Hydrophidian (Spider Garden Book Two) [Paperback]

Michael Manning (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1997

Enter the sequel to the best-selling Spider Garden, the aqueous palace of the Water Snake Clan. Watch the transformation of Arha to latex-bound plaything. Experience the mystery of the beautiful Okami.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: NBM Amerotica; illustrated edition edition (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561631671
• ISBN-13: 978-1561631674
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 7.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #972,616 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael Manning is an illustrator, animator, tattoo designer and comix artist/writer. His best known works include THE SPIDER GARDEN and TRANCEPTOR graphic novel series and the art collection INAMORATA. His artwork has been featured in galleries and museum exhibits in the US and internationally. While he is primarily known for his erotic sf/fantasy work, his comix adaptations of horror/suspense stories can be seen in Graphic Classics' HORROR & ADVENTURE CLASSICS anthologies. To see more of Michael's artwork, please visit his web site: http://www.thespidergarden.net. His LiveJournal has the latest updates on new projects and events: http://metalweb.livejournal.com/

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mind & gender-warping blend of SF and S&M, December 14, 1998

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Tavis Allison ([e-mail]) (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hydrophidian (Spider Garden Book Two) (Paperback)

You can read Hydrophidian (and its predecessor Spider Garden) as addressing a fundamental question in science fiction: what will people do with their time if they don't have to work and all is possible? 'Have technologically enhanced sex-magik and play elaborate dominance games' seems like an unusally honest answer to me. Or you can just enjoy the deliciously stylized, Japanese shunga woodcut-influenced art and masterful storytelling.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The definate line for fetish erotica, May 30, 2002

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"teeth_2" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hydrophidian (Spider Garden Book Two) (Paperback)

S&M and fetish aspects certain to please everyone. If this book does nothing for you sexually, get the series at least for the interesting concepts, art and stories. The series of books this is part of is the crowning piece of my erotica and graphic images colloection. Everyone I have shown the books to wants a copy - this book you must see to believe - WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENTS CERTAIN TO PLEASE EVEN THE MORE ODD SEXUAL TASTES

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A worthy successor, February 18, 2001

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SH in Tampa "SPH" (Tampa FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hydrophidian (Spider Garden Book Two) (Paperback)

Hydrophidian continues in the same far future setting in Manning's first novella - Spider Garden. In this novella, we meet the serpentine sisters Lichurna and Squamata, who play with rubber encased naiads in a drowned cathedral. Squamata transforms Lichurna's free willed concubine into a leather bound slave. And Shaalis's slave Okami is the subject of a raid by her former master, Verio.

Once again, the settings and the characters are original and beautifully rendered. This book has something to appeal to almost everyone - elaborate latex/leather costumes, bondage, bestiality, and pan/bisexuality. This book is inventive and exciting.