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Subject: The Annex Reviews, 11/19/98
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I just heard that Celeste is taking a temporary retirement. Well,
computer crashes happen, and they're pretty ugly. I myself don't
keep databases or extensive records of what I've done; I prefer
my setup lean and mean. If I did that, these reviews would be too
much like work. And who needs work? I prefer to have fun.
I was not very fond of Celeste or her reviewing methods--she was
too narrow-minded for my taste--but nonetheless, I know it will
leave a big gap in the ASS community, and I'm sorry that writers
and readers may feel as if they lost a friend. I do hope that there
will be more reviewers appearing to take up the slack. I certainly
can't, as I prefer to keep my operation within manageable limits.
Everyone should have a venue to receive feedback and reviews.
If the writers can do this for each other, that's even better.
The stories:
Hothouse, by Charybda (M/F SF, plant sex)
Ghostlight, by Lucinda Gavin (M/F, rom, theater sex)
Boarding School Adventures, Chapters 3 and 4, by Herb Grinder
(F+/M schoolgirl sex)
Seeing Stars, by Poison Ivan (M/F rom)
The Red That Is Gold, Parts 1 and 2, by Jewelie (F/M, TG testimonial)
The Slave Farm, Parts I, II, III, by Kailani21 (F/F BDSM, ponygirl)
Hothouse [A-]
Where posted: ASS, ASSM
When posted: 11/9/98
Author: charybda9
Address: charybda9@hotmail.com
In the early years of the 21st century a scientist specializing in
human/plant crossbreeds moves with his family to small
southwest town. Their teenage son soon becomes involved with a
local tootsie; when his parents spy on the young couple, they
become inspired to go at it themselves. But the problem is,
hubby's been turned incorporeal because of his experiments, and
the only way he can have sex with his wife is through the
agency of a giant plant. Like in Dragonfly's "Late Bloomer,"
the plant-sex scene is the centerpiece of the story.
This story tried very hard to provide a rationale for the sex and
some sympathetic human characters. It succeeded, but wasn't
quite up there with some of the other SF stories I've seen; some
parts seemed forced. Still, a nice read.
Ghostlight [A]
Where posted: ASS, ASSM
When posted: 11/7/98
Author: Lucinda Gavin
Address: lostgirl33@hotmail.com
A costume designer for a theatrical company lusts after a
lighting tech, but doesn't know how to make her feelings known.
Late one night, as she's making adjustments to some tight bodices
intended for a production of "The Taming of the Shrew," he
happens to drop by, and she, cunningly, enlists his help in
pulling the laces tight. The sex that follows is implied.
I liked this story; it worked well as a small slice-of-life in which
sexy solutions don't always lead to a zipless fuck. Usually het
fiction bores me because it's so predictable; but this story has a
solution in that it takes place in a setting that few of us know
much about--the costume shop of a theater--which lends a novel
element. More writers of straight fiction should consider more
unusual settings and characters than they do. If the reader
doesn't care for the sex, they can always learn something about
life.
Boarding School Adventures, Chapters 3 and 4 [A]
Where posted: ASS, ASSM
When posted: 11/7/98
Author: Herb Grinder
Address: herb_grinder@yahoo.com
This story is the first one I've read from Herb Grinder, whose
name may be either a pun, a reference to a naturopathic
lifestyle, or indicate a follower of Rastafarianism.
I couldn't get Chapters 1 and 2 of this multipart adventure, but 3
and 4 concerns the amusing adventures of a Timmy, a young man
employed at Lady Cunningham's Academy for Young Ladies, an
exclusive girl's boarding school in England. Apparently he's
been hired just for his youth and good looks, because his new job
is as the sex toy to a bunch of randy schoolgirls in knee socks,
short skirts, and white panties. In fact, in these chapters he
winds up pleasurably gang-banged.
Compared to stories where the protagonists seduce or rape young
girls, this story was a hoot and a lark, existing firmly in Never-
Never Land, the writing skillful enough to overcome your sense
of disbelief in the proceedings. The girls get the better of him
and he enjoys it, and that's all that counts. A nice introduction to
the schoolgirl genre.
Seeing Stars [A]
Where posted: ASS, ASSM
When posted: 11/11/98
Author: Poison Ivan
Address: poisoniv1@hotmail.com
Website: http://members.tripod.com/~poisoniv1/
Poison Ivan contributes this story, in which a young man
engaged in a lackluster romance with a young woman gradually
comes to realize he's the one who is keeping the relationship
tepid; he's not seeing all of her that she has to offer. After a night
of gazing at the stars (speculating on if the constellation of Orion
has a penis or not) he finally recognizes the passion he's been
missing.
This was less of a sex story and more of a mainstream one; the sex
served to illustrate a change in the hero's character rather than
act as the excuse for a story--it was there for a purpose, and the
author was very sneaky about slipping that purpose in. It was
also quite romantic, a nice read for guys and gals who cringe at
the more hardcore stuff.
The Red That Is Gold, Parts 1 and 2 [A]
Where posted: ASSM, SSS
When posted: 11/6/98
Author: Jewelie
Address: jewelie@my-dejanews.com
After reading this TG/spanking stories, I still don't understand
why a man would enjoy dressing up as a woman and acting like
his girlfriend's "wife," or why a woman would want her
boyfriend to dress up like a woman and discipline him with the
back of a hairbrush. Sigh. Maybe it's me.
Anyway, this story was a well-written testimonial to one man's
mode of life and the woman in it, and as such it was readable and
well-done. (The title refers to the hero/heroine's butt after a
spanking.) It seemed authentic, and TG fans should get a kick out
of it, as the hero's feelings were well-drawn, as his
transformation into a transexual was.
But I still don't get why the woman in the story would agree to all
this. Is she a closet dyke and doesn't want to come out? Is she
afraid of men, so can only relate to a nonthreatening "feminized"
one? Or does she really hate her own gender, and takes out her
rage on her husband-wife?
The Slave Farm, Parts I, II, III [D+]
Where posted: ASSB
When posted: 11/13/98
Author: Kailani21
Address: kailani21@aol.com
In many ways the BDSM genre of sex stories inspires the richest
and most imaginative fiction of the field. I'm always astounded at
how detailed these fantasies are, how each smack of the paddle or
clipped nipple has its own weight and significance, its own place
in the journey towards erotic surrender.
However, plotwise there's not much you can do with it. Someone
enters a dungeon willingly and gets it. Or some is kidnapped,
blackmailed, auctioned off and winds up in a dungeon, and gets it.
The stories usually peter off with the protagonist still stuck in the
dungeon, as there's no further level they can fall to. Some stories
try to extend the plot by having the poor guy or gal be traded
around like a baseball card, but there's really not much else you
can add.
That was the problem this story had. Two girls, both dykes, go for
a drive in the country and their car breaks down. They're
immediately made into sex slaves by the owner of a farm they go
to for help. The story strikes an original note in that the two are
chained together at nose, tit, and clit and forced to act like one
being throughout all their ponygirl training, but in all other
ways it was awful: "The quests are issued dildoes that as they walk
around they can use on us." I wonder if the writer even read it
again after dashing it off.
In sum, poorly written and mindless, but fun in a slutty way that
lets you know you're leagues above the slut. If you liked the
abysmal "Ponygirl Bondage" you'll love this.
Comments to: ladycyrrh@aol.com
Website---> http://members.aol.com/ladycyrrh
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