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Is this sex in America? Let's hope so. The Best American Erotica 1999 is a melting pot of inventive selections that run the gamut from bittersweet stories of youthful passion to Henry Miller-esque vignettes of cosmopolitan lust. There are detours along the way to raunchy merriment, steamy liaisons, erotic sorrow, and many other landmarks in the erotic landscape, both fresh and familiar.
Explore the bittersweet of yesterday and today, growing up with Elise D'Haene in an excerpt from "Licking Our Wounds." If Kirk-Spock fantasies are getting to be old hat, take a titillating peek into an amorous Boy Wonder's diary in Kelly McQuain's "Je T'aime, Batman, Je T'adore." The erotic imagination of America wouldn't be complete without a rock star fantasy: Ben Neihart's "The Number One Song in the Country" delivers, in spades. Cecelia Tan suggests an answer to the age-old question of what women do in bed together--and provides some ingenious toy ideas for those who already know--in her thrilling "Penetrations." And celebrating our ever-increasing Internet usage, Robin Sweeney's "Picking Up Daddy" provides an exhilarating narrative about nervously meeting and amorously greeting a lover met online.
The fabric of America's erotic life--twosomes, threesomes, same sex, opposite sex, gender benders, realistic sex, outrageous fantasies, revenge fantasies, dainty love stories, no-holds-barred one-night stands, and more--is well chronicled in this anthology from sexpert Susie Bright. --Cheryl Trooskin
Book Description
Prepare to enter an erogenous zone. In The Best American Erotica 2002, Jane Smiley illustrates the singular escapism found in the gentlest caress, Maggie Estep relates the surprising sexual happenings in a detox clinic, Francesca Lia Block explores the aquatic fantasies haunting a surfer, and Ernie Conrick introduces a tennis star and sex symbol who surrenders to an unusual coach. In these twenty-five stories you will also find cutting-edge work from other luminaries and from the Internet, where the next wave of erotica has matured into some of the most enticing writing around. Susie Bright's experienced eye and wide-open mind deliver exceptional writing that will satisfy all tastes and preferences -- and the merely curious. CONTRIBUTORS: Jamie Callan, Maggie Estep, Simon Sheppard, Debra Boxer, Andi Mathis, Adelina Anthony, Pam Ward, Francesca Lia Block, J. T. LeRoy, Laurie Sirois, Robert Devereaux, Stacey Richter, Gary Rosen, Lucy Taylor, Anne Tourney, Jane Smiley, Ernie Conrick, Nell Carberry, Nalo Hopkinson, Poppy Z. Brite, Paula Bomer, Michael Stamp, Tsaurah Litzky, Alma Marceau, Shaun Levin.
Customer Reviews:
HORRID!!!!.......2002-11-07
This book lacks everything erotica should be. The stories are poorly written, with no viable character development and confusing story lines. No man or woman should be subjected to the horror these people have published.
There is one story about a woman who is a phone sex operator and talks with a mentally challenged man. It's rather short and has no flowing plot, and at the end, the man asks the phone sex operator if he should kill himself. Now, I know there are people out there who are into s and m, but come on! How in the world did this story make it into print????
Do NOT waste your money on this book. It's downright terrible and has left me with nightmares and a bad taste in my mouth.
A [bad one] in the series.......2002-04-22
Rather dull and disappointing. No real literary stories and no real erotic stories, just a mish-mash of what must pass as "new".
Erotica for Literature Buffs.......2002-04-07
Here is Erotica for grown-ups, for people who think sex, besides being something to get hot for, is also something worth thinking about. In the vein of writers like Philip Roth, Henry Miller and Mary Gaitskill, this collection gives erotica its intellectual due. Sex is serious--as well as funny, hot and sad. Erotica is given the depth and complexity it deserves. Bravo Susie Bright! You are a genius!
Make my porn literature!.......2002-04-06
Once again Susie Bright comes through with thought provoking and literate substance that gets you off in more ways than any other erotic writing collection on earth! They don't call it "Best" for nothing.
Though not all "storke and poke", this edition has balls a-plenty and is willing to take us to places we might sometimes find difficult to go. I found this batch of stories apropos of our times in a way that was strangely healing at an emotional level. Bravo!
This is erotica???.......2002-04-04
Sorry to have to add my voice to the chorus of disdain, but its true. Previous editions of this series have been good so I'm not sure what went wrong here. But the stories included here are not sexy, intelligent or well-written.
Amazon.com
This annual smutfest is known for its diversity, offering a naughty sweet for almost every palate. In Betty Blue's "Symphony in Blue," two lovers make a shocking mess with a gallon of blue paint. The swaggering butch bottom of Toni D'Amato's "Lady's Man" earns her leathers and wins her way into the Mistress's bedroom. And in A.J. Miller-Bray's "Full Service," a wheelchair-dependent dyke-on-the-prowl invites her auto mechanic out for a roll. One of the stories, Alison L. Smith's lovely "Johnny," barely qualifies as lesbian porn, but would grace almost any recent short story collection. Recurrent themes suggest that this year's fantasies are of sex on the edge: anonymous encounters (or those plotted to seem anonymous), revenge, and wicked punishments figure large. The editors' inclusive approach means that some readers may do a substantial amount of skipping, but this isn't Sixth Sense; you won't miss the good parts if you blink. --Regina Marler
Book Description
Like Best Lesbian Erotica 2000, the Book Sense bestseller, Best Lesbian Erotica 2002 is as sensual as ever, featuring writers on a par with those in previous editions, such as Dorothy Allison, Pat Califia, Heather Lewis, Joan Nestle, and Cecilia Tan.
Customer Reviews:
Sweet & Naughty, but sometimes Mundane.......2005-04-29
Like many of the other collections of several authors, there are some sweet and suculent gems in here, but there's also some that just don't do a thing.
If you're a fan of erotica, pick up a copy, and give it a go. It's not the best thing I've ever read, but it's far from the worst.
I will be checking out other editions of this series.
Excellent, diversified reading..........2002-10-10
Every taste seems to be covered in this book. It was fun to simply open the book and pick a new story...you don't know where you will be led but most of the stories take you to a new and fun place your mind dares not to admit.
Not the best of lesbian erotica.......2002-03-14
I was looking forward to reading this book from cover to cover in one sitting but it was impossible to do. This book is certainly not the "best" of lesbian erotica. I would suggest that the editors cast a wider net than they have done to see what they catch. The experience and focus were too narrow, story structures too hackneyed, definitely not new. There were two stories that were exceptions that saves my rating from dropping to zero. It was a disappointing collection. The editors must try to step out more often into the world to see what and where truly innovative writing is happening and bring it to us.
So erotica!.......2002-02-02
This book was the best book that I have ever read! Second to, "The Old Man and The Sea." I found it very erotifying. The pictures are fantastic, so are the articles. They are chalk full of sexxy details..and naughty secrets! It has succeeded to fulfill my cravings!
Another Smashing Hit for BLE.......2002-01-17
Tristan Taormino has done it again. She and Amber Hollibaugh have picked 23 gems. They are hot, hot to the touch and the thought. There are several returning authors whose work continues to press boundaries and push buttons. They've added an international flavor this time with "Farang Traveler or, A Girl's Guide to Patpong" by Chris Lombardi and "Redemption" by Michael M. Hernandez, heartfelt, sly and wicked by turns. But Toni Amato humbles me. His clarity translates into painfully, joyfully brilliant prose and I am awed at the way that boi captures completely what I tremble to touch. This is an awesome collection, worthy of any erotica shelf.
Book Description
In this stunning debut, author Scott Lynch delivers the wonderfully thrilling tale of an audacious criminal and his band of confidence tricksters. Set in a fantastic city pulsing with the lives of decadent nobles and daring thieves, here is a story of adventure, loyalty, and survival that is one part Robin Hood, one part Ocean’s Eleven, and entirely enthralling.…
An orphan’s life is harsh–and often short–in the island city of Camorr, built on the ruins of a mysterious alien race. But born with a quick wit and a gift for thieving, Locke Lamora has dodged both death and slavery, only to fall into the hands of an eyeless priest known as Chains–a man who is neither blind nor a priest. A con artist of extraordinary talent, Chains passes his skills on to his carefully selected “family” of orphans–a group known as the Gentlemen Bastards. Under his tutelage, Locke grows to lead the Bastards, delightedly pulling off one outrageous confidence game after another. Soon he is infamous as the Thorn of Camorr, and no wealthy noble is safe from his sting.
Passing themselves off as petty thieves, the brilliant Locke and his tightly knit band of light-fingered brothers have fooled even the criminal underworld’s most feared ruler, Capa Barsavi. But there is someone in the shadows more powerful–and more ambitious–than Locke has yet imagined.
Known as the Gray King, he is slowly killing Capa Barsavi’s most trusted men–and using Locke as a pawn in his plot to take control of Camorr’s underworld. With a bloody coup under way threatening to destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary life, Locke vows to beat the Gray King at his own brutal game–or die trying.…
Customer Reviews:
enjoyable.......2007-10-01
I liked the story. The world was fasinating and the characters were funny and interesting. It seemed to be a book of flashbacks, which helped in the reading for the slow parts, but my only complaint is that the story dragged a bit here and there.
Wondrous Invention By A Debut Author - Splendid.......2007-10-01
I have, over the course of the past two years, encountered some very wonderful and awesome fantasy novels and series. However, many of them share the same archetypical plot: Boy is special, finds "good" object, old man mentor, etc. etc. This novel is different. The Lies of Locke Lamora is a wonderful addition to the fantasy genre, and I am here to tell you about it.
In the island city of Camorr, of 16th century Venicean style, there are various gangs, theives and criminal organizations. Under the Capa Barsavi, these gangs and whatnot have prospered, under something called the Secret Peace which allies royalty with the criminals. In one of the Capa's groupings, an orphanage-esque place where orphans are taught the art of thief and cutthroat, a five year old boy arrives, new to Camorr altogether. Its leader, called the Thiefmaker, has trouble with the boy, and after a year, sells him to the Eyeless Priest of the Order of Perelandro and the Gentlemen Bandits. He is raised there.
After twenty-two or so years, the Eyeless Priest dies, and the child, Locke, is the new garrista. Not a child anymore, he and his fellow members, Calo, Galdo, Jean and Bug go wreak havoc upon a new royal family (the Salvaras) by conning them of four hundred thousand crowns (currency). When everything is going right, he is hired by a mysterious Grey King, and everything goes wrong.
My favorite part of this book was the gritty, unarchetypical characters, especially Calo and Galdo. They had a hardiness to them that I have never seen in any book before. The setting was interesting, as it wasn't the classic 12th century medieval place based on Britain and Ireland, it was a new, different place, one I hadn't visited, one not on the map. The book is filled with alchemy, with no or little magic, just things that actually are plausible. Also, the climax is thrilling. You'll be up really late, I can tell you that much!
On last thought, the book is part Robin Hood, part Tom Clancy, part Age of Empires, part Thief Lord and part George RR Martin.
MSL
PS: Not for faint hearted or those who cannot handle language.
Entertaining stilettos-against-sorcery .......2007-09-24
Trained from childhood as a thief and con-artist par excellence, Locke Lamora employs a silver tongue and quicksilver mind to divest the rich of Camorr of their excessive wealth. No sooner do Locke and his associates initiate their latest scheme, however, than they find themselves at the mercy of the mysterious Gray King, who intends to use them as pawns in his bid to take over the city-state's underworld. As the Gray King's diabolical plan unfolds, Locke finds his skills tested as never before as he struggles not only for his own survival, but also for the survival of his friends and Camorr itself.
In this scintillating debut novel, Scott Lynch establishes himself as a rising star of fantasy fiction. Like Patrick Rothfuss (The Name of the Wind), Lynch is a natural storyteller with a keen intellect and a gift for richly detailed, imaginative world-building and intricate plotting. Lies is a fast-paced, entertaining, stilettos- (and hatchets-) against-sorcery tale that is both self-contained and well-positioned as a cornerstone for further adventures. It does have its share of weaknesses: excessive and gratuitous profanity; good but not deeply developed characterization; a few locales that are either too complex to describe or else inadequately described; and a lack of any comment on the human condition or truth that will change one's life. In short, it's a tale intended as pure entertainment ... and as such, it admirably succeeds.
Highly recommended for fans of thieves, caper movies, and well-written sword-and-sorcery. Recommended with a caveat to fans of high fantasy and anyone distasteful of profanity and violence. Four gleaming white-iron stars.
Just not worth the effort.......2007-09-21
Mr. Lynch has some decent ideas but this book is a tough read. The story jumps around with very little transition and can be tough to follow. It is also filled with gratuitous vulgarity from curse words to obscene comments. I am not easily offended but the language shocks you away from the story. This book desperately needs an editor and a rewrite, until that happens don't waste your time.
Well that was fun.......2007-09-17
A very enjoyable book.
Hard to believe it is the author's first as it is very competently written. The world building was believable and provided a nice backdrop for the rip-roaring action. As another reviewer commented, it is reminiscent of Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series.
The fractured time-line referred to by one reviewer is not particularly difficult to navigate, though if you are a young teenager or only a sometime reader it may disrupt your attention for a while.
The swearing in the book obviously puts some readers off. I agree that maybe it was a little overdone, but most of the time it was appropriate to the characters and their situations and I soon stopped noticing it.
The principal character was very well drawn - it is a tribute to the author that the principal character who has few morals (he does usually draw the line at murder) is easily adopted by the reader, whereas the principal protagonist who is arguably trying to achieve much needed social reform/revolution, is clearly the villain.
I've just been on 3 weeks' holiday lying on a beach and over that period read about 35 books - all carefully pre-selected based on other reader's reviews. Along with Carol Berg's Transformation and C D Payne's Frisco Pigeon Mambo, this was the one I enjoyed the most.
I look forward to reading his next novel.
Product Description
Subterranean Press is proud to announce the limited edition of one of the best fantasies of the past decade. The Thorn of Camorr is said to be an unbeatable swordsman, a master thief, a ghost that walks through walls. Half the city believes him to be a legendary champion of the poor. The other half believe him to be a foolish myth. Nobody has it quite right. Slightly built, unlucky in love, and barely competent with a sword, Locke Lamora is, much to his annoyance, the fabled Thorn. He certainly didn't invite the rumors that swirl around his exploits, which are actually confidence games of the most intricate sort. And while Locke does indeed steal from the rich (who else, pray tell, would be worth stealing from?), the poor never see a penny of it. All of Locke's gains are strictly for himself and his tight-knit band of thieves, the Gentlemen Bastards. Locke and company are con artists in an age where con artistry, as we understand it, is a new and unknown style of crime. The less attention anyone pays to them, the better! But a deadly mystery has begun to haunt the ancient city of Camorr, and a clandestine war is threatening to tear the city's underworld, the only home the Gentlemen Bastards have ever known, to bloody shreds. Caught up in a murderous game, Locke and his friends will find both their loyalty and their ingenuity tested to the breaking point as they struggle to stay alive... The Lies of Locke Lamora will be illustrated with a full color cover, and four full page illustrations by Edward Miller.
Customer Reviews:
Fantastic start to a promising career.......2007-07-13
Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch is the first book in the Gentlemen Bastards series. Not only is it the first in the Gentlemen Bastards series, but this novel happens to be the first novel published by Mr. Lynch as well. When I first heard that this was a debut novel I was slightly hesitant, but it came with a glowing recommendation so I took the chance. Let me say right off the bat that I am very thankful that I took the chance on this new author as this novel is absolutely fantastic.
There are several aspects of this novel that I think need to be reviewed.
The characters really allow this novel to stand out and shine. The characters are well developed and vivid. Each character is done in such a way that they all appear unique, anything from their look to their dialog. While Mr. Lynch has added many curse words, which at times, for me anyway, shocks the reader out of the dialog, it also seems to bring a grittiness to the characters. There are quite a few characters in this novel, but I didn't find any difficulty in keeping them separate and knowing what each was doing. The main character, who I would struggle to call a hero, is a rogue who is bent on stealing from the nobles of the cit. A Robin Hood type character if you will. Mr. Lynch goes to great detail to explain and develop Locke throughout the book, and he pulls this off very well. The other assortment of characters are developed at varying degrees. This just makes sense or else the book would be huge. In my opinion the supporting cast of characters are done perfectly, not too much and not to little. There are many truly memorable characters in this book.
The plot, on the surface anyway, seems rather simple in that the main character is a rogue set on fleecing the nobility out of their wealth. However, there are many things that Mr. Lynch tosses into the mix to make this a much more complicated story than just your typical steal from the rich story. This story follows Locke from when he was a very young boy all the way up to his involvement with the Gentlemen Bastards and the escapades that he routinely pulls on the noble class of the city. There are several twists and mysterious characters that are slowly added to add more depth to the story. Even though there are multiple elements added throughout the book they are not done so to cram things into this novel. It has a very steady pace and was obviously well mapped out. It's a well written plot and one that certainly leaves room for further development in later books.
This novel is set up in an interesting way, in fact I have not seen a novel like this to my memory. There are regular chapters, but interspaced between these chapters, or sections really, there are flashbacks or as Lynch calls them interludes. Were he harkens back to past events that helped shape the characters actions and choices. This is certainly a unique way of putting a novel together and at times it works beautifully, but there is at least one point where I read an interlude and was a little unsure why it was included in the story or at that point in the book. For the most part though, this idea works rather well and adds a certain depth to the book.
There are a few things that I wish would have been better developed, such the way magic works as well as a little more explanation of the `thirteen'. Since this is the first book in this series I expect that these things may be explained in greater detail later.
Overall, this is a fantastic book and one I am sure to recommend to many other people. It really is a gem and a surprising first release from a new author. I wonder just how good Mr. Lynch will become if this was the first release from him. I am eagerly looking forward to the second book in this series as I am sure many others will be once they give this novel a chance. Have no fear in picking this up, I think it will appease many a different fans. Certainly fantasy fans, but also others will probably like this as well.
Product Description
This is the unedited paperback with the hardback cover. It consists of uncorrected page proofs.
Customer Reviews:
Brilliant!.......2007-09-29
In regards to previous review, I found the profanity to be very well suited, and in many cases; quite humourous. I really thought it fit the characxters well - I mean, obviously we expect a bunch of career lawbreakers to swear *a litte more* than the average person.
And as for the criticism of no map? please! Imagination is fully functional! and I find having a map in kind of would lkimit the fantastical setting to the span of someoen else's imagination - it would be really hard to do any justice to.
A brilliant brilliant book that despite the foreigness of the setting manages to completely draw the willing reader in.
(and oh so clever)
A fantasy series with great potential... but overused and often unwarranted profanity lessen it's quality, .......2007-08-23
A great fantasy read! (with some reservations)
I must say, overall, that I enjoyed this book very much; the story held my interest the same way that the novels of George R.R. Martin (Series of Ice and Fire) and Steven Erikson (The Malazan Book of the Fallen) do.
As with most fantasy there were elements of magic, deceit, betrayals, unexpected friendships and a smattering of romance; and in this book, there were a few areas that were witty and humorous. The story was well written and proceeded with a good pace. There was very little 'down time' in this story; something was always happening or about to happen that really held your interest...you had to read 'one more chapter'.
However, there were two areas of concern...one minor (1), the other (2) more serious.
1.)There was no map. Although the story takes place in the fairly small geographic area of Camorr city, a map would have been very helpful to give a sense of direction and distances that our protagonist had to travel.
2.)Profanity!...profanity that was excessive and unnecessary (were talking about the 'f ' word here). Profanity that occurred in situations that, generally speaking, it was very unlikely to happen. e.g. When Locke was speaking to the members of the upper crust of the Camorr society; and even more unbelievable was that fact that these members of Camorr's nobility never said a thing about our hero's continuous vulgarisms.
Let me add this; I have no problems with swearing in novels when it is done in the 'proper' situation, (there are times where swearing adds realism to the situation (depending on who is speaking and what is going on at the moment). However, this novel exceeded even my level of 'reasonable' swearing tolerance. This degree of vulgarism, generally flawed, an otherwise great fantasy story. I find it hard to believe that one of the editors didn't get this problem discussed and corrected. (then again, maybe they did, but the suggestion went unheeded.)
Without the two concerns mentioned above, an outstanding and intriguing fantasy effort. However, the use of unwarranted profanity has lessened the quality of this otherwise remarkable book. 3 ½ to 4 Stars.
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- Worth owning if you read short fiction in the genre
- Huzzah!
- At last!, at last!
- The Gunn Canon At Last!
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This collection of tightly crafted, highly imaginative short stories employs surrealist, satirical, and fantastical devices to explore politics, class, and gender. From a hilarious tale about bioengineering and the stresses of climbing the corporate ladder to an evocative story of a woman who loses a sock at the the laundromat and finds she's missing a bit of her soul, these science fiction stories showcase an award-winning writer's compelling vision of the universe. Computer pioneers, cross-country skiers, and aliens figure into these literary stories that challenge the boundaries of imagination with quirky, anti-establishment characters and visionary technological extrapolation.
Customer Reviews:
One of SF's least-prolific good writers...........2004-12-16
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Eileen Gunn is surely one of SF's least-prolific good writers, having published all of eleven stories since her debut in 1978. Fortunately, they're all worthwhile, and some are brilliant -- such as the title story, "Stable Strategies for Middle Management" (1988, Hugo nominee), a novel view of the role of bioengineering in future corporate life, guaranteed to bring a smile. Then there's "Green Fire", cowritten with Michael Swanwick, Andy Duncan, and Pat Murphy, which is just terrific: a WW2 pulp burlesque, starring Isaac Asimov and Bob Heinlein, and featuring Tesla superscience, topless pirates, giant plesiosaurs, a kraken -- and a special guest appearance by Lord Quetzalcoatl! Great stuff. SF's best-ever 4-author story!
Her third "A" story, "Nirvana High" (with Leslie What), makes its first appearance here. The special-ed students at Cobain High have, well, *special* talents, and Gunn's sfnal look at high-school life ranks right up there with Suzy McKee Charnas' "B00BS" and Sharon Farber's "The Nostalginauts" . Top-notch story.
"Computer Friendly", a 1990 Hugo nominee, features 9-yr old Elizabeth "Lizardbreath", and how she saved her friends online and learned to spit. Cool, nerdy stuff, if a bit dated now.
And her first sale, "What Are Friends For?" (1978) is still a crackerjack -- I'd never seen it, and I'll bet you'll like it, too. Gunn notes that her check for $51.63, from Ted White's AMAZING, "came in someone else's SASE, with their name crossed out and mine scrawled in... I had hit the big time."
And there's more! Bottom line: 11 stories, 5 "A"s, 6 "B"s -- plus an "ideologically labile" recipe, and cool little Gunnophile goodies from Gibson, Swanwick, and Waldrop. "Open [the book] and be dazzled! -- JP Kelly's blurb, with a coverful of other nice blurbs, from Le Guin, Doctorow, Willis, and many more.
So, you owe it to yourself to check out Eileen Gunn's neat stories. As Michael Swanwick sings,
"Hooray for Eileen and her bully machine...
She's graced with a runcible style...
Lets all celebrate
Before it's too late...
Eileen! -- and her bully machine."
Happy reading--
Pete Tillman
Worth owning if you read short fiction in the genre.......2004-11-17
I was pleased to see this as Amazon.com's #4 editorial pick. Eileen Gunn took two decades or so composing these little gems, each taken seriously and not tossed in to fill up the pages.
That said, the stories have minor flaws that do not impede the reading or its enjoyment. For instance, as far as I can discern, "Fellow Americans" is not truly a story (the others are) but a work of carefully observed characters--politicians who might have been based on meticulous research.
A truly ambitious undertaking and successful despite flaws that would have sunk lesser writers.
Huzzah!.......2004-11-01
I had the pleasure of hearing Ms. Gunn read the story "Fellow Americans" at a science fiction convention. It was one of the funniest things I've ever heard. After that I made sure to attend all of her readings and seek out her work (which until now it has been shockingly hard to find.)
Impress your friends! Get in on the ground floor of Gunn-mania! Be one of the cool kids and read this as soon as possible!
At last!, at last!.......2004-10-10
Eileen Gunn is one of the finest writers in any genre. Her
stories are full of wit, pith, allusion, and a lapidary placement
of words.
Because of these virtues, she writes slowly. (Howard Waldrop
claims she is the only person who produces more slowly than he.)
These stories are brilliant. With luck, Eileen will produce more.
A warning: these are not glib; read with care; and enjoy!
The Gunn Canon At Last!.......2004-08-31
I've been an Eileen Gunn fan for a long time and it's a treat to see her perceptive, witty stories collected for the first time. William Gibson's introduction, Howard Waldrop's afterword, and Eileen's own notes about each story add to the feeling that this unique collection was well worth the wait.
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From feng shui to holistic medicine, from aromatherapy candles to yoga weekends, spirituality is big business. It promises to soothe away the angst of modern living, and to offer an antidote to shallow materialism. Selling Spirituality is a short, sharp attack on this fallacy. It shows how spirituality has in fact become a powerful commodity in the global marketplace--a cultural addiction that reflects orthodox politics, curbs self-expression and colonizes Eastern beliefs. Exposing how spirituality has today come to embody the privatization of religion in the modern West, Jeremy Carrette and Richard King reveal the people and brands who profit from this corporate hijack, and explore how spirituality can be reclaimed as a means of resistance to capitalism and its frauds.
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