The Marketplace is the first book in the series. In it, you learn about the Marketplace, an institution through which the wealthy elite purchase willing slaves for set periods of times. The story is told from the viewpoint of four prospective slaves as they undergo their initial training. The Slave is the best of the three. It follows one slave through her discovery of the Marketplace, training, auction, and first contract.

Laura Antoniou (as Sara Adamson), The Marketplace 
( Masquerade, 2nd edition, 1997),  paperback, 432 pages, $7.95, Amazon Price: $7.95 

Laura Antoniou (as Sara Adamson), The Slave 
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Laura Antoniou (as Sara Adamson), The Trainer 
(Masquerade, 2nd edition, 1998), paperback, 343 pages, $7.95, 
    
 

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Average Customer Review: Number of Reviews: 4

A reader from Miami , May 3, 1999
I wasn't sure I'd like this one
I bought this book and thought, "Well, this will be ... different." I'd never read SM porn before. Honestly, the first read-through, I thought, "This is interesting but it really bothers me." Now it's my favorite bedtime reading. If you are tired of lesbian "erotica" that somehow manages to leave out the sex, you'll like this book. There are lots of detailed, long sex scenes, and if one is not your cup of tea, another will be. It also had a good variety of scenarios, and each one is well-written. Even if you aren't interested in SM, Pat Califia is the best lesbian-porn writer out there, and you probably will find something you like in this book.

DungeonMistress Scarlet Fever (DungeonQueen@hotmail.com) from Las Vegas, Nevada , March 14, 1999
Reading this book set Me on the path to becoming a ProDomme.
This is such a classic. If you like BDSM, lesbians, Pat Califia or well-written AND hot erotica, then you'll love Macho Sluts. All of the stories in this collection are excellent, and most of them are surprising in some way.

The best story in this collection is "The Hustler" which will make you cream your panties while you worry about the direction feminism and our government are headed. Yes, I'm serious. And anyone in the life, especially anyone who has lost a Mistress or a mentor to the streets, will identify with the characters and their motivations.

A reader from New England , October 21, 1998
Not for the faint of heart, rewarding for the right person
Most sex fiction is either too crude to be transporting or too highbrow to be sexy. Califia establishes a new benchmark in her work, which is achingly hot and filled with memorable images and characters. Some material in Macho Sluts is frightening, some hilarious, but all of it is lovingly crafted in the spirit of seeking and giving joy and asserting one's right to use one's body as an instrument of pleasure. No matter what your level of experience in the S & M world, you will find something to challenge and surprise you. While Califia's primary audience is women, I loved it from the first sentence despite my Y chromosome. NOTE: DON'T READ THIS BOOK UNLESS YOU'RE WILLING TO HAVE YOUR DEFINITIONS OF PLEASURE AND PAIN EXPLORED AND CHALLENGED IN SOMETIMES TROUBLING WAYS. IT'S DEFINITELY NOT FOR KIDS, OR FOR GROWNUPS WHO AREN'T CONFIDENT AND ADVENTUROUS.

A reader , February 20, 1997
Pat Califa goes to the Edge to help make room for all of us.
It's a classic, it always was a classic, it opened up a genre. When first I saw Macho Sluts just the title appalled me. I'm a control freak and I get very formal behind my glasses. I could not put those two words together. You can be a butch. You can be a fem. You can think you are both. But MACHO AND SLUT, it was tough, tough in 1990. But when I picked up Macho Sluts, I didn't stopped reading it for days. {And I believe, off the record I orgasmed 3 times} Damn good book. It was the first ever, S AND M compilation of stories by one woman, and breaking taboos. (not a female writer pretending to be a man in order to be published) Pat Califia is a sincere believer that we can cross all gender and sexual lines, when it's done well. There is no need to stick within our boundaries Submissives can be dominant, gays can act like heterosexuals, women can be fucked like men. Life is good. Books don't get much better than Macho Sluts. It covers so many topics. When I talk to my friends, there's always one that they just couldn't take and it's always a different one. For everyone there's one story that's too much and one that is perfect. If you're like me, you're going to buy copies and send them to your friends. Stephanie Locke

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Young Julian, whose parents feel he shows just a bit too much spunk, is sent to a very special private school in hopes that he will learn to discipline his wayward soul. Once there, Julian discovers that his program of study has been devised by the deliciously stern Mademoiselle de Chambonnard. In no time, Julian is learning the many ways of pleasure; under the firm hand of this most demanding headmistress. A legendary tale, originally published in three volumes, available in one special edition. 

The Gor books in their order in the series 
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Preston's knockout novel, first serialized in Drummer, returns to claim= the territory it mapped out years ago. Jamie is an aimless young man lucky enough to encounter Mr. Benson. He is soon led down the path of erotic enlightenment, learning to accept cruelty as love, anguish as affection, and this man as his master. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The Village Voice
A classic underground novel. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Stallion
The gay love story of its decade. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Penthouse
One of the top ten SM novels ever written. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Scott O'Hara, Thing
Four stars. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Amazon.com
Anne Rice casts her lurid gaze upon the the traditional tale of "Sleeping Beauty" under the pen name of A.N. Roquelaure. Her re-telling of the Beauty story probes the unspoken implications of this lush, suggestive tale by exploring its undeniable connection to sexual desire. Reminiscent of the charged erotica of her novel Belinda.

Book Description
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty:
Anne Rice writing as A. N. Roquelaure. In the traditional folk tale "Sleeping Beauty," the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a Prince. Anne Rice's retelling of the Beauty story probes the unspoken implications of this lush, suggestive tale by exploring its undeniable connection to sexual desire.

Beauty's Punishment:
This sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, the first of Anne Rice's elegantly written volumes of erotica, continues her explicit, teasing exploration of the psychology of human desire. Beauty, having indulged in a secret and forbidden infatuation with the rebellious slave Prince Tristan, is sent away from the Satyricon-like world of the castle. Once again Rice's fabulous tale of pleasure and pain dares to explore the most primal and well-hidden desires of the human heart.

Beauty's Release:
In the final volume of Anne Rice's deliciously tantalizing erotic trilogy, Beauty's adventures on the dark side of sexuality make her the bound captive of an Eastern Sultan and a prisoner in the exotic confines of the harem. In Beauty's Release, Anne Rice makes the forbidden side of passion a doorway into the hidden regions of the psyche and the heart.

Synopsis
A beautifully designed boxed set of erotica by the bestselling author. Rice's enormously successful "Beauty" books are based very loosely on the Sleeping Beauty tale, and explore just about every sexually explicit fantasy imaginable. "Articulate, baroque, and fashionably pornographic."--Playboy.

The price at left is for the boxed set of all three. Amazon sells them individually for $10.36. 

1. The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty is available as a book or audio tape ($11.90) 

2. Beauty's Punishment                     

3. Beauty's Release 

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The same imagination that brought you the spellbinding sensuality of The Vampire Chronicles brings you the wickedly erotic and tantalizing tale of Lisa and Elliot's journey to the limits of pleasure and darkness at The Club, an exclusive island resort where forbidden fantasy meets willing flesh. A literary romp.

UPI
The same kind of skillful writing that brought respectability to the erotic works of Henry Miller and Anais Nin.

Atlanta Journal and Constitution
No one writing today matches her deftness with the erotic.

Book Description
"The same kind of skillful writing that brought respectability to the erotic works of Henry Miller, Anaís Nin, and D. H. Lawrence."

--UPI

There is Lisa: They call her the Perfectionist. A stunning, mysterious, and fearless sexual adventurer, she is founder and supreme mistress of The Club--an expensive, exclusive island resort where forbidden fantasy meets willing flesh.

There is Elliott: A thrill-seeking photographer who has risked his life in war zones around the world. Now he is committed to the ultimate plunge into personal risk--exploring his darkest sexual self.

Join them on a journey to the limits of erotic pleasure and beyond. Surrender to the tantalizing wonders of the imagination behind the spellbinding sensuality of The Vampire Chronicles. Take leave of the world you know--and step into Eden. . . .

"To read Anne Rice is to become giddy as if spinning through the mind of time."

--San Francisco Chronicle

"Anne Rice seems to be at home everywhere. . . .She makes us believe everything she sees."

--The New York Times

"No one writing today matches her deftness with the erotic."

--Atlanta Journal & Constitution

It is available from Amazon on audio cassette (narrated by Gillian Anderson and Gil Bellows) for the same price as the book.

If you like Rice's style, you should also try Belinda which is her take on Lolita. It's not bdsm, but it's her best erotic writing so far, and she's not planning to write any more erotic books. It's also available on audio. 
 

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The classic erotic novel, THE STORY OF O relates the love of a beautiful Parisian fashion photographer for Rene. As part of that intense love, she demands debasement and severe sexual and pychological tests. It is a unique work not to be missed.

Synopsis
Considered a classic, this work is worthy to stand beside the best writings of the Marquis de Sade. This is an ironic and mystical tale of unfreedom that transcends the pornographic and even the erotic.

Synopsis
Considered a classic, this work is worthy to stand beside the best writings of the Marquis de Sade. This is an ironic and mystical tale of unfreedom that transcends the pornographic and even the erotic. Previously published. --This text refers to the paperback edition of this title

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Small Press
A timeless volume, recommended for bed-sitting aesthetes everywhere.

John Strausbaugh, New York Press
The quintessential Sacher-Masoch novel, in which he most succinctly sets out his obsessions.

This classic 19th century novel epitomizes Sacher-Masoch's dark obsessi on with a cruel, controlling goddess and the urges that drive the man hel d in her thrall. Includes the letters exchanged between Sacher-Masoch and Emilie Mataja, an aspiring writer he sought as the avatar of his forbidden desires. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Independent Publisher
Venus in Furs (or essentially, "The Education of a Young Woman') is novelist and poet von Sacher-Masoch's most sublime text on the devotion of "masochism"-emotional, psychological, sexual-and it is a masterpiece of persuasion. Its protagonist is an educated and devout man given to whips and ideals. Severin von Kusiemski's is an unusual (and mystical) pedagogy and his Ideal is the cruel woman in furs who will allow him to be her slave; for in his rapturous acquiescence, and in his conscious guidance of both his own and his mistress' will, Severin will have penetrated into the beating heart of a solitary man's deepest and most profound desires: to merge flesh with spirit, birth with death, Heaven with Hell. This classic late-nineteenth-century novel-surprisingly, rarely if ever made so accessible to English-speaking readers-is not, as popular rumor would have it, simply a lurid tale of obsessive obscenity. Nor is it merely a Victorian dream of antique decadence. It remains a deeply felt, intelligent and powerful morality play of our time, marvelously written, and it leaves one, finally, to question his/her presumptions and ambivalence toward torment, submission, and ecstasy. This edition includes an intriguing selection of letters between von Sacher-Masoch and a young correspondent that illuminates the real-life parallel of von Sacher-Masoch's ideals and that of his oeuvre. Venus in Furs and Selected Letters is, in all, a passionate portrayal of one man's indomitable struggle to enlighten and instruct himself and his world in the realm of desire. A timeless volume, highly recommended for bed-sitting aesthetes everywhere. --This text refers to the paperback edition of this title

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Average Customer Review: Number of Reviews: 1

A reader , July 25, 1997
derivation of the term "masochism"
_Venus in Furs, a Novel: Letters of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch and Emilie Mataja_ by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch contains the both the story "Venus in Furs" and a selection of letters between Sacher-Masoch and budding writer, Emilie Mataja.

"Venus in Furs" is about a man who is obsessed with having his new mistress treat him like a slave. In particular, he wants her to become his ideal "venus in furs" and begs her to don furs and wield a whip against him. His desire to be treated as such is tested when she convinces him to sign an agreement to be her slave. The story is well-written, and one becomes drawn into the misery experienced by the man as his mistress becomes progressively more cruel.

The letters between Sacher- Masoch and Mataja show Sacher-Masoch's inability at times to separate his fiction from his real life. Sacher-Masoch speaks of his married life and encourages Mataja in her writing, but his professional encouragement is shot through with requests to meet Mataja so that he can be whipped by her while she is wearing fur.

Although there are certainly more graphically erotic examples present in current fiction, this book is a must read for those wanting to know why Sacher-Masoch's writings inspired Krafft-Ebing to create the term "masochism." --This text refers to the paperback edition of this title

For his wife's perspective see: 
Wanda von Sacher-Masoch, Confessions of Wanda von Sacher-Masoch 
(REsearch, revised ed.), 136 pages, $13.99 ($11.19 from Amazon.com) 
 

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larsmoot@mediaone.net from Los Angeles , May 31, 1999
marquis -- what else is there?
hey -- if you wanna buy a really radical book, get this one. he's famous. so is the book. it's not uncommon here in LA. you gotta get it. do it now

bob_1980@hotmail.com from Toronto, Ontario , January 20, 1999
Decent De Sade
The 120 Days of Sodom is probably the worst book I have read by the Marquis de Sade. This is probably a great compliment to him as a writer because the book is still very good.

The 120 Days is the book that is usually known as De Sade's masterpiece, although he personally preffered Justine, a better story. Anyway, the story is simple. Several wealthy libertines take a retreat to a secret castle to engage in sinister acts. There victims are specially chosen people who suit their particular tastes and in most cases have been abducted to get there.

The story takes place over 30 days in which the libertines engage in every sexual indecency you can think of. The punishments for those who are do not perform adaquatly are violent and cruel and the book could easily be the most evil story ever conceived.

This should not be a deterrant for any mature reader. Those who want to spite De Sade will have an easy time taking shots at the sexual superficialities of the book. Anyone who tries to read and understand the book will discover it to be rich in ingenius philisophical ideas.

The 120 Days is, admittedly, an arduous task to get through and is not De Sade's best work. The story unfortunatly is predictable juggling sexual escapades with philisophical matters.

De Sade's best work remains Eugenie de Franvale, Philosophy in the Bedroom and Justine.

The short work in this book entitled Florville de Courval is the best part of the collection and makes the book worth buying instantly. It tells the tale of a poor women who's life has been plagued by misfortune, a theme dealt with in Justine. Her misfortunes accumulate at the ending into the ultimate in ironic finales. The story is only 75 pages long but is brilliant in every sense.

De Sade is a great, if not misunderstood writer. The quality of the language and the conviction of his philosophies prove that to anyone who has ever dared to honestly read one of his books.

Do not be afraid of the man's reputation. He is a smart man and if you give the guy the chance he'll prove it.

A reader from bay minette, al. , December 14, 1998

The length of this book is somewhat symbolic of the painful acts contained therein. DeSade intended for the reader to find reading this book a painful and time consuming task. The book itself is more philosophy than sexual exploitation. This book is about the breakdown of mores and personal standards in favor of the "true" nature of those involved. Animalistic and unconventional sex and violence are two of the tools used to achieve this degradation...and the pain that is incurred by some of the characters is made all the more relevant by the length of the book..which most readers find difficult. Look to the themes beneath the gratuitus sex and violence...they epitomize Enlightenment thinking. You might also wish to try Diderot, Voltaire, and any of the other continental Enlightenment philosophers of the time. Rosseau's Confessions might also be of interest to you

A reader from Colorado Springs Colo , October 29, 1998
Very Strange But Typical Of The Times
I must disagree with most of the reviews that I read. While it is boring because of its repitions on sex, it is typical of the times that it was written in. While I have not read this version, I have read another one which gave some historical information. It may have been the first issue. De Sade was something of a quandry to the reveloutionists. He supported them strongly, but was of the nobility. The only thing they could do with him was to confine him to an insane assylum, which they did. Many of the stories were preformed there as well as many of the pervisions. Life was cheap then and if any one died from the preformances, it was one less mouth to feed for the government and they did not cause the death. This whole book was filmed during WWII by the Nazis using Jewish prisoners and the film is in the archives of the Nurenburg tribunal which used it to convict the criminals that did it.

A reader from Chicago , October 19, 1998
Funny, Curious, Childish and then downright Boring....
The preview to the actual text is quite interesting and the reason I even gave the book 2 stars. If the reader approaches this as an unfinished manuscript with at least 1/2 of it in draft form then this is not a bad book and I could even give it 3 stars. I would like to think that Sade did his manuscript in outline form to get the scenes etc. but may have originally thought to break it up into a series of short stories as opposed to one big novel. It reads that way and certainly would have been in keeping with the times and Sade's need for a steady income flow. Even he knew the monotonous, repetitious nature of the lewd acts would bore anyone reading it as a novel. I suspect since he was in prison it was a good way for him to compile his thoughts. I also don't know why everyone thinks that just because he wrote all this crazy stuff he necessarily wanted to do it. His predispositon was towards sodomy and selfishness not murder. It's like we would go around saying geez I think Stephen King and Dean Kootnz really want to murder people in the most hideous way since they write so much about it. I also find it hard to buy into the notion that Sade was going to use this manuscript of boring, boring, boringggggggggg..... sadism as a means to justify his lifestyle. He just liked to shock because it sold then like is sells now.

Pete Hughes (mic8prh@leeds.ac.uk) from Leeds, U.K. , October 10, 1998
Stimulating piece of work!!
The general perception of the Marquis de Sade is that he was a complete pervert. This, probably his finest work, confirmed it! It was a very colourful account about an enjoyable holiday with his friends. Often amusing, always disgusting, this is well worth reading, if only to see what all the fuss was about.

A reader from los angeles , September 25, 1998
de Sade's the Man
If you can get beyond all the sex stuff you'll find one amazing philosopher. The guy was in prison for his thoughts back then and yet they still shock us today. A mind bender. Not a great work of literary art perhaps but stimulating mental fodder for sure.

A reader from Manchester, England , September 20, 1998
No artistic merit whatsoever
Sade's style is pedestrian, monotonous - not dissimilar to Camus' I'etranger (although Camus used this matter of fact style as a vehicle for conveying the protagonist Meursault's lack of passion and creativity.) Sade, however lacks the ablilty to write, and if it were not for the graphic and highly contraversial subject matter of 120 days, this piece of junk would have been discarded ago.

Probably his best work from a bdsm perspective is Justine, originally subtitled the Misfortunes of Virtue ($14.36 from Amazon).

The adventures of Justine's sister are chronicled in Juliette, or Vice Amply Rewarded ($17.56 from Amazon). Juliette takes the opposite tack of her sister, selling her body willingly at every opportunity. She prospers at every turn.