Nominated for a 2008 LAMMY Award! Simon Sheppard opens this first-of-its-kind book with a whirlwind tour of gay history as reflected in queer men's one-handed reading, from the era of World War II - when sex stories were mimeographed in Tijuana and smuggled to the States - to today's ubiquitous web-based porn.Included in the collection are well-remembered stories by renowned authors like Jack Fritscher, Aaron Travis, and Bob Vickery alongside old pulp-paperback pornography and up-to-the-minute "literotica." A rough-trade biker takes a farm boy to the barn in a 1953 story by Phil Andros. Richard Amory's 1966 Old West classic, "Song of the Loon," sets a horny frontiersman among hunky Indian tribes. In John Preston's 1979 iconic "Mr. Benson," a submissive finds his ultimate master. In Sheppard's wide-ranging collection, men have sex in a psychedelic-60's Berkeley orgy, Under fire in Vietnam, and on a roadside somewhere in Texas. Populated by a colorful mix of characters, from leathermen, drag queens, sailors, and hustlers to uptight accountants and gay vampires - this is an outstanding new collection put together by one of gay erotica's favorite voices.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Running Press
ISBN-10
0786717556
ISBN-13
9780786717552
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57084747
Product Key Features
Book Title
Homosex : Sixty Years of Gay Erotica
Author
Simon Sheppard
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Topic
Erotica / General, Lgbt / Gay
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
9.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps648.H57s53 2007
Reviews
The most literate and heart-poundingly romantic author to emerge from the naughty queer erotica scene in San Francisco., "This is by far the very best erotic fiction collection to come out in years. No kidding. Simon Sheppard's storytelling skills are unsurpassed." -- Marilyn Jaye Lewis