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Title: Nerve: Literate Smut by Rufus Griscom, Genevieve Field ISBN: 0-7679-0257-2 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 15 September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (7 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Somewhat disappointing.
Comment: This book is correctly subtitled; the writing is certainly literate, and, given that it has a sufficient sexual content to offend those with low levels of prurience tolerance, I suppose it must be acknowledged to be smut. Still, for all of that, it failed in it's implied mission, if not its stated one; I expected (and wanted) this book to be a collection of well-written erotica, unlike most porn, which is written by and for the barely-literate. And while a few of the entries accomplished this, most failed miserably at the task of being erotic. Some were interesting, even thought-provoking. But very few were sexy. I expected better; I expected interesting, thought-provoking, AND sexy. I guess I just expected too much.
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointing, barely sexy
Comment: It fascinates me how people can write so many words about sex and not be sexy. A couple of the essays are decent, but the fiction is incredibly shallow and non-erotic, just like on their site. The phony virgin story has to be the worst. _Much_ better erotic writing is being put up on the Web every month by places like scarlettletters.com and cleansheets.com . I can only say that I'm glad a friend gave me his copy of this book and I didn't buy it!
Rating: 5
Summary: But is it art?
Comment: This book is not about how to have great sex. It's about sex. Period. And it's wonderful. The essays compiled by editors Genevieve Field and Rufus Griscom are excellently written, and may give the reader that certain answer to a certain question. Or else, they may simply provide some of that squeaky clean entertaiment we all look forward to when reading about sex. If you have ever wondered what other people - besides your closest friends - think about sex in general, perhaps you should look into this one... And I cannot possibly forget to mention all the wonderful photographs! Although it is obvious that some seem to playfully balance on edge of being classified as porn (our more conservative readers, beware), all of them are undoubtedly art, and most are undoubtedly nude. This is really one of the most intelligent books I've read on the subject of erotica in general...
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Title: Full Frontal Fiction : The Best of Nerve.com by Genevieve Field, Rufus Griscom, Jack Murnighan ISBN: 0609806580 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 17 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Big Bang: Nerve's Guide to the New Sexual Universe by The writers at Nerve ISBN: 0452284260 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Nerve: The New Nude by Genevieve Field ISBN: 081182957X Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Naughty Bits : The Steamiest and Most Scandalous Sex Scenes from the World's Great Books by Jack Murnighan ISBN: 0609806602 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 29 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Diary: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk ISBN: 0385509472 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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