tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27558161.post8662156809723080689..comments2023-10-05T03:56:19.356-07:00Comments on kusala: True ConfessionsJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02957861827918606478noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27558161.post-51956774501854075932007-12-06T07:05:00.000-08:002007-12-06T07:05:00.000-08:00it is indicative of my advanced age that the only ...it is indicative of my advanced age that the only trashy novel i remember from my parents' reading material was "Fannie Hill" . . . <BR/><BR/>but the searing . . damn, i think i read that book :-)<BR/><BR/>at least i read a book about women having electrodes implanted in their brains which brought on intense, serial orgasms. ultimately, their brains were somehow removed and floated in some kind of fluid while the orgasms continued. i think the detached brains and bodies were connected by some kind of a cord.<BR/><BR/>odd that i still think about that book ~ either the searing or whatever the hell it was ~ with some regularity. kind of a chilly thrilling willy kind of feeling :-)<BR/><BR/>reading is becoming a lost art. yay for your mom. and you. and all of us who still pick up books.BigAssBellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00196713522104157126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27558161.post-51130973301372669682007-11-28T06:48:00.000-08:002007-11-28T06:48:00.000-08:00No idea what the second book is, but I will note t...No idea what the second book is, but I will note that Gregory Maguire appears to have stolen the plot device of having a medieval figure (in his case, from Mont St. Michel) channel her rage into the protagonist and have the resultant ravings mistook until an expert is brought in. This was in <I>Lost</I>, his reworked version of <I>A Christmas Carol</I>, which, like all his books, I recommend. Even though I just spoiled the plot.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, it doesn't really surprise me that The Searing is seared into your memory. I don't know about you, but when I was 14 or 15, orgasms loomed large in my imagination, so it only stands to reason.<BR/><BR/>My trashy book memory? <I>Celebrity</I> by Tommy Thompson, a lurid novel set mostly in mid-century Texas. Three high school buddies commit a sordid, sex-based crime the night before graduation, and it haunts them as each becomes famous in his own way. Of course there's a major confrontation at the scene of the crime at the end. Glorious! And made into an equally trashy TV miniseries in 1984 starring giants like Debbie A;;en, Hal Holbrook and a pre-fame River Phoenix.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27558161.post-17972115053721618232007-11-27T17:15:00.000-08:002007-11-27T17:15:00.000-08:00whoa - can't help you out with the name of the sec...whoa - can't help you out with the name of the second thriller...<BR/><BR/>but, I have a similar experience with Judy Blume's (highly) adult novel <I>Wifey</I>. I swiped it from my parents' book shelf in 7th grade (I was a wee 12 or 13)and tore through it. I still have the entire plot - hardcore sex scenes and all - seared (sorry) into my memory.Trevor Messersmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05891117500280461564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27558161.post-19778422559251676062007-11-27T11:50:00.000-08:002007-11-27T11:50:00.000-08:00commenter #1: though I have no way of ascertaining...commenter #1: though I have no way of ascertaining whether you are, in fact, <I>the</I> John Coyne, please understand that I meant no disrespect in this blog post, although I was probably a little too glib in describing someone's published work as "trashy." Let's put it this way: I read The Searing when I was about 14 or 15 years old and I still vividly remember much about it to this day. That must say something. I'm sure I found it as riveting as the Stephen King novels I was into at the time, and nothing if not titillating and very <I>unique</I> in terms of thriller plot devices. I'm certainly no expert on the genre. Again, if you are <I>the</I> John Coyne, thanks for commenting!<BR/><BR/>ldb: The woman in the center certainly looks terrorized, but those flanking her seem to be having too much fun for public display!<BR/><BR/>jill: I'm not sure I would call it misogynistic, and there were definitely no overtones of "the sexually active women getting what they deserve." It was just a purely bizzare, sexually-fixated supernatural tale.<BR/><BR/>stash: I have very vivid memories from way back, including a short story called "Nancy" which we read in 8th grade and which to this day I find very touching. I've always meant to search that out as well.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02957861827918606478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27558161.post-27660415084874058472007-11-27T08:08:00.000-08:002007-11-27T08:08:00.000-08:00Hm, well I remember most of my 10th grade English ...Hm, well I remember most of my 10th grade English reading list with vivid clarity, 23 years later.<BR/><BR/>Rebecca<BR/>To Kill A Mockingbird<BR/>Alas, Babylon<BR/>The Citadel<BR/>All Quiet on the Western Front<BR/><BR/>I think there might have been one or two others, like a novel about children in Alaska but I can't recall the title.<BR/><BR/>Not nearly as entertaining as women having multiple orgasms though. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27558161.post-23421024395622068072007-11-27T07:06:00.000-08:002007-11-27T07:06:00.000-08:00Death by orgasm? Not a bad way to go...Yet another...Death by orgasm? Not a bad way to go...<BR/><BR/>Yet another instance of second-wave feminist backlash misogynistic propraganda along the lines of 'Looking for Mr. Goodbar' and those cheeseball horror movies where sexually active women die horrible and gruesome deaths. <BR/><BR/>My mother and I ate these books up back in the 80's.Salty Miss Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02603806796783950508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27558161.post-47157223234253456762007-11-26T17:52:00.000-08:002007-11-26T17:52:00.000-08:00The cover art is great, though it could pass for w...The cover art is great, though it could pass for women being terrorized just as easily.LadrĂ³n de Basura (a.k.a. Junk Thief)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13051974174001458812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27558161.post-69974794321536629422007-11-26T17:34:00.000-08:002007-11-26T17:34:00.000-08:00Hey, Joe....The Searing wasn't that bad, was it?Jo...Hey, Joe....The Searing wasn't that bad, was it?<BR/>John CoyneAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08119469192287631413noreply@blogger.com