No need to be embarrassed .... I bought the Fitty Shades trilogy, but haven't started it yet.

Wiki calls it something...Mommy Porn?  I've not read, but it sounds like a formula close to hooker and rich guy.  Magically, wealth takes the slime and infection out of the fantasy.

LOL.... also known as... 'What's Love Got to do With It?'

I wondered if it is somehow connected to 'cutting' and the relief said to be part of that? I do not know how they organize the 'S' and the 'M' in these books. 

If'n y'all like that sort of stuff,

check out Ellora's Cave

(((shameless plug follows)))

it's a local publishing company that has managed to round up most of the better names in "Mommy Porn".

I've not read any. I have about 600 books in my basement, selling through 850 or so that were donated to our FOL and deemed "inappropriate" by the blue haired old ladies who devote their entire lives to earning nickels for the library.

It's apparently quite an industry as some of them were signed at a convention, and they've developed a rating system around the word SEX (how creative!) for just how randy the books are.

Sexy.

Erotic. (highly)

X-rated-to be pure porn.

Lots of animalistic titles, magic, and SM related titles and pictures.

Life begins at the end of your comfort Zone.

Have not and will not read the book.

The OP link resembles a young Val Kilmer.

I don't get the popularity. It feels to me that all of a sudden there's this neat title in the news like it's the next beanie baby. I expect those that venture to integrate porn into the main stream will eventually meet with failure, after they rake in the big bucks.

imagine.ink wrote:

Ladies, have any of you read Fifty Shades of Grey? (blushing)

 

Does this composite photo released by Dr. Faye Skelton using  image-generating software resemble the Christian Grey in your imagination?

 

http://movieline.com/2012/07/09/50-shades-of-grey-perfect-christian-grey/

 

I ask because the Christian Grey in my imagination looks nothing like the man above (except maybe the eyes --- which were "stolen" from Patrick Dempsey --- and possibly the hair, which is slightly similar, although my imaginary man's hair has more curl)!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Half way through the first book in the trilogy, and I have to agree..  the Christian Grey in my imagination looks NOTHING like the image in the linky.

I could see Anastasia played by Emma Stone assuming it gets to the big screen.

Woof.

Near as I can figure, erotica has been around since the first cave person pulled a stick of charcoal out of the firepit and started sketching her (or his) preferences on the cave walls.

There has always been a conservative bunch who decries the imminent destruction of the world at the appearance of any images or words that depict or describe bodily functions.

Just as there are those who profit from exploiting and enabling all kinds of human fantasies.

Most humans will try to protect the exploited, avoid the fear-mongers and recognize the extremes as either fear, frustration or fantasy and live their lives accordingly.

I don't understand the hype around this book. There is certainly plenty of much better written erotica (yes, Ellora's Cave authors are a good example), plus any number of historical romance novels that have very explicit sex scenes. As to S&M, there is, of course, the classic -- A.M. Roquelaire's Sleeping Beauty trilogy.

I have not read the book and am not planning to -- I try to stay away from bad writers -- but from what I've gleaned, this composite is way off the mark. Too coarse and crude. I would expect Christian Grey to be more sophisticated. Too bad that Alexander Scarsgard apparentl is no longer in the running for the role.

I've seen Levy's name floating around, and while he would appear to be the perfect choice (I've been watching him on the DWTS religiously), it might not be the wisest move for him PR-wise. I don't think his south-of-the-border fans (all 45 million of them) would "dig" S&M.

BTW, he can speak much less accented English when he chooses.

I think Ms. Coren may have solved the mystery.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jul/29/victoria-coren-fifty-shades-of-grey#start-of-comments