Rogue Reviews Digest No. 17 - September 28, 1998


  NOTICE

If you are easily offended or under the age of eighteen then please 
do not read what follows.


  CONTENTS

Mailing List Information

Ratings

Reviews

  No. 191 ["High Rise" by Mike Hunt]
  No. 192 ["Just a Scratch" by Vickie Morgan]
  No. 193 ["The Garden of Tranquility" by DG]
  No. 194 ["The Long and the Short of It" by MichaelD38]
  No. 195 ["Bed (Ar)Rest" by Miss Behavin']
  No. 196 ["All This For Only 79 Cents?" by Baird Allen]
  No. 197 ["The Day He Did It" by Otzchiim]
  No. 198 ["The Magician's Tower" by Kristen]
  No. 199 ["A Wet Day" by Dafney Dewitt]
  No. 200 ["Illusion of Love" by LeAnna]
  No. 201 ["Orange County Babylon" (Part 1 of 8) by MichaelD38]


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  RATINGS

In order from best to worst I rate stories as follows:

Outstanding
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Grudgingly Good
Not Good

The "Outstanding", "Excellent", "Very Good", and "Good" ratings 
indicate, to varying degrees, that I like the story.

The "Grudgingly Good" rating indicates that I think the story is 
well written, but that I find some of the elements in the story 
so disturbing that if I were to review the story based solely on 
my personal tastes I would give it a "Not Good" rating.

The "Not Good" rating indicates that I do not like the story.


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  REVIEWS


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Rogue Review No. 191 - September 21, 1998

High Rise by Mike Hunt

M/F

Length: 6,500 words


  SUMMARY

Mike has a fling with one of his neighbors.


  COMMENTARY

This story is soft in some ways.  I also find it disturbing in 
another ways.  The author does deal with the "element" that I find 
disturbing, but only as an after thought, it seems.

The author misspells "faux pas," a French expression meaning mistake.
Oh, the irony.


  RATING

This is a grudgingly good story.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14772.txt [1/2]
http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14771.txt [2/2]

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=385740953&fmt=raw [1/2]
http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=385740947&fmt=raw [2/2]


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Rogue Review No. 192 - September 21, 1998

Just a Scratch by Vickie Morgan

F/M

Length: 1,400 words


  SUMMARY

An impulse and a suggestion convince a woman to have sex on the hood 
of an expensive car.


  COMMENTARY

There is a twist at the end.

The main character's motivation seems to be revenge.


  RATING

This is a good story.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/13447.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=375735330&fmt=raw


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Rogue Review No. 193 - September 22, 1998

The Garden of Tranquility by DG

M/F

Length: 6,100 words


  SUMMARY

Jace experiments with some of the features of his Virtual Reality 
chamber.


  COMMENTARY

To say that I liked this story would be putting it mildly.  I found 
it both arousing and mentally stimulating.  The plot is very well 
constructed.  The author does a good job including relevant details 
and leaving the rest to the imagination of the reader.  He also does 
a top notch job of mixing sex into a story that includes quite a bit 
more.


  RATING

This is an outstanding story.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14814.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=385759772&fmt=raw


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Rogue Review No. 194 - September 23, 1998

The Long and the Short of It by MichaelD38

M/F

Length: 3,100 words

Rating: Very Good


  SUMMARY

Bart makes a wish and finds his life changed forever, when the wish 
is fulfilled.


  COMMENTARY

This is a very funny story, but I think the author could have cut it 
short.  I was not completely satisfied with the ending.

If you are a man who is obsessed with the size of his trouser snake, 
then you may not find this story amusing.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14517.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=382436415&fmt=raw


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Rogue Review No. 195 - September 23, 1998

Bed (Ar)Rest by Miss Behavin'

F/M, Light Bondage

Length: 3,500 words

Rating: Very Good


  SUMMARY

Stephen interrogates his Trisha, his wife, after he has restrained 
her.


  COMMENTARY

This is a stroke story, but the sudden introduction of some colorful 
elements distinguish it from your garden variety stroke story.

I would have preferred a little less dialogue and a little more 
description, or just a little less description.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14898.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=386867733&fmt=raw


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Rogue Review No. 196 - September 24, 1998

All This for Only 79 Cents? by Baird Allen

M/F

Length: 1,500 words

Rating: Good


  SUMMARY

Fred gets more than he pays for at ye local adult bookstore.


  COMMENTARY

This is a cute little vignette.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14941.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=386883411&fmt=raw


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Rogue Review No. 197 - September 24, 1998

The Day He Did It by Otzchiim

M/F

Length: 1,000 words

Rating: Very Good


  SUMMARY

Richard and Judy do it for the first time.


  COMMENTARY

Up until the very end this story seemed rather plain and 
uninteresting to me.  There is a twist at the end.  This is not your 
average sex story.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14947.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=386885691&fmt=raw


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Rogue Review No. 198 - September 24, 1998

The Magician's Tower by Kristen

M/F

Length: 2,900 words

Rating: Not Good


  SUMMARY

A prophecy is fulfilled in an unexpected manner.


  COMMENTARY

I did not find this story particularly arousing or stimulating.  
There was nothing compelling in the plot.  I did not feel one way or 
the other about the characters.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14996.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=387786924&fmt=raw


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Rogue Review No. 199 - September 24, 1998

A Wet Day by Dafney Dewitt

F/F

Length: 1,400 words

Rating: Very Good


  SUMMARY

Jenny comes home only to find that her lover has found someone new, or 
has she?


  COMMENTARY

I really like this story, but it is a shame that the author did not 
draw it out a little bit more.  I like the characters and I like the 
way the author leads into the sex.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/15017.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=388112873&fmt=raw


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Rogue Review No. 200 - September 26, 1998

Illusion of Love by LeAnna

M/F

Length: 7,000 words

Rating: Very Good


  SUMMARY

Ray tricks Costello into having virtual sex with him, but things do 
not turn out quite as he planned.


  COMMENTARY

This story is a little disturbing.  There is something about it that 
rubs me wrong and I cannot figure out what it is.  The ending is 
appropriate, but somewhere in the story something felt out of place 
or missing.

Possibly it is the fact that a female author wrote a story from the 
male point of view and I think she did a damn good job of it.  I am 
not sure.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14709.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=384056029&fmt=raw


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Rogue Review No. 201 - September 27, 1998

Orange County Babylon (Part 1 of 8) by MichaelD38

M/F, M/F/F, M/F/F/F/F/F/F

Length: 15,500 words

Rating: Very Good


  NOTE

I will be reviewing one part a week, until I have read and reviewed 
it all.


  SUMMARY

Jack discovers sex, after moving in with Karen and her mother.


  COMMENTARY

I found this, the first installment, both arousing and disturbing.  
On the one hand Jack is aroused by the situation, on the other he is 
convinced that what he is doing is wrong.  I take this as an 
indication that he has a sense of responsibility; how refreshing.

I did not give this part of the story a higher rating because there 
is not enough character or plot development.  On the other hand, it 
does show a lot of promise.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14649.txt [1/4]
http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14650.txt [2/4]
http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14653.txt [3/4]
http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14651.txt [4/4]

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=383797472&fmt=raw [1/4]
http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=383797476&fmt=raw [2/4]
http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=383797497&fmt=raw [3/4]
http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=383797483&fmt=raw [4/4]


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