A collection of 23 graphic erotic tales which expose the richness and complexity of female sexuality. In "The Knitting Circle", women share their sexual histories, and in "Leash", role playing and a leather collar become part of a new ritual for two women exploring the limits of their friendship.
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An eclectic batch of 23 stories mark the Herotica series' tenth anniversary--and it appears that erotica, at the approach of the millennium, really does offer something for everyone. Here, women of a variety of ages, races, and sexual preferences transform their desires and fantasies into fiction--and, as editor Sheiner says in her brief introduction, Herotica's authors ``have the courage to write exactly what [they] think.'' The collection's opener, Joan Leslie Taylor's ``The Knitting Circle,'' is a kinky knock-off of today's trendy women's-sewing-group books; ``Dragon Cat Flower,'' by Cecilia Tan, is an Asian fairy tale with a lusty finale; and Serena Moloch's ``Casting Couch'' puts a spin on sexual harassment in this woman/woman tale of domination and servitude. New Age aficionados with libidinous tastes will relish Jolie Graham's ``Drowsy Maggie''; ``The Appliance,'' by Michelle Stevens, is about two relationships, a woman's with another woman and a woman's with her 900-watt vibrator; and Karen Minn's ``Sauce''--one of the many tales here with a lesbian spin--takes two women who love the same movie, Fried Green Tomatoes, and shows them living vicariously through the characters of Idgie and Ruth. All in all, Sheiner has assembled stories that, for the most part, have little in common with one other beyond their use of explicit erotic material. A user-friendly, accessible collection that's more sentimental in tone and subject than hard-core, despite the graphic sex. (Quality Paperback Book Club selection) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Karen A. Selz is an Associate Research Professor at Emory University's School of Medicine and Director of the Cielo Institute. In addition to more than fifty scientific and applied math papers and books, she has authored short stories in collections of women's erotica. She has a skill set that includes computer programming, pyrotechnics, equestrian sports, ancient and medieval weaponry, baking, data wrangling and hoarding, bellydance, peptide drug design, poetry, microscopy, and tree climbing. She was raised in a barn, and runs with wolves.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rauncy but fun,
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This review is from: Herotica 5: A New Collection of Women's Erotic Fiction (No. 5) (Mass Market Paperback)
The fifth edition of the famous or (infamous) depending on your position of erotic short stories has been released and like its predecessors, it is a fun to read collection, but not for everyone. The stories go where no woman dare go before by providing a playful and unexpected look at kinky sex but it's done within the bounds of good taste and some brilliant writing. Readers who enjoy whips and chains with a thick emphasis on the S&M as opposed to the MS will need to go elsewhere as playful erotica is the name of this game. Likewise those who spell s*x like this need to look elsewhere too (hopefully not in the same place). For a good portion of the rest of us who enjoy a very hot tale ranging the gamut of sexual desires this novel is a reader's delight. Harriet Klausner
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great for a one-night stand...,
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This review is from: Herotica 5: A New Collection of Women's Erotic Fiction (No. 5) (Mass Market Paperback)
I am one of those "weird" people who likes a little plot and character with my erotica. Most of the stories in this collection seemed to lack real plot, and for that, I was disappointed. The stories succeeded in turning me on, but many failed to make me care. While an occasional "we met, we got turned on, we got it on" story is fun, I prefer commitment to my reading -- like in real life, I guess. Maybe that's why I thought Herotica 6 was better. I'd recommend 6 over 5.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
THIS IS THE BOMB BOOK...................I LOVE THIS BOOK!,
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This review is from: Herotica 5: A New Collection of Women's Erotic Fiction (No. 5) (Mass Market Paperback)
I FOUND THIS BOOK TO BE VERY AMUSING. IT WAS ALSO SENSUAL. IT GRABBED YOUR ATTENTION WITH EVERY STORY AND KEPT IT UNTIL THE STORY ENDED. THIS BOOK IS A WOMAN'S BOOK. I HONESTLY THINK THAT IF A MAN WANTED TO GET TURNED ON THAT HE COULD PICK ANY STORY IN THIS BOOK. THE STORIES ARE VERY DETAILED. YOU FEEL AS IF YOU ARE THERE, WATCHING!CHECK OUT THIS BOOK, IT'S GREAT FOR BEDTIME READING! I GUARANTEE YOU WON'T GO TO BED UPSET :-)
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