March 21st, 2010 / 3:17 pm
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Blake Butler—
What books have actually gotten you wet or given you an erection?
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naked lunch
naked lunch
fantasy novels
dennis cooper
fantasy novels
dennis cooper
THIS IS AN UNFAIR QUESTION. WHEN ZZZZIPP WAS JUST A WEE ZZZZIPPPY BOY, NEARLY EVERYTHING GAVE ZZZZIPP AN ERECTION. READING THE MENU AT DAIRY QUEEN COULD GIVE ZZZZIPP AN ERECTION IN THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES.
ZZZZIPP HAS NEVER TOLD THIS TO ANYONE BEFORE, BUT EVEN THE POSTER OF CAREER STOLEN BASE LEADER RICKEY HENDERSON ABOVE ZZZIPP’S BED COULD GIVE ZZZIPP A ZZZZZZZIPPP
THIS IS AN UNFAIR QUESTION. WHEN ZZZZIPP WAS JUST A WEE ZZZZIPPPY BOY, NEARLY EVERYTHING GAVE ZZZZIPP AN ERECTION. READING THE MENU AT DAIRY QUEEN COULD GIVE ZZZZIPP AN ERECTION IN THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES.
ZZZZIPP HAS NEVER TOLD THIS TO ANYONE BEFORE, BUT EVEN THE POSTER OF CAREER STOLEN BASE LEADER RICKEY HENDERSON ABOVE ZZZIPP’S BED COULD GIVE ZZZIPP A ZZZZZZZIPPP
which cooper. or all? and what fantasy
which cooper. or all? and what fantasy
That poster of Rickey gave Rickey an erection, too.
There is a collection of amazing Rickey Henderson stories out there – this is one of my favorites:
San Diego GM Kevin Towers was trying to contact Rickey at a nearby hotel. He knew Henderson always used fake names to avoid the press, fans, etc. He was trying to think like Rickey and after several attempts; he was able to get Henderson on the phone.
Rickey had checked in under Richard Pryor.
That poster of Rickey gave Rickey an erection, too.
There is a collection of amazing Rickey Henderson stories out there – this is one of my favorites:
San Diego GM Kevin Towers was trying to contact Rickey at a nearby hotel. He knew Henderson always used fake names to avoid the press, fans, etc. He was trying to think like Rickey and after several attempts; he was able to get Henderson on the phone.
Rickey had checked in under Richard Pryor.
IF ON A WINTER’S NIGHT A TRAVELLER TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, MOST RECENTLY
IF ON A WINTER’S NIGHT A TRAVELLER TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, MOST RECENTLY
ZZZZIPP’S FAVOURITE STORY ABOUT RICKEY HENDERSON IS WHEN HE ASKED JOHN OLERUD WHY HE WORE A BATTING HELMET WHILE FIELDING. HE WAS CURIOUS BECAUSE ONE OF HIS TEAMMATES HAD PLAYED LIKE THAT IN TORONTO.
“RICKEY,” SAID OLERUD, “THAT WAS ME.”
BUT THAT STORY NEVER HAPPENED.
ZZZZIPP’S FAVOURITE STORY ABOUT RICKEY HENDERSON IS WHEN HE ASKED JOHN OLERUD WHY HE WORE A BATTING HELMET WHILE FIELDING. HE WAS CURIOUS BECAUSE ONE OF HIS TEAMMATES HAD PLAYED LIKE THAT IN TORONTO.
“RICKEY,” SAID OLERUD, “THAT WAS ME.”
BUT THAT STORY NEVER HAPPENED.
justine – marquis de sade
justine – marquis de sade
NO, WAIT, IT WAS “GEORGE III: AMERICA’S LAST KING”.
NO, WAIT, IT WAS “GEORGE III: AMERICA’S LAST KING”.
OH, ACTUALLY I FORGOT: IT WAS “A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME”
OH, ACTUALLY I FORGOT: IT WAS “A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME”
THE OXFORD BOOK OF DEATH, ed. D.J. Enright
THE OXFORD BOOK OF DEATH, ed. D.J. Enright
First Sweet Valley High, and then I think something in Tales of Ordinary Madness, but more recently a story called I AM THE DICTATOR really does it for me in a very wrong way.
First Sweet Valley High, and then I think something in Tales of Ordinary Madness, but more recently a story called I AM THE DICTATOR really does it for me in a very wrong way.
Flowers in the attic
what has two thumbs and no sister? this guy
Flowers in the attic
what has two thumbs and no sister? this guy
The Blind Owl got my shadow up
The incest scene in Irving’s THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE certainly made me feel “funny” when I first read it.
The Blind Owl got my shadow up
The incest scene in Irving’s THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE certainly made me feel “funny” when I first read it.
i didn’t get an erection really, but the sex scenes in “eat when you feel sad” made me feel ‘a lil tingly’ because they were so true-to-life and made it easy for me to ‘picture it’ and sort of remember what various experiences felt like.
i didn’t get an erection really, but the sex scenes in “eat when you feel sad” made me feel ‘a lil tingly’ because they were so true-to-life and made it easy for me to ‘picture it’ and sort of remember what various experiences felt like.
Lovely.
Lovely.
Lolita didn’t get me hard, but it did effect me.
Lolita didn’t get me hard, but it did effect me.
the denial of death by ernest becker. for real.
the denial of death by ernest becker. for real.
i’m prone to reading in my bed with mesh shorts on and have a hyper-active sex drive, so basically anything even slightly erotic can get me hard. recently: Roee Rosen’s Justine Frank: Sweet Sweat, various erotic comix, Alina Reyes’ Behind Closed Doors, Apollinaire’s Eleven Thousand Rods.
i’m prone to reading in my bed with mesh shorts on and have a hyper-active sex drive, so basically anything even slightly erotic can get me hard. recently: Roee Rosen’s Justine Frank: Sweet Sweat, various erotic comix, Alina Reyes’ Behind Closed Doors, Apollinaire’s Eleven Thousand Rods.
Anaïs Nin & Virginie Despentes. French chicks do it for me, apparently.
Anaïs Nin & Virginie Despentes. French chicks do it for me, apparently.
vox by nicholson baker
vox by nicholson baker
That incesty-rapey scene at the end of 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE.
Wrong and hot at the same time.
That incesty-rapey scene at the end of 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE.
Wrong and hot at the same time.
Edmund White’s writing has been known to strike a certain chord with me.
Edmund White’s writing has been known to strike a certain chord with me.
I jacked it like three times while reading Beloved.
I jacked it like three times while reading Beloved.
Herman Hesse. Most of his books are full-on boner jams.
Herman Hesse. Most of his books are full-on boner jams.
too many to count on one hand
too many to count on one hand
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
American Psycho got me wet *and* gave me an erection. Ditto ‘Under the Roofs of Paris’.
American Psycho got me wet *and* gave me an erection. Ditto ‘Under the Roofs of Paris’.
The latest was ‘Video Green’ by Chris Krauss (big time).
The latest was ‘Video Green’ by Chris Krauss (big time).
Jeanette Winterson’s The Passion.
Jeanette Winterson’s The Passion.
Alan Moore’s Lost Girls
Alan Moore’s Lost Girls
what does it mean to “get wet”?
angela carter’s fairytales. duras’ the lover and ravishing of lol stein. dennis cooper. kathy acker blood and guts (acker makes the janey/daddy scenes incredibly hot). anais nin’s incest journal. tropic of cancer. juliette and philosophy of the bedroom. story of o. story of the eye. lolita. piano teacher.
what does it mean to “get wet”?
angela carter’s fairytales. duras’ the lover and ravishing of lol stein. dennis cooper. kathy acker blood and guts (acker makes the janey/daddy scenes incredibly hot). anais nin’s incest journal. tropic of cancer. juliette and philosophy of the bedroom. story of o. story of the eye. lolita. piano teacher.
your taste makes me want to be your friend
We here at Mars fake all of our erections, but in terms of books, please know that everything David Foster Wallace wrote gave us real erections.
your taste makes me want to be your friend
We here at Mars fake all of our erections, but in terms of books, please know that everything David Foster Wallace wrote gave us real erections.
story of the eye, bataille.
George Bataille, Story of the Eye. Kathy Acker, Blood and Guts in High School. Sophie Jabes, Alice, the Sausage. Charlotte Roche, Wetlands. Jill Alexander Essbaum, Harlot. Jesus Ignacio Aldapuerta, The Eyes. Samuel R. Delany, Hogg. Dennis Cooper, Frisk. Sade, 120 Days of Sodom.
story of the eye, bataille.
George Bataille, Story of the Eye. Kathy Acker, Blood and Guts in High School. Sophie Jabes, Alice, the Sausage. Charlotte Roche, Wetlands. Jill Alexander Essbaum, Harlot. Jesus Ignacio Aldapuerta, The Eyes. Samuel R. Delany, Hogg. Dennis Cooper, Frisk. Sade, 120 Days of Sodom.
ZZZZIPP HAS BEEN TO MARS
THERE IS SOME GOOD WEATHER THERE
ZZZZIPP HAS BEEN TO MARS
THERE IS SOME GOOD WEATHER THERE
harrison’s Warlock
harrison’s Warlock
Ditto Bataille, Story of the Eye Janey and a good rest of list there.
Ditto Bataille, Story of the Eye Janey and a good rest of list there.
all cooper. all fantasy.
all cooper. all fantasy.
Craig Thompson’s Blankets (if graphic novels count)
I like to listen to Miranda July’s audiobooks, too . . .
Craig Thompson’s Blankets (if graphic novels count)
I like to listen to Miranda July’s audiobooks, too . . .
We here at Mars also get the occasional erection from NOON.
We here at Mars also get the occasional erection from NOON.
kitchen confidential
kitchen confidential
You took the choices right out of my mind. Especially Hogg, 120 Days, and The Eyes. There were several scenes in Juliette and Philosophy in the Boudoir that were erotic as well.
You took the choices right out of my mind. Especially Hogg, 120 Days, and The Eyes. There were several scenes in Juliette and Philosophy in the Boudoir that were erotic as well.
somewhat-tangentially-relevant to convo-at-hand: The International Jurassic Park Erotic Fan-Fiction Writer’s Association
i think Gravity’s Rainbow is the last one that did me in… though i can’t say i really remember. it’s been a while.
somewhat-tangentially-relevant to convo-at-hand: The International Jurassic Park Erotic Fan-Fiction Writer’s Association
i think Gravity’s Rainbow is the last one that did me in… though i can’t say i really remember. it’s been a while.
howdy quaid.
/pseudonyms are phun.
howdy quaid.
/pseudonyms are phun.
The sex scenes from Bohumil Hrabal’s novels, specifically “I Served the King of England”
The sex scenes from Bohumil Hrabal’s novels, specifically “I Served the King of England”
The Savage Detectives. What a fun little book that was.
The Savage Detectives. What a fun little book that was.
Wittgenstein.
A mental erection, so to say.
Wittgenstein.
A mental erection, so to say.
trocchi’s ‘helen of desire’, ‘story of the eye’ definitely, lydia lunch’s ‘paradoxia’, mirbeau’s ‘the torture garden’.
trocchi’s ‘helen of desire’, ‘story of the eye’ definitely, lydia lunch’s ‘paradoxia’, mirbeau’s ‘the torture garden’.
nicholson baker in general….
I mean his sex scenes, not him as a human being….
nicholson baker in general….
I mean his sex scenes, not him as a human being….
zing!
zing!
AFTER A WHILE EVERYONE IS TRYING FOR THE LARGEST MENTAL ERECTION
AFTER A WHILE EVERYONE IS TRYING FOR THE LARGEST MENTAL ERECTION
lol @ “mesh shorts”… lol
lol @ “mesh shorts”… lol
lmao
lmao
*sings* “standing at a swedish festival, discussing Story of the Eye, discussing Story of the Eye”
Blankets didn’t give me an erection, but I found it very sweet and touching
*sings* “standing at a swedish festival, discussing Story of the Eye, discussing Story of the Eye”
Blankets didn’t give me an erection, but I found it very sweet and touching
What Would Anthony Bourdain Do
What Would Anthony Bourdain Do
Awesome book. Did have some pretty sexy sex scenes, now that I think about it. Seems like that one guy and girl in the book were coming like 10 times per session
Awesome book. Did have some pretty sexy sex scenes, now that I think about it. Seems like that one guy and girl in the book were coming like 10 times per session
thank you, Nate
thank you, Nate
Finnegans Wank
Finnegans Wank
Yeah, it didn’t give me an erection either.
Maybe it gave me one of those “sensual” / “sweet and touching” metaphysical kind of erections.
You know . . . I could have said “If You Give A Mouse A Cookie” or the always steamy “If You Give A Moose A Muffin”
Why is it that every time you and I communicate via html giant, we end up talking about stiff cocks?
@#$%
. . . Miranda July is hot!
Yeah, it didn’t give me an erection either.
Maybe it gave me one of those “sensual” / “sweet and touching” metaphysical kind of erections.
You know . . . I could have said “If You Give A Mouse A Cookie” or the always steamy “If You Give A Moose A Muffin”
Why is it that every time you and I communicate via html giant, we end up talking about stiff cocks?
@#$%
. . . Miranda July is hot!
A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter
You know, THAT scene.
A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter
You know, THAT scene.
So I read White Noise a long time ago, when I was just starting to really understand what Getting Wet was all about. I mean, at the time I was reading Anais Nin and Nabokov to really turn me red, but there’s that scene early in White Noise where Jack comes across his stepdaughter practising for an Event. I think she was just lying down on the ground, right? (Boy, I should really re-read that.) And my god, I have no idea what THAT was all about, but let’s just say it called for a very long shower.
So I read White Noise a long time ago, when I was just starting to really understand what Getting Wet was all about. I mean, at the time I was reading Anais Nin and Nabokov to really turn me red, but there’s that scene early in White Noise where Jack comes across his stepdaughter practising for an Event. I think she was just lying down on the ground, right? (Boy, I should really re-read that.) And my god, I have no idea what THAT was all about, but let’s just say it called for a very long shower.
James Salter’s A Sport and a Pastime.
Reading it on the train was brutal..
James Salter’s A Sport and a Pastime.
Reading it on the train was brutal..
Ah, sorry Terrance – didn’t see you above.
Ah, sorry Terrance – didn’t see you above.
blinding light by paul theroux & a sport and a pastime
blinding light by paul theroux & a sport and a pastime
We did Porn by Zak Smith (who also did the illustrated Gravity’s Rainbow). Also, Kafka on the Shore.
We did Porn by Zak Smith (who also did the illustrated Gravity’s Rainbow). Also, Kafka on the Shore.
aldapuerta’s the eyes is one of the best things EVER
aldapuerta’s the eyes is one of the best things EVER
Second James Salter’s A Sport and a Pastime. Or I mean third it.
Second James Salter’s A Sport and a Pastime. Or I mean third it.
The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst
The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst
Anne Rice
Anne Rice
All books make me hard. I’m always hard though. Books make me harder.
All books make me hard. I’m always hard though. Books make me harder.