Rogue Reviews Digest No. 21 - October 26, 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. 231 ["Orange County Babylon" (Part 4 of 8) by MichaelD38]
  No. 232 ["The Bus" by LeAnna]
  No. 233 ["Alone in Berlin" by Lost Girl]
  No. 234 ["Suze's Wake Up Call" by Sam Hammer]
  No. 235 ["Seinfeld - No Man's Land" by Dimitri]
  No. 236 ["Return Engagement" by Otzchiim]
  No. 237 ["Drive-By" by Peter Principle]
  No. 238 ["Until It Hurts" by Crimson Dragon]


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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. 231 - October 19, 1998

Orange County Babylon (Part 4 of 8) by MichaelD38

M/F, F/F

Length: 9,400 words


  NOTES

This is my review of the fourth part of Orange County Babylon.

Part 1 - Rogue Review No. 201
Part 2 - Rogue Review No. 212
Part 3 - Rogue Review No. 221
Part 4 - Rogue Review No. 231

Since reviewing the first part I have decided not to rate the 
individual parts of this story.  I plan on reviewing a part a week, 
until I have read the entire story.  Once I have read the it all I 
will compile all the individual reviews into one big review.


  SUMMARY

Jack's desire to dump Karen has some unforeseen consequences.


  COMMENTARY

There is not much sex in this part of the story.  There is some 
character development, which helps to flesh out some of the main 
characters.

I like the way this part is divided up into sections.  I think it 
works better than Part Three.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14854.txt [1/4]
http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14857.txt [2/4]
http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14856.txt [3/4]
http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14855.txt [4/4]

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=386846276&fmt=raw [1/4]
http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=386853655&fmt=raw [2/4]
http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=386853640&fmt=raw [3/4]
http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=386853628&fmt=raw [4/4]


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Rogue Review No. 232 - October 20, 1998

The Bus by LeAnna

F/M, F/F

Length: 2,600 words

Rating: Good


  SUMMARY

Two women are on a bus.  A guy gets on and sits in front of them.  
The women, knowing that the guy is eavesdropping, spice up their 
conversation.


  COMMENTARY

I was torn between feeling sorry for the guy, and getting aroused by 
the details of the story.


  LINK

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=393394862&fmt=raw


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Rogue Review No. 233 - October 20, 1998

Alone in Berlin by Lost Girl

F/M

Length: 3,000 words

Rating: Good


  SUMMARY

Meg is alone in Berlin, so she calls Chris.


  COMMENTARY

This story did not do anything for me.  It did not enlighten or arouse 
me.  This is not due to a lack of ability on the author's part, but 
rather is due to the fact that I, personally, could not relate to what 
was going on in this story.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/15649.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=395559590&fmt=raw


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Rogue Review No. 234 - October 20, 1998

Suze's Wake Up Call by Sam Hammer

M/F, Teen, Inc

Length: 12,800 words

Rating: N/A


  SUMMARY

Suze is horny and desperate, then she remembers she has a brother.


  COMMENTARY

This might be a good story, but I cannot honestly say, since I did 
not read the whole thing.  From what I did read I can see that it 
needs to be edited.  There are a large number of grammatical errors.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/15683.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=395921917&fmt=raw


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Rogue Review No. 235 - October 22, 1998

Seinfeld - No Man's Land by Dimitri

M/F

Length: 5,600 words

Rating: Excellent


  SUMMARY

Elaine cannot get anyone to look at her tits.  George is dating a 
beautiful woman, and wants to break up with her.  Kramer is writing 
a book.


  COMMENTARY

If you are a fan of Seinfeld (the TV show), then you should like 
this.  It is not very arousing, but it is very funny.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/15717.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=396285351&fmt=raw


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Rogue Review No. 236 - October 24, 1998

Return Engagement by Otzchiim

F/M

Length: 3,200 words

Rating: Very Good


  SUMMARY

Naomi brings Lew a housewarming gift when he returns from overseas.


  COMMENTARY

This is a sweet, romantic story.  It is not very long.  The author 
does show the tension building between Naomi and Lew.  They do not 
jump in the sack in the first paragraph.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/15752.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=396289000&fmt=raw


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Rogue Review No. 237 - October 24, 1998

Drive-By by Peter Principle

M/F

Length: 1,800 words

Rating: Very Good


  SUMMARY

A man thinks of an old flame and the times they shared, as he drives 
past her house.


  COMMENTARY

The story is short and simple.  The sex is hot.  The ending is 
bittersweet.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/16082.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=397852907&fmt=raw


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Rogue Review No. 238 - October 25, 1998

Until It Hurts by Crimson Dragon

F/F

Length: 8,500 words

Rating: Very Good


  SUMMARY

Melissa gets on with her life after breaking up with her fiancee.


  COMMENTARY

This is a soft, gentle story.  There is not much sex.  The focus of 
the story is not sex.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14483.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=382429137&fmt=raw


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10/26/98
