Literotica: the very best of Literotica.com [Paperback]

Literotica.com authors (Author), William T. Vollmann (Author), Julie Lemolo (Author), Dirty Old Man (Author), Nicolas Travers (Author), Whiff (Author), Dixon Carter Lee (Author), Patricia Day (Author), Anessa Ramsey (Author), Mike Tauron (Author), Kate Willoughby (Author), Lori Selke (Editor), Literotica.com editors (Editor), Bill Brent (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2001

Alternately humorous and heartbreaking, but always sizzling hot, the stories in this collection should become a staple in any bookstore with a well-stocked erotica section. LITEROTICA is a gold mine of erotic riches, culled from thousands of stories, even whole novels, posted at Literotica. Whether they're tasty vignettes or epic tales of erotic grandeur, the stories in this collection are sure to appeal to the erotica reader with refined tastes.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Literotica.com is one of the most popular and diverse sites presenting fiction by thousands of different authors. It allows writer and audience to interact pretty much free of interferences. Hark! That sound you hear is the shattering of taboos. This book collects some of the best offerings from Literotica.com and puts them into a format you can read in the bathtub, or in bed, or ... wherever. You'll find stories like Two Bags for the Bride, by Dirty Old Man, which explains why looks aren t everything. Then there's the ominously titled Still Life With Teeth, by Patricia Day, which is all about eating (enough said). A Fireman's Prayer, by Dixon Carter Lee gives a whole new meaning to the idea of burning passion....

You'll probably want to read this book one-handed.
-- --FEARLESS REVIEWS (S. Ardrian, April 2002)

From the Publisher

Lori Selke is a freelance writer and editor who has lent her editorial talents to several diverse projects, including On Our Backs magazine, Scarletletters.com, and the anthology Tough Girls (Black Books, 2001). Her writings on sex, fictional and non-, have appeared in periodicals such as Black Sheets, Dreams of Decadence, Libido, Alice, and the anthologies Zaftig: Well-Rounded Erotica, Sex Spoken Here, and Best Bisexual Erotica volumes 1 and 2.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Black Books (November 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892723093
• ISBN-13: 978-1892723093
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #206,159 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!, December 28, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Literotica: the very best of Literotica.com (Paperback)

This book is truly a compilation of some of the best stories submitted to Literotica.com. I have been a member of that site since it's birth and the authors and stories here have become legends of the Literotica Community. These stories are honestly wonderfully written. I can't say it enough : This book is well worth every penny! I can't wait to see if there is going to be a volume 2!

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well written and erotic, April 30, 2004

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paul tippetts (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Literotica: the very best of Literotica.com (Paperback)

I enjoyed this book. I admit to being a long term contributor to Literotica as PAUL C.

Not all the subject matter was necessarily to my taste but all the stories are very well crafted and well written.

To regular visitors to such sites as Literotica some of the stories may be over long and the sex scenes not as explicit as they would be used to. That said, if it is an erotic read you are looking for rather than porn then this is probably as good as any you will find.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Above average internet erotica, June 29, 2009

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TammyJo Eckhart "TammyJo Eckhart" (Bloomington, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Literotica: the very best of Literotica.com (Paperback)

I don't mean to belittle anyone who writes erotica or anything for the masses of the Internet to consume. That takes courage. As with most mass project though, as with most anthologies of published material, there will be winners and losers among the number of stories. Of the 11 stories here, voted on as most popular on the site and one written just for this collection by Dixon Carter Lee, I can say that 6 of them were above the average of what I've seen online and the rest were ok for both online and published fiction. Nothing was horrible, trust me, I've read or attempted to read some truly horrible fiction online.

My favorite is Patricia Day's "Still Life With Teeth" that examines eating disorders and their damage to sexual relationships. It's harsh, intense, and sadly very realistic of how someone with an eating disorder might look at the world.

Mike Tauron's very short "Lunch with Rita" tackles the issue of age and prostitute in a unique way. "Indigo" from Julie Lemolo is sexy without explicit sex and I love when a story can pull that off so well in so few pages.

"A Fireman's Prayer" by Dixon Carter Lee is a modern romance while Anessa Ramsey's "The Games We Play" is a nice historical romance -- both authors should move to the romance gender and make excellent money.

Maggie Redux's "Whiff" also tackles difficult subjects again age but also racism in a positive fashion. Nicolas Travers offers us a glimpse into a very sad man's life in the first two chapters of "Vast".

The other stories just seemed to lack a strong focus on characters or perhaps they were just not my sort of thing though I'd say most of the stories here are honestly "not my sort of thing". Perhaps they might be yours.

For a collection of 11 stories this as good as many anthologies I've read and it's nice to see folks brave enough to open their minds up to the world online getting a little time in book form.