Slog - Comments on Reading Tonight http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/reading_tonight_4 There's a ton of stuff to do tonight: Mike Chinoy, the Senior Asia Correspondent for CNN, is at Town Hall talking about China. Anne Enright is at SPL, reading from her Man Booker Prizewinning The Gathering, a book that I feel terribly guilty for not having read yet. Charles Bock is reading from Beautiful Children at Elliott Bay Book Company. I have a copy of Beautiful Children at home, but I keep finding other books that I want to read more. It looks to me like one of those super-hyped first novels that frequently disappoint. But I could just... Copyright 2008 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:43:00 -0800 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:04:26 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Shintaro Kago there doesn't seem to be much point in buying erotica, considering just how varied most people's sexual turn-ons are, and just how much free erotica there is out there in the interwebs. Granted, you can still fap/shlick without needing a computer on hand, but it doesn't seem like a good investment of 19.99 + tax

]]> Shintaro Kago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/reading_tonight_4#c941646 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/reading_tonight_4#c941646 Books Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:47:51 -0800 Comment by seattleexile Ain't no rumor - she's got a big long thing about it on her website. Depressing tank of the american short story - erotic or not - all in all.

And s.k. above, is all sexy stuff just wank material? I love well-written erotica, but it's not porn.

]]> seattleexile http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/reading_tonight_4#c941716 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/reading_tonight_4#c941716 Books Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:35:08 -0800 Comment by Shintaro Kago @2

yes, all sexy stuff is wank material to someone. The question is how intentional it is. Well-written erotica IS porn, it's just the sex scenes are in your head instead of being acted out by porn actors. I hate people who try to ban porn but want to keep erotica because its "art" and "tasteful".

]]> Shintaro Kago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/reading_tonight_4#c941764 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/reading_tonight_4#c941764 Books Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:08:44 -0800 Comment by Matthew Can she actually reach her clit from that angle?

]]> Matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/reading_tonight_4#c942085 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/reading_tonight_4#c942085 Books Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:57:36 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave i want a poll on how many women actually dress up in lingerie to read erotica and masturbate.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/reading_tonight_4#c942099 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/reading_tonight_4#c942099 Books Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:19:22 -0800 Comment by Kiru Banzai eeeeee

Wish I'd been at Balley Coy.

]]> Kiru Banzai http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/reading_tonight_4#c942155 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/reading_tonight_4#c942155 Books Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:40:59 -0800 Comment by Kiru Banzai Also, @1, I think you've got the wrong idea about what BAE is. It's not "Best American Wank Material" it's more like "Best Literature on a Sexual Theme." Whether you get hard is a secondary concern, behind top-quality writing.

It'd be great if there were a similar thing for visual media, frankly.

]]> Kiru Banzai http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/reading_tonight_4#c942156 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/reading_tonight_4#c942156 Books Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:04:26 -0800