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5 | [[caption-width-right:267:In case everything else about the cover doesn't tip you off, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids these aren't the "bedtime stories" to read to small children]].]] |
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7 | ->''"Sex is more exciting on the screen and between the pages than between the sheets."'' |
8 | -->-- '''Creator/AndyWarhol''' |
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10 | Written stories about people doing it, [[InsistentTerminology often known]] by the classier and more evocative term, ''Erotica.'' |
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12 | According to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_literature that other wiki]], Erotica has been around since the time of Literature/TheBible. This just means that even way back when, people still wanted to read about other people doing it. |
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14 | Although it's like UsefulNotes/{{porn|ography}}, Erotica can be educational, well-written, and sometimes even pass into the literary canon as acknowledged classics. This ranges from the ancient and quasi-sacred, like ''Literature/KamaSutra'' -- full of information about sexual relations, with a brief foray into cryptography and other methods of concealing your salacious affairs -- to the fairly modern, such as ''Literature/LadyChatterleysLover.'' In some cases an erotic book can come to challenge entire philosophies about sex and sexuality, like ''Literature/VenusInFurs''. As mentioned above, even the Bible has erotica in it: the "Song of Solomon" a.k.a. "Literature/SongOfSongs" is remarkably couched in sensual language. One of its opening passages, [[AsTheGoodBookSays "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth"]] is one of the most famous verses of the Bible itself. Since sex is such a key part of most people's experiences of being human, erotica, in the hands of a skilled author, can easily cross over into LitFic. |
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16 | A way to divide the two is to mentally remove the sex from the story. If you still have a story, it is erotica. Right in two. |
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18 | Modern day books tend to deal with the emotional side of sex and sexuality, and often -- with varying degrees of success -- [[PornWithPlot attempting to introduce a story or arching plotline]]. Some of these have been [[EroticFilm adapted to film]]. |
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20 | Compare and contrast RomanceNovel. See also EroticFilm, {{Ecchi}}, and {{Hentai}}. |
21 | ---- |
22 | !!Examples include: |
23 | |
24 | [[index]] |
25 | * ''Literature/The120DaysOfSodom'' |
26 | * ''Literature/ThreeHundredSixtyFiveDays'' |
27 | * ''Literature/AddictedSeries'' |
28 | * ''Literature/AnitaBlake'' [[note]]the series didn't start out as this but by the later books the main focus of the stories is Anita's sex life and intimate relationships[[/note]] |
29 | * ''Literature/TheBoss'' |
30 | * ''Literature/BrokenLoveSeries'' |
31 | * ''Literature/CaptivePrince'' |
32 | * ''Literature/TheChangeRoom'' |
33 | * ''Literature/ADealWithADemon'' |
34 | * ''Literature/DelicateFire'' |
35 | * ''Literature/TheDogs'' |
36 | ** ''Literature/WhatAHorribleNightToHaveACurse'' |
37 | * ''Literature/ADowryOfBlood'' |
38 | * ''Film/{{Emmanuelle}}'' |
39 | * ''Literature/ExitToEden'' |
40 | * ''Literature/FannyHill'' |
41 | * ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' |
42 | * ''Literature/AFoxTail'' |
43 | * ''Literature/TheGirlIn6E'' |
44 | * ''Literature/HoleyMatrimony'' |
45 | * ''Literature/TheJournalEntries of Kennet R'yal Shardik, et al.'' |
46 | ** ''Literature/LoversAndBeloveds'' |
47 | * ''Literature/{{Juliette}}'' |
48 | * ''Literature/KamaSutra'' |
49 | * ''Literature/KushielsLegacy'' |
50 | * ''Literature/LadyChatterleysLover'' |
51 | * ''Literature/TheLittleHouse'' |
52 | * ''Literature/LiveGirls'' |
53 | * ''Literature/TheLordsOfSatyr'' |
54 | * ''Literature/MerryGentry'' |
55 | * ''Mister & Missus'' series |
56 | ** ''Literature/TheMister'' |
57 | ** ''Literature/TheMissus'' |
58 | * ''Literature/MyVeryOwnGenderSwap'' |
59 | * ''Never After'' series |
60 | ** ''Literature/{{Hooked}}'' |
61 | ** ''Literature/{{Scarred}}'' |
62 | ** ''Literature/Wretched2022'' |
63 | ** ''Literature/Twisted2023'' |
64 | ** ''Literature/Crossed2023'' |
65 | * ''Literature/TheOccupationSaga'' |
66 | * ''Literature/{{Once}}'' |
67 | * ''Literature/OutOfPosition'' |
68 | ** ''Literature/{{Camouflage}}'' |
69 | * ''Literature/SixesWild'' |
70 | * ''Literature/SongOfSongs'' |
71 | * ''Literature/{{Spellster}}'' |
72 | * ''Literature/TheStoryOfO'' |
73 | * ''Literature/TalesOfMU'' |
74 | * ''Literature/TheTeresaKnightTrilogy'' |
75 | * ''Literature/TheseWordsAreTrueAndFaithful'' |
76 | * ''Literature/ThreeWeeks'' |
77 | * ''Literature/TransWizardHarrietPorberAndTheBadBoyParasaurolophus'' |
78 | * ''Literature/TsunTsunTzimTzum'' |
79 | * ''Literature/VenusInFurs'' |
80 | * ''Literature/{{Volle}}'' |
81 | * ''Literature/{{Windfall}}'' |
82 | [[/index]] |
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