There are a lot of very important writers who wrote for it and important illustrators who did covers and interior illustrations that used pseudonyms." "The more I looked into it and spoke to people involved in it, the more fascinating it became. "Except for one or two books that came out about the gay sleaze books, there's never been a collection about or an examination of the straight world in sleaze publishing," explains Parfrey on his motivation to publish Sin-A-Rama. Other contributors such as no-wave rocker Lydia Lunch actor, director, and writer John Gilmore and science-fiction author Robert Silverberg all help to create this definitive and graphic look inside the nearly forgotten world of dirty books. Parfrey enlisted a slew of talented editors to produce Sin-A-Rama: Sleaze Sex Paperbacks of the Sixties (Feral House), including former editor of Greenleaf Classics Earl Kemp, who actually was jailed for his work as a sex paperback worker. "It was the opposition of how a book is usually made the cover is made from the book itself. "What generally occurred was that they went from the cover image," explains editor and publisher Adam Parfrey. The made sure their titles were eye and crotch catchers and then assigned a talented illustrator to paint a colorfully arousing cover to seal the deal. The publishers of erotic paperbacks took that advice and went one step beyond. Caged Lust asks the sexual question, "Can a big-breasted babe find love with a big hairy gorilla, literally?" Orgy Delight, Sex Happy Hippie, and the verbose The Sensual Sunset Strip Sex-A-Go-Go don't need any explanation.Īs anyone who's taken a creative writing course knows, a scribe worth his or her quill has to hook the reader with the very first sentence. Sex Carnival explores lesbianism under the big tent.
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