Best Lesbian Erotica 1996

Rating:
Summary: a piece of history
Review: I actually loved this book. Granted, some of the stories seem dated now that almost a decade has passed - but the heart of the stories still speaks to me.
To think that the publishers had the faith to go with this series that now is the power house of lesbian erotica collections is amazing.
I got my copy early this year and was lucky enough to have it signed by the editor. Now all I need is to get my hands on a 2003 out-of-print award winning year!
Enjoy.

Rating:
Summary: a piece of history
Review: I picked this book up because I've read, and adored, the Best Lesbian Erotica 1999, 2000 and 2001 editions. I figured the book that started it all of couldn't be bad. I was wrong. The first story is about.....eating glue as a child in kindergarten. Impressively not erotic. About half the stories in this collection don't have any actual sex in them, and few of the stories that have to do with sex are actually arousing. I skipped over two stories as too boring and confusing to bother with, and had to force myself to make it to the end (where I was rewarded by a hot story by Pat Califia). Don't trying to track this down, as most of the few good stories in it are reprinted in Best of Best of Lesbian Erotica.

Rating:
Summary: Boring Beginning of a Great Series
Review: I picked this book up because I've read, and adored, the Best Lesbian Erotica 1999, 2000 and 2001 editions. I figured the book that started it all of couldn't be bad. I was wrong. The first story is about.....eating glue as a child in kindergarten. Impressively not erotic. About half the stories in this collection don't have any actual sex in them, and few of the stories that have to do with sex are actually arousing. I skipped over two stories as too boring and confusing to bother with, and had to force myself to make it to the end (where I was rewarded by a hot story by Pat Califia). Don't trying to track this down, as most of the few good stories in it are reprinted in Best of Best of Lesbian Erotica.