military) and it still doesn't make the top of the pile. There are just too many great stories to choose from.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-72589473301248977282008-01-30T01:23:00.000-08:002008-01-30T01:23:00.000-08:00Uh, yeah. Only in my febrile dreams. :)Uh, yeah. Only in my febrile dreams. :)Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05489989266016150509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-61313624995517658732008-01-30T01:21:00.000-08:002008-01-30T01:21:00.000-08:00Hey Robert!!!You're joking about the Pulitzer, rig...Hey Robert!!!<BR/><BR/>You're joking about the Pulitzer, right? Or are you...?C. L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698855413639518095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-34018315431156100392008-01-30T01:14:00.000-08:002008-01-30T01:14:00.000-08:00My guy vote definitely goes somewhere other than E...My guy vote definitely goes somewhere other than Ender's Game, which I found interesting, but not particularly compelling. For me, it was like the sci-fi equivalent of an O. Henry story. More of a confection than a hearty meal<BR/><BR/>I think that loving books is partly a function of when in your life you read them, though. The chance of having a book blow your mind is just so much greater in the decade or so after puberty (or, in my case, the two decades after puberty, since, as a good Mormon boy, I postponed my teenage experience and then didn't get around to it until my twenties, after I left the Mormon church). I didn't read Ender's game until I was well into my thirties, at which point it didn't seem like anything particularly special. The more books you read, it seems the more it takes to impress you, since more and more comes to seem like a variation on something you've already seen.<BR/><BR/>Ditto many other life experiences as well. For example, the first time I won a Pulitzer I was totally psyched, but subsequent wins have been barely risen to the level of frisson.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05489989266016150509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-84698602389823556692008-01-30T00:56:00.000-08:002008-01-30T00:56:00.000-08:00Hey Chris!!!Well, if appreciating Ender's Game is ...Hey Chris!!!<BR/><BR/>Well, if appreciating <I>Ender's Game</I> is "sort of a guy thing" then (in my less-than-humble opinion) it's not the greatest book of all time. It might be the greatest "guy thing" book of all time, but even that's not certain.<BR/><BR/>I personally prefer guy books that involve lots of sex, especially seducing (or trying to seduce) multiple women. I also like books by (male) primatologist/anthropologists where they talk about how the sexual dimorphism in humans means a scientist would expect humans to tend slightly towards polygyny (and you can just see the author secretly imagining himself as an alpha male), and/or they write whole chapters contemplating why human males penises are so much larger than the penises of other primates. I love that stuff!!! But I'm not a guy and I suppose they guys I like to hang out with aren't typical. Typical guys probably prefer lots of sports, violence, and violence dressed up as sports. For myself, I rarely find such stories interesting.C. L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698855413639518095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-16042774274012039532008-01-30T00:10:00.000-08:002008-01-30T00:10:00.000-08:00Ender's Game just happens to be the greatest book ...Ender's Game just happens to be the greatest book of all time.<BR/><BR/>It's sort of a guy thing, though.Christopher Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09539170598198122642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-30756262420906652972008-01-29T22:27:00.000-08:002008-01-29T22:27:00.000-08:00Hey Chandelle!!!True, it's tricky, but it's out th...Hey Chandelle!!!<BR/><BR/>True, it's tricky, but it's out there...<BR/><BR/>Hey MattMan!!!<BR/><BR/>Wow, that sounds intriguing -- I'll have to look for it!!!<BR/><BR/>Hey Bull!!!<BR/><BR/>What a fabulous way to get some reading in!!! Ah, <A HREF="http://ex-mormon.net/byu/index.php" REL="nofollow">BYU</A>!!! :D<BR/><BR/>Hey C.V. Rick!!!<BR/><BR/>True, Haruki Murakami's work is very good, and quite erotic.<BR/><BR/>Hey Robert!!!<BR/><BR/>Well, I'm mostly kidding about avoiding "literary fiction" particularly when talking about works that have been generally recognized as great. Still I'm a little leery of people who set out to write "literary fiction" as a genre. I was planning a post on this, but here's the short answer:<BR/><BR/>Setting out with the intention of writing something highbrow can sometimes be an excuse for not making the effort to write something accessible (and implicitly blaming the audience if they don't like it). (OTOH, commercial "genre fiction" -- where the point is to write yet another copy of the standard canon of tired formulas -- is much more painfully boring.) I realize that's probably an unfair way of looking at literary fiction, but it reflects my own writing philosophy: I want to write something original that has some substance to it, but if you need a Ph.D. in literature to appreciate my stories, then I'm not done.C. L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698855413639518095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-12229776348901041562008-01-29T15:50:00.000-08:002008-01-29T15:50:00.000-08:00I agree with The Exterminator that Lolita is a gre...I agree with The Exterminator that Lolita is a great book, but it's not erotic, nor intended to be erotic. I find it kind of fascinating that you seem to dismiss the entire category "literary fiction" so casually. But then that's where I spend most of my reading time, so I guess it's clear that it's one area where our tastes diverge. It puzzles me though, because I've always thought of literary fiction as the natural home of people who are smart, complex, and deeply interested in what makes human beings tick, all of which clearly apply to you. Please explain in 50000 words or less why you don't love literary fiction. Thx. :)Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05489989266016150509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-37187370556357290902008-01-29T15:10:00.000-08:002008-01-29T15:10:00.000-08:00You know what? I forgot the most beautiful writer...You know what? I forgot the most beautiful writer of our time when it comes to sensuality - sex - relationships. Man/Woman, one on one, beauty. Haruki Murakami. Oh, you'll never be let down by his hypnotic prose. Norwegian Wood, Kafka on the Shore, the Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. His short stories are mesmerizing as well.<BR/><BR/>Another beautiful writer with fantastic erotic elements is Louise Erdrich.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-72689362797959307202008-01-29T12:18:00.000-08:002008-01-29T12:18:00.000-08:00I think Ken Follett has written some great erotic ...I think Ken Follett has written some great erotic scenes. My favorites were in "The Pillars of the Earth". Besides the phallic title, it is actually an engrossing read. The sex is just a little icing.<BR/><BR/>As a very sheltered teenage boy I liked the very trashy "Tarnsman of Gor" series of books. In fact, one of my favorite memories of BYU was kicking back in Calculus class reading a Tarnsman book while this poor southern Utah math professor struggled to lecture without looking at the cover which had a huge guy holding the leash of a brass bikini-clad beauty luxuriating on a fur rug at his feet. Since all I did was read during class he did a triple take when handing back my first mid-term with a 100 at the top...Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343937101221163598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-12433114235680011862008-01-29T11:02:00.000-08:002008-01-29T11:02:00.000-08:00I feel like a social leper that I don't know anyth...I feel like a social leper that I don't know anything about any of these erotic books -- but thanks everyone for the suggestions. ;)<BR/><BR/>While we're talking about books, I felt compelled to make a comment about this: "In my case, that's practically the only thing I like in the whole sci-fi/fantasy genre: bizarre erotic scenarios that follow different social rules and physical laws than what you encounter in real life."<BR/><BR/>Sometime over the past year or so I read an interesting book that, strangely enough, fits all 3 three of those attributes you mentioned, but I know it wasn't intended to be in the erotic category at all. The book received only so-so reviews, most of which talk about how it's so slow-moving and devoid of a point. However, I found it fascinating at the time for specifically those reasons, as well as the 3 attributes you mentioned.<BR/><BR/>In any case, the book is called "Freehold" by Michael Z. Williamson. Interestingly enough, I found the underlying feminist messages refreshing, or at least what I thought could be feminist messages.<BR/><BR/>It may not be worth a purchase, but definitely worth a trip to a library.MattManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03074590319118987024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-30717371934865401362008-01-28T22:38:00.000-08:002008-01-28T22:38:00.000-08:00hm. marriage is not necessary. just boy-girl sex...hm. marriage is not necessary. just boy-girl sex. i have the hardest time just finding boy-girl sex!C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06278966723822635150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-60097591531968863642008-01-28T21:53:00.000-08:002008-01-28T21:53:00.000-08:00Hey Chandelle!!!Erotica where the two lovers are a...Hey Chandelle!!!<BR/><BR/>Erotica where the two lovers are actually married? That's a pretty tall order. I think that's rare except in cases where the protagonists are, like, both spies or something.<BR/><BR/>Actually, though, one I was thinking of adding to the list is Arthur Golden's <I>Memoirs of a Geisha</I>. It has some very erotic scenes and sequences to it. (That one has a fairly traditional romantic love story at its core.)C. L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698855413639518095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-89078011101066654862008-01-28T21:18:00.000-08:002008-01-28T21:18:00.000-08:00i love erotica. love love love it. love it. did...i love erotica. love love love it. love it. did i mention that i love it? i really love it.<BR/><BR/>however, perhaps i am just a boring person but i would like some good erotica that is just basic boy-girl sex, maybe even married sex. lesbian stuff is cool, gay stuff is fine, getting peed on, doing strangers, whatever. but it just doesn't do it for me the same way unless i can imagine myself and my husband in the fantasy, and i just can't do it with a girl hiring a male prostitute or a woman eating some midget's shit. ya know what i mean?<BR/><BR/>so does anyone have suggestions for erotica that could be shared between husband and wife? like your typical sexy marital sex? does such a thing exist? we have a wonderful sex life, and i love erotica and would like to bring it in, and would love any suggestions for basic boy-girl sex. thanks! :)<BR/><BR/>www.onthespiral.blogspot.comC.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06278966723822635150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-75531083062744281112008-01-28T09:13:00.000-08:002008-01-28T09:13:00.000-08:00Hey C.V. Rick!!!Well, Reading Lolita in Teheran so...Hey C.V. Rick!!!<BR/><BR/>Well, <I>Reading Lolita in Teheran</I> sounds good then -- if I see it again, I'll try to pick up a copy. But regarding your description of <I>Perfume</I>? An erotic story where sex is reduced to anger and violence? Yuck. I think I'll pass on that. That's even less my kink than that whole dom/sub thing. Whatever happened to getting off on some good old-fashioned exhibitionism and voyeurism?C. L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698855413639518095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-85428310845839193922008-01-28T07:22:00.000-08:002008-01-28T07:22:00.000-08:00It's no big secret. The viewpoint character is a ...It's no big secret. The viewpoint character is a professor of literature, but after the crackdown she's teaching her classes in secret because women aren't allowed to obtain a Western-style education.<BR/><BR/>Perfume is about an obsession. It's one of the few books (along with Finn) which follow a sadistic, angry, horrible main character, and the author still manages to create a compelling beautiful book out of it. It's erotic in that it boils down the essence of what attracts people to each other and what sex is at its base, at its scent. It's not romantic, and there's no love, just obsession and anger and violence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com