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From: celeste801@aol.com (Celeste801)
Subject: Celestial Reviews 158 - Feb 15
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Celestial Reviews 158 - February 15, 1997
Note: Happy Valentine's Day! As I mention in one of these reviews, I
started out deliberately looking for at least one weak story - maybe a new
author who would break my string of perfect 10s. But after five in a row,
I said to myself, "What the heck! We'll proclaim this to be a Valentine's
Day Special and bombard the readers with nothing but Perfect 10 Erotic
Stories in this issue. Your personal taste may cause you to dislike one
or another of these stories, but in my opinion they're all excellent.
Happy Valentine's Day!"
- Celeste
"Testing the Device" by Tom Bombadil (virtual sex) 10, 10, 10
"Excerpt: Virtual Reality" by Tom Bombadil (virtual sex)
10, 10, 10
"Mercedes" by Morgan Preece (slut training) 10, 10, 10
"A Tale of New Eden: Tomiko" by Voltaire (hedonistic happiness
in the harem) 10, 10, 10
"Valentine's Surprise" by Dulcinea (romance) 10, 10, 10
"Second Hand Rose" by Vickie Tern (surrealistic romantic
revenge) 10, 10, 10
"Testing the Device" by Tom Bombadil (stbush@iglou.com). This story is an
interesting mixture of the erotic and the technological. In a
surrealistic atmosphere several people are participating in a scripted
sexual encounter that involves simulated or vicarious interactions with
other people. These virtual encounters are perceived as real, and the
pleasures experienced by the individuals are real.
This story gives an interesting insight into how technology could someday
influence sexual behavior. A problem with the story is that while I was
reading it I often found it to be difficult to ascertain who was doing
what to whom. After I finished the story and checked back over the
previous text, I managed to make complete sense out of everything and to
verify that the author had been consistent. In spite of my difficulty, I
found this to be a complex but most enjoyable reading experience.
Ratings for "Testing the Device"
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10
"Excerpt: Virtual Reality" by Tom Bombadil (stbush@iglou.com). This is an
excerpt from a work in progress. The author wants input. Nevertheless,
this segment itself is a good story, and it deserves to be reviewed here.
John has invented one of the biggest breakthroughs in medical science: His
computer reads the nervous sensations traveling up a person's spine to the
brain, and produces a signal that counteracts them. Such a device could
provide the ideal surgical anesthesia -- without drugs! It could
eliminate chronic pain forever! Not bad, you might say, but there's more.
If the device can read nervous sensations, it can record them. And if it
can cancel them, maybe it can produce them.
John needs help (a) acquiring the sensations and (b) testing his
machinery. In the name of science, the narrator agrees to help. Very
soon, we make interesting discoveries. Not only can the device record a
blowjob; but by reversing polarities or something it can also let the
person who gave the blowjob experience that same activity. And when you
attach the machine to two people simultaneously.... Well, you read the
story and find out. This story offers the potential for an interesting
combination of science fiction, transgender self-discovery, and just plain
hot sex. For my part, I think this story has great potential!
Ratings for "Excerpt: Virtual Reality"
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10
"Mercedes" by Morgan Preece (zanna@whoever.com). The narrator is a
gigolo, I suppose; he hangs onto his piece of life by latching onto older
women, who like him for his good looks and the sex he is able to throw
their way. As he says, " Sex is all in the mind anyway and I approached
each woman as an intellectual puzzle subject to physical manipulation,
like one of those multicolored cubes. But things begin to change one day
when he tries to seduce a rich woman who drives a Mercedes. He finds
himself trapped, enslaved; and he undergoes experiences that had never
even occurred to him before.
I usually don't like sex-slavery stories or those that involve piercing
and diapers; but I did enjoy this story. It's hard to explain. I
recommend you check it out for yourself.
Ratings for "Mercedes"
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10
"A Tale of New Eden: Tomiko" by Voltaire (france@france.net). As I
explained in a an issue of CR in early January, I felt the beginning of a
new year would be a good time to re-align or re-calibrate my rating
system. I didn't want to become excessively harsh, but too many stories
were getting straight 10s. Since I try to select stories that sound
interesting, I'm not surprised that I get a lot of high ratings; but I
have been pleased in recent weeks to note a nice sprinkling of 8s and 7s
in my ratings - and even lower numbers for weaker stories. So when I hit
two straight 10s to start this issue, I figured I'd read a couple of sex
slavery stories: they're usually pretty inane, I figured, and one of them
should snap my streak. No way! Mercedes was excellent, and so is this
one. I guess I had better look for an incestuous wife-swapping story!
Tomiko is a young woman who is a member of a Utopian harem. Her only goal
is to serve her master, who is apparently an insatiable sex machine,
copulating with dozens of beautiful women each day and having others
fondle his genitals, feed him grapes, and wipe his ass between the more
specifically orgasmic love-making sessions. The preceding sentence
summarizes the story, but the author makes it sound a little more
interesting.
One of the interesting things about Utopian stories is that if we violate
just one of their assumptions, we woould often have an anti-Utopian story.
For example, this story assumes no jealousy among the members of the
harem: if we simply insert the possibility of jealousy we might have hell
rather than heaven in the harem. But "a woman's tits should exceed a
man's grasp - else what's a heaven for?"
Ratings for "A Tale of New Eden: Tomiko"
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10
"Valentine's Surprise" by Dulcinea (imdulcinea@aol.com). The woman has
been instructed by her husband to dress nicely and to be ready for a
romantic date on Valentine's Day. She complies. A limousine arrives at
about the appointed time and drives her - back to her house, into which
her husband has sneaked and set up a summer picnic in February. It's very
romantic - and very sexy.
Ratings for "Valentine's Surprise"
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10
"Second Hand Rose" by Vickie Tern (VickieTern@aol.com). The man and his
wife differ in their selection of friends. He figures hers are a bunch of
snobs, and she gets embarrassed when he drinks to much and makes a fool of
himself in front of her friends. They go to a "stuffy" party at her
boss's house. He's a publisher, and since the book he's currently working
on requires some research on anal sex, and since the husband is already
making an ass of himself - well, they make him part of the plot.
This is a really bizarre idea, but the author carries it off well.
Ratings for "Second Hand Rose"
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10
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