What the Fuck: The Avant-Porn Anthology [Paperback]

Michael Hemmingson (Author), William T. Vollmann (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2000

Experimental Erotica From Some Of The Best-Known Names In Modern Literature; Shunning the notion that erotic literature is hastily created thrown-away words and sentences, a new literary, experimental aesthetic pervades this anthology. The writers here show that human sexuality is broad, and the range of desire is exciting and vast. Sex is as vital as food, politics, and conflict. The Avant Pornographers are not afraid to explore and exploit the nature of postmodern human sexuality in the 21st Century, with their own brand of twists and curves. Like Mirrorshades was to cyberpunk and Avant Pop was to avant pop, What The Fuck will be a new brand of post-pomo sexualised fiction. Contributors include William T Vollmann, one of the most important writers of the 1990s; leading sci-fi writer Don Webb, pomo novelist Robert Coover, anthologist Larry McCaffrey of the Avant Pop anthology from Viking Penguin, underground sensation Thom Metzger as well as L A Ruocco, author of the challenging and labyrinthian Document Zippo.

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About the Author

Michael Hemmingson is one of the most popular erotic writers in America. His previous books include The Mammoth Book of Short Erotic Novels, Snuff Flique and Nice Little Stories Jampacked with Depraved Sex and Violence. He lives in New York.

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Soft Skull Press (November 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887128611
• ISBN-13: 978-1887128612
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,435,784 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael Hemmingson lives in southern California and Baja California. Michael Hemmingson writes and publishes books, stories, essays, and ethnographic research projects. Michael Hemmingson writes and sells screenplays and film treatments. Michael Hemmingson has been pegged as a novelist, playwright, cultural anthropologist, sociologist in the symbolic interactionism school, auto-ethnographer and criminal scalawag. Michael Hemmingson has been associated with the minimalist Gordon Lish School of Writing. Michael Hemmingson has been accused of being a writer of crime noir literature. Michael Hemmingson has been labeled an author of literary erotica. Michael Hemmingson has been cast into the waters of the AvantPop School of Prose Writing. Michael Hemmingson has edited anthologies, zines, and newspapers. Michael Hemmingson has composed literary criticism and collected ethnographic data in the qualitative inquiry school of social science research. Michael Hemmingson has written speculative fiction and weird westerns. Michael Hemmingson sometimes dashes off a poem. Michael Hemmingson is not Michael Hemmingson. Michael Hemmingson is Michael Hawthorne.

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7 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Weird and Wild Book, July 24, 2001

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"avantpop" (nowhere) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What the Fuck: The Avant-Porn Anthology (Paperback)

I love the cover. I love the preface, wherein Larry McCaffery says he found Hemmingson, the editor, after an alien abduction, and this whole book is written by kinky alien life forms. There's a lot of weird and quirky stories in here. This is probably one of the best "erotica" anthologies I've come across in along time, as all the stories take a fresh look at the form.

Highly recommended.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good mix of anthologies for the genre, October 14, 2009

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Sebastian Dangerfield "Onion soup Ollie" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: What the Fuck: The Avant-Porn Anthology (Paperback)

The book is a good blend of short stories on this literary segment branded as porn or erotica. The authors chosen for the book show they are interested in writing on the subjects. Although the subject matter of the stories was not always to my liking or tastes, it is a worthwhile book in my opinion.

2 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Off-beat and eclectic, September 7, 2003

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Ann M Eadie (Jacksonville, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What the Fuck: The Avant-Porn Anthology (Paperback)

I can't say I liked all of the stories in this book, but most were fun and some were rather odd-ball. The cover is funny. A good read for the beach or the airport.