Message-ID: <6661eli$9803042056@qz.little-neck.ny.us> From: Lady Cyrrh Subject: The Annex Reviews, 3/3/98 Newsgroups: alt.sex.stories.d,alt.sex.stories.moderated,alt.sex.stories Followup-To: alt.sex.stories.d Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Path: qz!not-for-mail Organization: The Committee To Thwart Spam Approved: X-Moderator-Contact: Eli the Bearded X-Story-Submission: X-Original-Message-ID: <7d6ed932.34fcf2b0@aol.com> X-Is-Review: yes Re the recent discussion on ASSD about reviewers: I must be doing something right, because no one's complaining about me. I agree totally with the list of reviewer's golden rules (whoever posted them send them to me, so I can put them up on my site, if you're willing to publicize them.) I myself sometimes let personal viewpoint creep into my reviews; but as my main judging criteria is how well the author writes, it has only a minimal impact on the final grade. I also agree that this is the Golden Age of Porn. Where else can you find so much, for little, and for every sexual fetish and persuasion as well? I would also like to remind everyone, again, that ASS contains only a small fraction of the sexual fantasy available on the net. There are tons of fanfic and slash erotica; gay and lesbian stories and sites; and archives devoting to fetishes like robot sex and breast growth stories, many of which never see the newsgroups...not to mention all the BDSM home pages that are springing up like mushrooms after the rain. Enjoy it while it lasts, because I have the feeling it won't last forever. The stories: The Oil and the Dagger, by Dave Caracappa (M/F BDSM, harem girls) What Dad Did, by Dr. Simpson (M/F, inc, spank) Jungle Moons, by Lupus (M/F, F/F, BDSM, sword n' sorcery) Two Women, Two Fantasies, by DG (M/F, shared fantasies) The Oil and the Dagger [A-] When posted: 2/13/98 Where posted: SSBB Author: Dava Caracappa Address: dncarac@tiac.net A sultan of an unnamed middle eastern country employs a harem of concubines and slave girls, one of whom accidentally spills oil on the floor. When the sultan's general slips on it and breaks his leg, the sultan hits the roof. He orders all his slaves whipped, his concubines to watch, and the offending slave to be locked in a parakeet-cage like device lined with spikes so everyone, from her comrades to the sultan's court, can torture her. Not a nice guy. This story wasn't so much sex story as historical tract, but it was well written and interesting, with an Arabian Nights feel. Not as "sexy" as a lot of BDSM I've read, but then sexiness lies in the gonads of the reader. What Dad Did [A-] When posted: 2/21/98 Where posted: SSS Author: Dr. Simpson This very harsh spanking story has been praised for its realism and writing technique, and deservedly so; however, it was *not* a feelgood story, and not one I'd care to read again. There was a real nastiness at work here far more cruel than any whips n' chains story I've read, and it was all the more disturbing because it seemed to be unconscious on the part of the author. The narrator, a grown man attending a family reunion, thinks back to his youth in a rather dysfunctional family where the strap was the favored method of punishment. He and his younger sister plot revenge on Dorothy, the goody-goody middle daughter of the family, for always tattling on them. Dorothy is shy and given to writing and solitary pursuits; she blooms one summer when she takes tennis lessons and finds a boyfriend. Naturally, Dad is suspicious of all this (god forbid one of his kids should find happiness) and when the narrator reads some steamy, but cornball, sexual escapades in Dorothy's diary he loses no time in telling him. Dad confronts Dorothy one day, tells her to strip, and you can imagine the results: She cried out the words that would stamp this evening in my brain forever: "NOT THERE! NOT THERE, OH PLEASE, DADDY, NOT THERE!" "You won't be using this for whoring any time soon," Dad said. Another crack, another scream, and soon the call and response of punishment filled the house with it's horrific rhythm. The poor girl winds up a recluse and traumatized for life, while the narrator smirks, "Maybe I had done Dorothy the fledgling novelist a favor: Thanks to me she had a terrific story to tell." The cruelty is, none of the sex ever happened; Dorothy was merely practicing her writing skills and venting some fantasies. Overall, entertaining because of the author's skill, but it left a bad taste in my mouth. Jungle Moons [A+] When posted: 1/29/98 Where posted: ASS Author: Lupus Address: lupus@agora.rdrop.com This novella-length story may just receive a 1998 Cyrrheal Award for Best Dungeons and Dragons sex. Wulf, a muscle-bound, honorable, but not too bright warrior, has been changed into a lion-man and sold as a slave to Xylara, a decadent albino who is a total sex fiend. Her preferred method of doinking is to watch Wulf doink her slaves while imagining the act happening to herself, for she's been forbidden by her noble family to have sex with a man under threat of disinheritance. The punishment is the result of a long story of power and intrigue, which Xylara narrates herself, and in it we meet her even more decadent sister Nineh; Parval, a lover who betrays her; and Alrynna, Xylara's eagerly submissive slave. The narrator eventually foils a plot to murder his mistress and all is eventually made well, with Xylara receiving her birthright and Wulf transformed back into his normal human shape. This was a long piece, which is why I reviewed it rather late; but it is well worth tracking down. The sex was hot, and there was a lot of it. Sort of a combination of the more exotic aspects of Jack Vance's and Tanith Lee's work crossed with Phillip Jurado, Japanese anime fanfic, and BDSM, about which the narrator (and by extension the author) says "I have never denied enjoying sex, but I've only wanted it with willing partners. The notion of inflicting pain during sex, or even pretending that it wasn't voluntary had always been somewhat alien to me. " However, I believe he is not as anti-BDSM as he makes himself out to be, as the aforementioned involuntary scenes were quite juicy. In the end, however, the decadent characters realize the errors of their ways and free their slaves, making their sexual participation voluntary rather than forced, and this moral arrangement seems to satisfy the author's need for titillation that is naughty yet PC...an interesting use of the good/evil aspects of BDSM similar to SF Master's "Janet in Training" which came out earlier this year. Two Women, Two Fantasies [A] When posted: 2/22/98 Where posted: ASS, ASSM Author: DG Address: dionysian1@hotmail.com After a dinner party two couples agree to act out their private fantasies...a woman's in the first, a man's in the second, and this short story smoothly swapped back and forth between the two. The first involves a pretend abduction, hog-tying and paddle-spank; the second a woman's massage and a man's dildo impalement. The story ended with an unexpected revelation before either act was complete. I question the man's interest in exploring his "female" side by being buggered by a dildo...I'd think it's actually more of a homosexual wish. Transexuality has traditionally been the avenue for men to feel "feminine," whether or not there's sex involved. But overall this was a nice story, and a good read, preferably together, for couples. Comments to: ladycyrrh@aol.com Website---> http://members.aol.com/ladycyrrh -- +--------------' Story submission `-+-' Moderator contact `------------+ | story-submit@qz.little-neck.ny.us | story-admin@qz.little-neck.ny.us |