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Title: The Joy of Gay Sex : Fully revised and expanded third edition by Charles Silverstein, Felice Picano ISBN: 0-06-001273-0 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: So, so...
Comment: This book offers some nice information, but to subculture, sex-centered gays. I was really disappointed at some topics such as bisexuality and sex with animals!!! Thats not what I expect in my gay sex. So clearly, buy this book ONLY if your life revolves around sex. I now regret I bought this book.
Rating: 2
Summary: There is much better out there
Comment: I picked up a copy of the first edition originally published in 1977 years ago at a used bookstore, mainly for some of the drawings. Alas, the text was so awful that I finally had to sell it since I couldn't bear to have it in my library any longer. This new edition is worse as the text is virtually verbatim from the original but now even most of the pictures are unattractive! Far from being an objective reference book on gay sex the original (and this revision) had a very strong agenda...namely selling the promiscuous casual-sex gay lifestyle the authors saw as liberating. Entries on long term partners or couples was brief and halfhearted but entries on watersports, rimming, fisting, etc. were extensive. From the authors writing style one would gather that anyone not into these esoteric practices just wasn't opening themselves up to their true desires. The real problem though is that instead of having a nice, long entry on say anal sex, covering both it's history and all the issues, The Joy of Gay Sex is more interested in cramming in every weird, esoteric "gay" practice that it can in order to be called definitive. There are new entries that were not present in the original like 'shaving' but rather than state the facts the authors go off in some of the most rhapsodically purple-prose of the book about how wonderful the practice is. Then the authors belittle and put-down the promising trend toward a lighter-skinned physical ideal for us caucasions rather than the leathery sun-tanned look so popular in years past. This in spite of years of evidence showing how damaging all that sunbathing is for those of us of caucasion ancestry. So much for objectivity.
The best gay sex manual ever written was published by Gay Sunshine Press the same year as the original Joy of Gay Sex in 1977 and is also still in print. It has beautiful illustrations and a joyous, loving, holistic writing style. There is another gay sex glossary published by Alyson which is also very good and again, with wonderfully sexy drawings. Now yes, these other books deal with casual sex as well but they don't sell it with the relentlessly aggressive manner that this book does. If watersports, fisting and living the most stereotypical sort of gay "lifestyle" is what you want this book will likely fit the bill. For the rest of us, there are wonderful other books out there.
Rating: 3
Summary: Satisfied
Comment: I sat down and flipped through this book after I bought it. While I didn't need or use all the information in this book, it has definately proved usefull.
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Title: The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Men by Bill Brent, Zanne and Fish ISBN: 157344121X Publisher: Cleis Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Ten Smart Things Gay Men Can Do to Improve Their Lives by Joe Kort ISBN: 1555837824 Publisher: Alyson Pubns Pub. Date: 15 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Going Down: The Instinct Guide to Oral Sex by Ben R. Rogers, Joel Perry, David L. Kelly ISBN: 1555837522 Publisher: Alyson Pubns Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Gay Sex: A Manual for Men Who Love Men by Jack Hart ISBN: 155583468X Publisher: Alyson Pubns Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Sex Tips for Gay Guys by Dan Anderson ISBN: 0312288735 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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