Necrophilia Variations [Paperback]

Supervert (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0970497113 | ISBN-13: 978-0970497116 | Publication Date: October 31, 2005

Necrophilia Variations is a literary monograph on the erotic attraction to corpses and death. It consists of a series of texts that, like musical phrases, take up the theme and advance it by means of repetition, contrast, and variation. Written in a style that ranges from the lugubrious to the ludicrous -- from purple prose to black humor -- Necrophilia Variations uses literary means to probe the psychopathology of sexual perversion. Eros, the book asks, is naturally drawn to beauty, and yet nothing would seem to be less inherently beautiful than a cadaver. How is it that a necrophile ends up confusing the two, discovering beauty in what most people would find repugnant? How does he come to desire that which would seem to be intrinsically undesirable? If you have ever contemplated the curious points of contact between eros and thanatos -- if you have ever wondered why femmes fatales are alluring, or why sex can be made more exciting by games that simulate danger and pain, or why that bit of French slang that deems orgasm a "little death" seems so appropriate -- then Necrophilia Variations will be sure to delight you with its depictions of death, desire, and deviance.

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About the Author

Creator of books, web sites, and CD-ROMs, Supervert is what an author can be when amplified by technology. A sort of deviant Bauhaus, Supervert utilizes the techniques of vanguard aesthetics to research the pathology of novel perversions. Its first book, Extraterrestrial Sex Fetish, was widely acclaimed in the alternative press. Lydia Lunch's Sex and Guts Magazine hailed it as "one of the most astonishing books to come out in years," and the Absinthe Literary Review esteemed it "nothing short of brilliant." Wired called Supervert's multimedia work a "torture garden of earthly delights," while the Village Voice spoke of it as a "home-brew monstrosity" promoting "an emerging philosophy: user hostility." Supervert is also the creator of PervScan, a heavily trafficked blog devoted to perversion, as well as web sites dedicated to William S. Burroughs and to Charles Baudelaire's Flowers of Evil.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Supervert 32C Inc (October 31, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970497113
• ISBN-13: 978-0970497116
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #360,461 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars To Kill A Mocking -- Bird, July 5, 2006

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I read this book in one evening while listening to Bananarama's "Robert DeNiro's Calling" on autorepeat. A walk in a park really can become a bad dream when you are reading "Terror Groupies" with only one hand! Oh my god! This is the average girl's revenge on male rape culture and it is a total trope slope that makes designers like Fred Perry or Perry Ellis seem like finger painting lesbian prison guards. I cannot wait to see this turned into a screen play. Rober DeNiro would not be able to talk Italian after reading this book. Nay. He would barely be able to speak Ebonics.

"Trauma Response Program" will spike the pubes of any multimedia literate pre-pensioner. Radio babies will recognize the hyperlinks to BLAM! but stoners, Maoists and Zionists will not. Nevertheless, this chapter/vignette paints a poignant prophecy for enemies of humanity as well as pseudo-downtrodden academics and performance artists. Supervert carries you into Uma Thurman's underwear and gives you a whif, and then, as you sit up aroused in your bath tub, all you want to do is spank your Spike Lee and listen to Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld. Triumph! A total page turner!

"They didn't want the nuances, the details, the subtleties. They didn't want to know, they wanted to condemn--and since I knew this, since I was well aware of it, I was doing their dirty work for them. I had locked myself into that most solitary of confinements. I was punishing myself by keeping quiet."

Well, if that doesn't reak of Tanya 2.0 prophecy, I don't know what does! After I read this passage, I was suddenly spiked. And I turned to Tim Sanders' _Love is the Killer App_, hoping for a subliminal concordance. But I was deflated.

Supervert crafts a jetsetter ambience that makes the average Georgette or Rita Ackerman fan wet with anticipation. There are crypt death scenes that would make the Trenchies blush or fake bandage chicks recoil with self-loathing and bloody clots. Me, I soiled multiple garments while enjoying the "PostMortem" scene. This book shows SIGNS of life at every turn (of the page). Supervert says, LIFERS, come on down from your heights...make a choice...show some signs of life (while enjoying scenes of death).

And speaking of ebonics, I must say that I had a come down, while I put my heart in the place of Super's protagonist who reminded me of both Morissey and Genesis P-Orridge dancing to contemporary Marc Almond and vintage Loverboy. There is nothing better than a sex-drenched aggression scene...especially when you can find ironic modern day analogues in the newspaper when you google: rape + Iraq. Death. Desire. Deviance. That's the theme. Don't wear it out. Wear it in.

You want a piece of my heart, you better start from the start. You wanna be in the show? Come on baby, let's go...read Necrophilia Variations!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprised, March 31, 2008

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I was surprised by how well written this was...I can't quite explain why. I really enjoyed it. If you can get past the "taboo" subject matter (and I really hope you can) you'll find a well written, hilarious and sometimes even touching book here. Love love love.

I almost feel bad for having submitted such a badly written review. Oh well.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Skin crawling and vile...I LOVE IT!, August 29, 2010

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God...words can not describe how awesome this book is, I read the first few sample chapters and I was hooked, I had to read the rest, and Iam SO SO SO glad I got it, yes, it is about "doing the do, with the dead" but its so much more, it gives you a sickening inside look at what these people really think want, and love, I would suggest this book to any one in a heart beat!