The Mammoth Book of Erotica [Hardcover]

Maxim Jakubowski (Editor)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 573 pages
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf (2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739413546
• ISBN-13: 978-0739413548
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,274,799 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Decidedly UN-erotic!, December 9, 2000

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This review is from: The Mammoth Book of Erotica (Paperback)

While a few of the stories in this compliation have some sensual quality, the vast majority are quite disturbing or rather boring. It is disconcerting to be paging through the book while feeling frisky, only to stumble across a story about about woman who dreams of eating feces! I don't care if it was meant to be "tongue-in-cheek", it just plain ruins the mood! And I would estimate that roughly 50% of the book deals with S&M or bondage of some sort.....which gets to be a bit tiring when its not your cup of tea. How about reserving this kind of stuff for the "Mammoth Book of BDSM" or the "Mammoth Book of Poo Eating"???

The average Penthouse Forum column is more titillating than this disappointing compendium of drivel.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have erotic anthology! for vassi!, July 14, 2003

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Robert Nagle "idiotprogrammer" (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mammoth Book of Erotica (Paperback)

I was shocked to read the other lukewarm reviews of this book. I bought this book about 10 years ago and found the stories compelling, entrancing (not to mention erotic). The book covers the darker side of eroticism--death, SM, but there's a lot of softer stuff. The real reason to buy the book is Marco Vassi's 80 page novella "Carcass of Dreams" (which I would argue is one of the best series of erotic stories ever written). The stories are more Bataille or Jean de Berg than Kundera, a lot of dark brooding nonsense. Another gem is Robert Silverberg's "Two at Once" one of the most delightful stories I'd read. Surprisingly, the Anne Rice story is one of the weakest of the bunch. Maxim Jakubowski also edited the excellent "Mammoth Book of International Erotica" (although I didn't find it as steamy as this original volume). For those who still prefer reading an intellectually-engaging dirty book once in a while and don't mind morbidity and S/M, this book will be great.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars literary sexuality, August 25, 2003

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David C. Cain "Malinov" (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mammoth Book of Erotica (Paperback)

This is one of the finest collections of literary sexuality I have had the pleasure to read. Far from mere titillation, the stories are intriguing, thought-provoking and fascinating. Oh, and from time to time, the stories are really hot. Enjoy.