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From: LadyCyrrh@aol.com
Subject: The Annex Reviews 11/6/97
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This n' that:

Mr. Double has given up on the web business; his archive and website 
are no more. I heard it was a combination of Princess Diana's death and 
frustrations, the low level of gratitude for his web efforts, and a growing 
ethical discomfort with the whole business. 

Because I haven't reiterated them in a while, these are the newsgroups I 
pluck my victims from, and their abbreviations:

alt.sex.stories (ASS)
alt.sex.stories.moderated (ASSM)
alt.sex.stories.gay (ASSG)
alt.sex.stories.gay.moderated (ASSGM)
alt.sex.stories.bondage (ASSB)
soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm (SSBB)
soc.sexuality.spanking (SSS)


The stories:

Batkini, Part 1 [C]
When posted: 10/30/97
Where posted: ASSM
Author: Unknown
Poster Address: wow@wow.com

Here's another Batman, or rather Batgirl and Robin story, apparently 
from the United Kingdom. Batgirl has a new look: she now wears a thong 
"batkini" with a top in the shape of batwings that barely covers each 
boob. Though stimulating to onlookers, the awesome stupidity of this 
invention is revealed when Catwoman captures her and she has no 
utility belt to fall back on...not to mention what would happen if she fell 
on her butt in a glass-strewn alleyway.

Robin soon comes into the storyline as a fellow captive and various kink 
occurs, such as bondage with vibrators, mind control through an ecstasy 
derivative, sex between Catwoman and Batgirl and later Robin, then the 
capture of all three by Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn. Poison and Harley 
decide to humiliate Batgirl and Catwoman by forcing them to dance nude 
on TV while doffing their masks, and the story ends with the two about to 
be sold into slavery as harem girls, with Robin's fate unknown. More is 
promised.

Compared to the other Batman/Batgirl stories I've seen, this falls short of 
the mark, mainly because the characters weren't convincing, which is 
inexcusable considering all the Batman comics, TV series, and movies out 
there. Typos abounded ("Catwoman began to lap Batgirl's virgina."  "...but 
her guesses where not as tintalating as reality") and the writing was 
pretty clumsy as well, the erotic bits not being very erotic. I wanted 
them to be, as the ideas here had potential, but on the whole the story 
disappointed, even though I consider myself a Batman story fan.


His Favorite Holiday [A]
When posted: 10/30/97
Where posted: SSBB
Author: Adrian Hunter
Poster Address: adrhunt@aol.com

Adrian Hunter is the Dulcinea of BDSM.

This was a short bondo mood piece just in time for Halloween, 
concerning a bound woman hanging from a closet doorway, a naughty 
maid's costume, lashings, lollipops, and candles...quite effective as a sort 
of prose-poetry, as it was written in one-sentence paragraphs that had a 
definite rhythm to them. Swish. Smack. Whop whop whop. Jerk. Kind of 
like that. This author has a definite flair with language and a creative 
mind, especially the use of that Tootsie Pop. (No, it doesn't go in her in 
twat.)


Wet Dreams [A-]
When posted: 11/1/97
Where posted: ASS, ASSM
Author: Kev Cross
Poster Address: kev@davross.demon.co.uk

This is the first story I've seen that has a disabled man as the protagonist,

and it was an excellent treatment of the subject. Whoever wrote this must 
have had firsthand experience with therapists, hydropools, and 
hydraulic slings, or known someone who had.

 From the story I gather the narrator has suffered a spinal injury that 
limits the use of his limbs, and one day he undergoes therapy with a new 
physio (physical therapist) in the clinic's pool to exercise his muscles. 
He's attracted to her, and becomes even more attracted when the 
whirlpool hose goes out of control and pumps gallon after gallon of 
high-pressure current against their crotches. She's attracted to him as 
well, and they wind up having very plausible sex in the weightless 
environment of the pool, where the narrator's lack of mobility isn't a 
handicap.

This story gets a high mark not only for its realism but for the matter-
of-fact depiction of physical disability. It's neither exploited, 
sentimentalized, or sanitized into a politically correct warm'n fuzzy 
feelgood manifesto. I did mark it down a half point for the writing style, 
which was clumsy and unsure at times, but in all other ways the story 
succeeded as a realistic sexual fantasy slanted towards a minority group 
that most people prefer to see as sexless. And it was as hot as a 
mainstream sex story, too.


Off-The-Wall Star Trek Story [A]
When posted: 10/24/97
Where posted: SSS 
Author: Valerie Sande
Poster Address: valeris@earthlink.net

"Slash" fiction, in the special language of the Star Trek universe, means 
any fan-written stories where Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock share a sexual 
relationship. There is a lot of it floating around the net in science fiction

and media-related sites, but, oddly, not on the ASS and SOC newsgroups, 
which is strange considering how steamy some of the stories are. This 
story was the first true slash I've seen, even though, as the author says, 
"I must also make it clear that I'm not trying to trash anyone's fantasy, 
nor am I trying to gross anyone out.  For those of you who are repulsed 
by 'slash' (treksmut involving two male characters)  don't be fooled by 
the first part of this story.  It's a total satire.  On the same token, if
you 
ARE into slash (in particular, K/S)  please, Please, PLEASE don't be 
offended by this.  Slash is not my bag, and yes, I AM satirizing it. But,
it's 
all in fun and meant to be taken as a joke."

What the story IS about is spanking. Spock goes into Pon Farr (sort of 
like heat for male Vulcans) and has to find a sexual partner or he'll be 
very uncomfortable. Kirk volunteers to be his fuckmate, which is the 
same plot that has happened in hundreds of slash stories hundreds of 
times before. However, the story differs in that Kirk and Spock are truly 
repulsed by homosexual relations with each other, and that Spock gets 
more turned on by spanking female Vulcans, as he recounts to Kirk in 
loving detail. 

Like most slash fiction, the technical aspects of writing were handled 
very well, and the story worked as a satire of a specialized genre, a Star 
Trek adventure, and a spanking story...three pluses in my book. If you 
don't "get" one aspect, you'll be sure to get another.


Tribute [A-/B+]
When posted: 11/2/97
Where posted: ASS, ASSM
Author: j-tied
Poster Address: j-tied.not@innocent.com

A struggling peasant family hands over their beautiful daughter to the 
tax collector as tribute for the king, where she is to serve him in his 
harem. Such begins "Tribute" an ongoing BDSM series set in a fairy tale 
Medieval world similar to Anne Rice's "Sleeping Beauty" books.

Like the Beauty books, which they are clearly modeled on, "Tribute" 
deals with a young's woman's sexual awakening to the delights of erotic 
submission. The girl is rather bizarrely dressed for her journey to castle, 
receives strict instructions from the harem-master, then is chained in 
her room to await the arrival of the king, where she passes the time by 
reading the list of rules which now governs her life ("As a harem slave, 
I must keep my knees at least 4 inches apart while sitting, standing, or 
otherwise motionless and widely open my legs at the first touch upon my 
inner thigh."  "Harem slaves must keep a written journal of her 
fantasies. Both the King and the Harem-master may demand to read this 
journal." (!!!) Finally the king comes to her, and they enjoy mild 
sensorial games together (blindfolds and feathers) before getting down 
to business.

This story was somewhat gentler than the Beauty books; no one gets 
whipped until welts the size of Red Vines rise up on their butt, for 
example. (I mean Red Vine the licorice candy here.) However, the many 
similarities between the stories make this an unfavorable (and somewhat 
unfair, I admit) comparison, as Rice did it better, and did it first. The 
story also suffered in that the king's visit suddenly switched into present 
tense, and there was too much tell and not enough show (no one even 
had a real conversation until 6,000 words into the story) which is a 
common trap new writers fall into. But there are enough good things in 
this story for me to recommend it, especially if you like the thought of 
subbing, but not all the angst that goes along with it.

Comments to: ladycyrrh@aol.com
Website--->  http://members.aol.com/ladycyrrh



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