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Monday, August 04, 2025

Acquired Tastes XLIII: Gay Pulp Fiction, Part 217 - Finland Books, Part 15 of 20

Acquired Tastes XLIII:
Gay Pulp Fiction, Part 217
Finland Books
Part 15 of 20

Today we take another look at the Finland Books imprint.

Brought to you by the good people at Star Distributors, LTD., the Finland Books imprint published 200 titles between 1980 -1991. Star Distributors, LTD. operated out of a P.O. Box at the Canal Street Station in New York City.

Publisher's Page

The cover design features a black and white/brown and yellow erotic illustration (pencil, charcoal, ink) on a yellow background with the title of the book in a bold, lower-cased black graphic font near the top. The art itself was done by a number of artists including Craig Esposito, Adam and Clemént. All the authors are anonymous and the book number would sometimes appear on the spine of the book, but not always.
 
The numbering system begins with FIN-001 and continues thusly.

Back Cover

And, as is the case for many of the Star Distributor's imprints, Finland Books would be republished, not only later in their own history, but as titles for other imprints held by Star Distributor's or Arena, such as Brutes!, New Male, Young Stallions, Man To Man, Macho Books, Jock Studs, Hot Male Readers, Hard Throbs, et. al.

These books are rather plentiful and typically can be acquired for between $15-55.

This week, I found something for eight out of ten titles.

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  Stage Crew
 Author: Anonymous 
Finland Books
 1988 
FIN-145

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The King of Cellblock “C”
 Author: Anonymous 
Finland Books
 1988 
FIN-146

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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Trucker Pals
 Author: Anonymous 
Finland Books
 1988 
FIN-147

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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Coming Out
 Author: Anonymous 
Finland Books
 1988 
FIN-148

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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Boy Master
 Author: Anonymous 
Finland Books
 1988 
FIN-149

(Cover not found.)

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Men in Chains
 Author: Anonymous 
Finland Books
 1988 
FIN-150

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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Karate Stud
 Author: Anonymous 
Finland Books
 1988 
FIN-151

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Rape Rodeo
 Author: Anonymous 
Finland Books
 1988 
FIN-152 

Available as a downloadable PDF or ebook at Hommi Publishing.

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Brawny Hardhats
 Author: Anonymous 
Finland Books
 1988 
FIN-153

(Cover not found.)

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Guerilla Action
 Author: Anonymous 
Finland Books
 1988 
FIN-154

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And that's all for now.

Next week: ten more tantalizing titles from the Finland Books imprint.

Until then...

Thanks for reading!

The Karate Rap - Holly & David Seeger

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