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Juice: Electricity for Pleasure and Pain

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As an electrical engineer I find Juice an excellant resource in the field of the erotic use of electricity. Not only are the principles included accurate and applicable, but they are presented in a way that is both humerous and highly understandable by even a reader who had trouble with electricity in their high school physics. Having also checked out the other books in the field, Juice is the only one I've seen that presents the material this well. I also have to compliment the author on his commitment to safety in the erotic use of electricity. This cannot be more emphasized than he has done in his book. I'd reccomend Juice highly.

The book is a great idea, and the author obviously knows his stuff _very_ well. However, in my opinion, somewhere between the author's final manuscript, and what actually got published, someone at the publisher thought they understood things better.

For example, in many cases, what the author says in the text doesn't match the final drawings. Or, when discussing calculations for voltage and current where the term 'miliampere' is used, it's defined as one millionth of an ampere- that's flatly incorrect, a miliamp is one thousandth of an ampere.

So, if you buy it, get your calculator, pencil and pad out and be prepared to test the math and make the corrections in the book.

This book came out in 1998 and really takes an indepth and humorous look at the use of electricity in play (chapter 13 is titled, "Be afraid, be very afraid"). The book spends the first half in review of how electricity works and then overviews everything from the carpet shuffle zap to household voltage. Fans of the violet wand and the tens unit will find support here. This book is a must for anyone wanting to be well informed before venturing into pleasure with electricity. All the advice is sound and very like what is experienced through the use of currents. The author clearly tells the readers what is absolutely not acceptable as a toy and what is potentially dangerous. Electricity is extremely pleasing in the right hands. (The shocking animal collar is a real attention getter!) Is that my hair standing up? Interesting book!

This is not an easily read or easily understood book about erotic electrical play. Uncle Abdul expects you to follow along with his venture into science and technology but frankly it gets sort of boring and tedious. A much better introduction would have focused on basic guidelines and then examples of how it works -- expanding on section three of the book which highlights electrical play via some short fiction.

Don't know if Uncle Abdul make the mistakes or the typesetter or printer but there are mistakes in the book and someone could get hurt. Of course we can get hurt driving a car too. The biggest thing to remember, electric play is a high risk activity. From Electric Play Toys, Techniques, and Safety written in 1982:
There are three kinds of electricity: static electricity, high-frequency electricity, and electrical current. Current is what comes out of an electrical socket or a battery. There are two ways to measure electricity, voltage and amperage. "Voltage" is the oomph that gets electricity where it's going; "amperage" is the amount of electricity being moved. Amperage is what kills people.
If you want to play around with this see one of the few experts in the field for hands on training and not learn from a book or the Internet. Check out "Top To Bottom A BDSM Perspective" if you want to see the updated version of "Electric Play Toys, Techniques, and Safety" article.

Book reviews are a product of expectation. I anticipated that one would be able to read the book, study the concepts, and be in a position to make my own electrical stimulation toys. While the book certainly starts out well with very understandable explanations of electrical principles, and is big on electrical safety, it ends with a limited number of recommendations for apparati that are already on the market; some of which could be difficult to obtain (medical applications).

There is no mention of devices that have previously been available, but are no longer found.
There is no mention of electro stim via old sterreo smplifiers or jolt "prodes" made from the camera flashes of disposable cameras. There are no recommendations for basic circuits, fuse/breaker configurations to protect users, or any information, other than basic theory, that would enable one to make his or her own devices. If he had included some basic schematics (a cook book approach for certain) one would have a fighting chance at making their own units.

Bottom Line: If you expect this book to function as a guide to make your own toys, you are wasting your time and money. Take a western vacation and go pee on an electric fence, you will get more out of that than this book.

Everything you need to know, and then some, about electricity and the human body.

When a man and woman love each other truly, they should really consider adding electricity to their sex life-- I'm sure glad I did!

In Jane Austen's classic novel "Pride and Prejudice," Darcy and Elizabeth use lots of electrity to "charge each other up," as we like to say in the business. Reread the book: it's there!

For a really magical mix, try to add in some fisting with the electricity!

This book had me WIRED! My mind was FRIED after reading it. I'm still VIBRATING!