Acquired Tastes XLIII:
Gay Pulp Fiction, Part 137
Adonis Classics, Part 22 of 25
Greenleaf Classic Books, the publishers of the Adonis Classics imprint, began in 1959 and continued until 1971, when management lost focus on the business due to the government's prosecution of obscenity, which became of major concern.
By 1974, a new management team and staff were in place, operating out of an office at 7523 Raytheon Road in San Diego and production ceased on all existing imprints. In an attempt to break into mainstream markets, two new imprints were started which used cover art and titles that were not provocative. These efforts failed.
Adonis Classics would release a total of 252 titles during it's lifespan.
The first twenty covers feature white backgrounds (with one exception) and colored drawings or black and white pencil illustrations. After the first two titles, a particular type-face was established, with the title appearing above the illustration. The distinctive Adonis Classics symbol was established with either the seventh or eighth title in the series.
After the first twenty titles, the imprint switched to their iconic red covers (though sometimes pink,) featuring a black and white pencil or ink illustration framed in a black circle which has an arrow attached - the universal sign for the planet Mars or to designate something as 'male.' The book's title at the top of the cover is similarly encased in a white circle with an arrow (the symbol for the planet Mars and 'male'.)
This week: 10 out of 10 covers were found.
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Oh, Dad! More, Dad!
Author: Barry Dunn
AC 321
The title is an obvious homage to the play Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad which was made into a movie starring every gay's favorite: Rosalind Russell. But then that's for a different post, now isn't it!
Back to the topic at hand... it looks like junior is getting some hands on experience as dear old dad, watches. Trick 'em out, as the boys on Grindr say these days.
I just wish they would have gone all the way with that title. Something like: Oh, Dad, More Dad, You're Hung And Not In The Closet, I'm Feeling Randy, So Let's Get Handsy.
Available as an e-book or a pdf download at Hommi Publishing.
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Slave Schoolboy
Author: Wes Cranston
AC 322
Check out those full jock pouches. Definitely enough to get one's imagination running.
And I adore the details of the open shower. I assume this is a college setting and the showers in the dorms. Having not experienced it (I always housed off-campus) my mind wanders to all the odd occurrences and happenstance which might take place during odd hours in such a facility; the Friday night when everyone else is out and about having fun and the lonely nerd boy chooses to take a shower only to come upon the star running back jerking his gherkin in a torrent of hot spray. Well... just allow your own imagination to run with that scenario and I guess you know how these books are written.
Available as an e-book or a pdf download at Hommi Publishing.
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Branded Leather Slave
Author: Barry Dunn
AC 323
So many varieties when it comes to sex slaves.
Of course being branded means something completely different these days in the corporate world, but back then it was all gleaming hot metal and seared flesh. It represents quite the commitment. I don't believe a brand is as easy to get rid of as a tattoo - neither of which appeal to me.
I enjoy being my own person. As role play, this might be fun, but... well, there are limits. That's why I state right up front... no permanent marks. Yes, they may think they're in control, but we subs?
We know the real story.
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Oh Brother Of Mine!
Author: Wes Cranston
AC 324
A familiar theme. How they keep it fresh? Well, economic status, familial structure, age difference, quality of the relationship and extenuating circumstances. Antagonism between siblings? Dynamite on the page. Without conflict, we have nothing to resolve. And since all good sex contains some form of a power dynamic, the potency increases when it's all kept 'in the family'. The best gothic horror stories have that wonderful claustrophobic quality that resides within dysfunctional family units. And when it comes to incest? Well, it doesn't get more maladjusted than that, now does it?
Available as an e-book or a pdf download at Hommi Publishing.
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Golden Shower Chicken
Author: Johnny Ross
AC 325
This illustration leaves little doubt as to what is to come. And, based on the engorgement of that genital pouch, one could presume that our 'victim' roped and bound to the porcelain crapper is quite intrigued by what's being proposed.
I know many are quite squeamish when it comes to the exchange of bodily fluids in general, to say nothing of this particular kink. And, despite the proliferation of urban myths to the contrary, urine is not sterile. Urinating on a wound to clean it in an emergency has become fodder for urban legend, but new research debunks the idea that. As for the military lore that urinating on one's feet is a good idea, it has been proven that it may actually be of some use. You see, urine contains urea, which is used at high concentrations to remove fungus-infected toenails.
Yes, the more you know...
See... vintage gay pulp fiction - it's a wonderful source of helpful information.
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S&M Bondage Boy
Author: Barry Dunn
AC 326
I don't know many with the upper body strength to endure being strung up by one's wrists. Sexually fulfilling? All I can imagine is my shoulders being dislocated as my rotator cuffs are shredded (and not the good kind of shred.) Still, other than a brief reference to how difficult it is to endure, such realities rarely invade the fantasies conjured in this type of literature.
It certainly doesn't look very comfortable. And these days, when it comes to sex, I'm all about comfort - though the same can not be said of my salad days. Then? I was pretty game for anything. In fact, I do recall be tied up by my wrists from the limb of a tree in the woods once.
Once was enough. Lesson learned - no need to repeat.
Available as an e-book or a pdf download at Hommi Publishing.
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Chained And Raped Chicken
Author: Johnny Ross
AC 327
And speaking of being bound in the woods...
The myth of the hunky, randy forest ranger. Where would gay porn be without it?
One of my favorite vintage porn scenes takes place in a tent, where a pair of sexually adventuresome youths are camping with their dad's. The foursome begin to engage in all sorts of fun, only to be joined by the forest ranger. The film is Chip Off The Old Block, starring J.D. Slater, Michael Cummings, Jason Steele, Ricky Turner, and others. I used to have a copy on VHS, but it seems to have gone missing...?
Pity, that.
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Into Water Sports
Author: Barry Dunn
AC 328
Well, it appears this author has decided to go quite literal, indeed.
In the midst of white water rafting down a river this writer adds a bit of yellow.
Clever, yes. Practical, no.
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A Cop Coming Out
Author: Barry Dunn
AC 329
A cop coming out of his pants is more like it.
These days, gay cops are everywhere. In fact, it's in their best interest to be out, as the union has their backs when it comes to any discrimination. At least that's the way it's supposed to work.
As pictured, a bit of back alley, public fun... well that will get you into a bit of trouble, if caught. And I don't think there's a union rep who will come to the defense of such an offender. Unless they, themselves, are gay. Then?
Well, it looks like I've just come up with the plot for one of these books, huh!
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Chicken Stuff
Author: Johnny Ross
AC
There are only two things that I think of coming out of chickens - and neither are very sexy.
I must say, I have to hand it to this illustrator. His chickens are never drawn young and hairless. Not like those on the covers of 101 Enterprises books. They would, indeed, 'go there.'
Available as an e-book or a pdf download at Hommi Publishing.
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And that's all for now.
Tune in next week for ten more tantalizing titillating titles.
Until then...
Thanks for reading!
Brother Of Mine - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
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2 comments:
I'm assuming these are all stroke books, not romance. Could you someday explain the difference?
I find the whole 'chicken' thing slightly puzzling. Is erotica at this time wholly concerned with the whole older/younger thing? As in showing the ropes?
And those jockstraps!!
XOXO
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