Best Gay Erotica 2003 (Paperback)

by Michael Rowe (Introduction), Richard Labonte (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
"There'll be places you'd love to be and places you wouldn't want to visit, thought erotica is the great subtext to our lives, and as Wilde himself said, 'One's real life is often the life that one does not lead, ' Or would you prefer Frederica Garcia Lorca's the day we stop resisting out instincts, we'll have learned how to live.'" --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Description
Each year, guest judges selected from the queer literary world review the year’s best erotica and choose the final collection that makes up Cleis’s successful series representing a wide range of styles and voices. Best Gay Erotica 2003 features a list of writers on a par with J.T. LeRoy, Felice Picano, Alexander Chee, and M. Christian, among others, whose work appeared in earlier editions.

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Cleis Press (November 11, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573441627
• ISBN-13: 978-1573441629
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,477,270 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A better anthology than most, January 4, 2003

By	"oberon0690" (North Hills, CA United States) - See all my reviews

Anthologies are ALWAYS a mixed bag. This is a better grouping of stories than most. Usually there are a few that just do not appeal to me and that of course is true here. However, there are several that are worth reading more than once....a pleasant surprise.

The editors, suggest that this grouping lacks the "theme" that has emerged in the two prior anthologies. While I agree.....there ARE stories that touch on similar themes. Reading stories with a common aspect but divergent "takes" makes this a fun read.

Best Gay Erotica 2003 is a great book to carry around and read in the "off moments"....those times when you WISH you had something to read but don't have enough time to get fully involved in the 500 page masterpiece of gay fiction you have sitting on the nightstand.

5 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Best Gay Erotica 2001, March 5, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Best Gay Erotica 2001 (Best Gay Erotica Series) (Paperback)

I gave this 3 stars because there are a few good stories in the book that I would be willing to read again. Gymnasty by Jesse Grant for example. But many of the stories were cold, lacking sexual and/or romantic heat that is necessary for good erotica. Some stories were surreal making it necessary for the reader to tried to decipher what was going on to continue reading it. Erotica can be mindless, thought provoking, romantic, and kinky but it loses power when a reader (me) feels like I'm in a college literature class trying to figure out what the author really saying. Hope this helps.

2 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars About this Book, December 18, 2002

By A Customer

Publisher Comments:
Each year, guest judges selected from the queer literary world review the year¹s best erotica and choose the final collection that makes up Cleis¹s successful series representing a wide range of styles and voices. Best Gay Erotica 2003 features a list of writers on a par with J.T. LeRoy, Felice Picano, Alexander Chee, and M. Christian, among others, whose work appeared in earlier editions.

Synopsis:
Each year judges select the year's best gay erotica and choose the final selections that make up this series.