IIRC, there's not terribly much sex in Outlander (the first book--and by that I mean maybe 5 sex scenes...over 600 pages) and it's...kinda plot-relevant at points. But in the later books, yeah, I tend to be going "yeah yeah everyone is hot for each other we get it already"
Hey, preaching to the choir. I thought our Lady of the Perpetual Sea Breeze was the real deal until the Divine Miss J walked right through that door and right into my ass—which is where my heart is…physiologically. I could show you an x-ray.
Lorne ,'Time Bomb'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
meara - Jan 31, 2011 4:31:39 pm PST #13787 of 28333
DavidS - Jan 31, 2011 4:44:47 pm PST #13788 of 28333
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So, I'm curious now. What are your favorite sex scenes in books?
What's particularly well written and/or hot to you?
sj - Jan 31, 2011 4:47:03 pm PST #13789 of 28333
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
What are your favorite sex scenes in books?
I like the sex scenes in the Jennifer Crusie books.
erikaj - Jan 31, 2011 4:48:07 pm PST #13790 of 28333
Always Anti-fascist!
wrod.
Aims - Jan 31, 2011 4:49:34 pm PST #13791 of 28333
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Joe owes a debt of sexual gratitude for Jennifer Crusie's sex scenes.
DavidS - Jan 31, 2011 4:51:52 pm PST #13792 of 28333
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Okay, Jennifer Crusie and some votes for Anais Nin.
What else?
Who among the mystery writer bunch writes good sex scenes? Did I hear a vote for Lehane?
javachik - Jan 31, 2011 4:52:49 pm PST #13793 of 28333
Our wings are not tired.
javachik, I'm sorry if I made it sound like I was trying to convince you, everyone is looking for something different in a book.
Oh no, you totally didn't.
Amy - Jan 31, 2011 4:57:18 pm PST #13794 of 28333
Because books.
The sex scenes (in a non-genre, non-romance novel) that have always stood out to me for their realism and eroticism are Scott Spencer's in Endless Love.
Erica Jong wrote a good few in her time, too.
Consuela - Jan 31, 2011 5:11:47 pm PST #13795 of 28333
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Second the Jennifer Crusie stuff. Also, to be fair, Crusie doesn't bait-and-switch the way JD Robb does. I picked up the one Robb book looking for near-future mystery, and every couple chapter the action ground to a halt so Roberts could show off her porn-writing chops again.
It got old.
I like sex scenes when they say something about the characters; Gabaldon stopped saying anything new about Jamie & Claire back in book 2, I think. There has to be a point, or it's just gratuitous. Which, if that's what you're into, fine.
javachik - Jan 31, 2011 5:12:01 pm PST #13796 of 28333
Our wings are not tired.
I loved all the stuff in Judy Blume. My teen self couldn't get enough of sex scenes.