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Summary: OKAY, KIND OF WIERD
Review: Definitely a worthwhile book to read if you enjoy both SF/fantasy and erotica. I thought the stories were well written and posed some interesting scenarios. I think the editors did an excellent job putting together this collection of sexy stories. My favorite story was "The Eye of the Storm" by Kelley Eskridge and I look forward to reading more of her work in the future. In many ways I felt that this was the most original story in the book and I find myself going back to reread it often.
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Summary: A great collection of erotic stories
Review: Definitely a worthwhile book to read if you enjoy both SF/fantasy and erotica. I thought the stories were well written and posed some interesting scenarios. I think the editors did an excellent job putting together this collection of sexy stories. My favorite story was "The Eye of the Storm" by Kelley Eskridge and I look forward to reading more of her work in the future. In many ways I felt that this was the most original story in the book and I find myself going back to reread it often.
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Summary: ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I'VE EVER READ
Review: I stumbled across this book by chance, and I'm SO glady I did. It's extraordinary, sensual, and a completely wonderful read from start to finish. There's not a bad story in the book, and all of them are of the highest literary quality -- so much so that it's a shame this was published as "fantasy" and may not reach a wider mainstream audience. Whether you love fine literary fantasy or fine mainstream literature of an Angela Carter or Joyce Carol Oates calibre (Oates actually has a great new tale in the book), I can't recommend this one highly enough.
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Summary: OKAY, KIND OF WIERD
Review: Not quite what I expected. The stories were a little wierd. There was quite a bit of sex, but towards the end, it seemed tedious. There really wasn't any point in the act. Some of the stories were good. I enjoyed the one about the Acorn, Leaf woman. Mainly because of the Sidhe being in "our time" and known and descriminated against. I also like the Vampire one (there was only one Vampire story), but it ended abruptly. There was one about a "bird man" it was very short but cute. As for the book being "erotic", it didn't give me a rise. The stories were either humiliating and mean (the one about incest), or you just couldn't feel for any of the characters in any of the stories. If your a romance reader, or a lover of paranormal stories, save your money. There just doesn't seem to be any substance in any of these stories to warrant a good read. If you like off-the-wall stuff, then maybe this is for you.
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Summary: Weak in the knees
Review: OK, I mainly bought this book because of Neil Gaiman. I love his work in Sandman and with Neverwhere. Of course, I read his short story first. It was OK, but a little weak, I felt, and definitly too short. As I branched out into the other short stories, the book continued to become worse. To the unread eye and someone who feels the need to read this, it's OK. Passible. However, I feel that there was very littly literary quality to it and many stories really served no purpose. I've written better material then some of the stuff in this book. Trust me. That's saying something.
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Summary: an erotic fantasy anthology
Review: Sirens, edited by myself and Terri Windling is the only erotic fantasy anthology in print. By this, I don't mean "erotica," but high fantasy, urban fantasy, and dark fantasy with fairies, werewolves, vampires, Lilith, la belle dame sans merci. The erotic elements are integral to the telling of each story.
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Summary: About the Author
Review: Terri Windling recently won the Mythopoeic Award for her novel THE WOOD WIFE. She has edited over twenty-five anthologies, including THE ARMLESS MAIDEN and the popular "Borderland" series for teenagers, winning five World Fantasy Awards for this work. She writes fiction for children and adults, and a regular non-fiction column (on myth and folklore)for Realms of Fantasy magazine. She lives in Tuscon,Arizona and Devon, England.
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Summary: Magical and sexy!
Review: This is a gorgeous--magical--erotic--highly literary collection -- as one would expect from Ms. Datlow and Ms. Windling. I've never read anything like it before -- and I ended the book wanting more (I hope there's a sequel). The fascinating introduction by Terri Windling about eroticism and mythology is worth the price of the book alone -- but add stories by Ellen Kushner, Joyce Carol Oates and other luminaries and this becomes a book to treasure. I was almost put off by the cover --for some strange reason there are dead-looking women on the cover and I thought this was yet another sex-and-blood horror collection-- but when I saw the names of the editors I knew I was in good hands. Some of the stories are dark, but not so dark as Horror fiction, more like Angela Carter's dark fantasy. And other stories are as bright as day -- like Delia Sherman's scrumptiously bawdy Elizabethan fairy tale for instance. So ignore the cover -- or paste a romantically sexy picture of your own over it -- and enjoy this wonderful WONDERFUL book! Datlow and Windling have done it again.
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Summary: It was alright.....
Review: This is not a terrible anthology, but it wasn't great. Many of the 22 stories were forgetable, but a few were good, such as Bird Count by Jane Yolen, Persephone by Wendy Froud (I wish this had been longer), and The House of Nine Doors by Ellen Kushner. Most of the other stories were mildly erotic at best. Still, they were all pretty creative. If you're into sci-fi and fantasy stories, you'll probably enjoy it. If you only want good erotica, you might want to pass this by.
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Summary: It was alright.....
Review: This is not a terrible anthology, but it wasn't great. Many of the 22 stories were forgetable, but a few were good, such as Bird Count by Jane Yolen, Persephone by Wendy Froud (I wish this had been longer), and The House of Nine Doors by Ellen Kushner. Most of the other stories were mildly erotic at best. Still, they were all pretty creative. If you're into sci-fi and fantasy stories, you'll probably enjoy it. If you only want good erotica, you might want to pass this by.
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