There is an adult bookstore in a nearby town. It's in a small building set back from the road, the window-less facade painted a somber shade of blue. The main entrance is off to the side, behind a tall wooden fence that also guards the parking lot from the view of those driving by. A sign hangs crookedly between a weathered set of wooden posts near the road, bearing the name "First Amendment Adult Bookstore".
I've never been inside the store, but I can't deny my curiosity about it. I've got nothing against porn myself, but I have to wonder what exactly the draw is to read an adult book. It seems to me like there would be a lot of unnecessary effort involved.
For starters, it's not very easy to read a book with only one hand. Sure, you can hold a book with one hand easily enough, but since I'm assuming that reading an adult book is like watch an adult video, and that at some point there is going to be some manual stimulation, how do you turn the page? It's got to be frustrating to have to stop every so often to turn the page. Additionally, how does one keep the pages from getting soiled?
Now let's just assume, for equal argument's sake, that you aren't helping yourself to the buffet while reading. How difficult must it be to concentrate on reading while pitching a circus tent in your pants? I don't know if I'd be able to keep anything in my brain long enough to follow even the most basic of plots when a majority of the blood in my veins is going to an entirely different place.
I could be entirely wrong here, but I wouldn't expect to find quality writing in an adult book, like one would would expect upon picking up the latest James Patterson or Jodi Picoult. Then again, I suppose that you don't read adult books for their (non-sexual) entertainment value. I mean, you wouldn't pop in a skin flick into your DVD player if you were looking for skilled acting or general cinematic excellence.
So many other questions beg themselves to be asked. Do they sell used adult books? Do they make adult books in braille for the blind? Is there a best-seller list for adult books? Do the authors ever do book-signing gigs? And I guess, most importantly...
Do adult books only come in hard cover?
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My friend David writes them for a living. Though he usually just says: I'm a writer. Ha. Especially now since his wife insists on dragging him to church. There are adult book of the month clubs in which SEVERAL(you send back the ones you don't want. HaHaHa. I'd burn those) are delivered to you each month, and according to him, it is amazing the number of people who obviously feel they NEED that many adult books. These types are all soft cover. It amazes me as well since I'd thought they were the kind of things people so inclined read over and over.
~Mary
This makes me curious as well. When you finally venture in the store (if you do) definitely write about what you find in there. I would think that they should be in hardcover - they might have to be...err...more durable than other books...
Braille porno?? What if you read braille with the same hand you flog the dolphin with? Now THAT'S a dilemma.
LOL! My first thought was, "do they sell them USED???" Jesus, I hope not. I've wondered about adult literature too and I think you're right...the effort involved is just too much. Unless you find one great page that you can read over and over again, I just don't really get the draw. Oh well, to each his (or her) own!
Good. Now all I can picture in my mind is someone jacking off while reading braille porn. USED braille porn.
So many questions indeed! I suggest a Badass field trip. You've got to go see it and report back to us!
Depends....are they romance books? Or adult books? Like, Literotica stories? Or the girl reader porn? That makes all the difference.
So many questions about adult books that had never occurred to me before. I've been enlightened, haha! Braille would be interesting...
Oh this is funny! And all of your questions seem perfectly valid to me! Thanks for the imagery...
Braille porn, huh? That sounds infinitely more complicated. I really cant understand the appeal of adult books, what's so sexy about reading? Inherently it's an entirely unsexy act. I could understand visual stimulation like pictures or videos, but not really, "Oh my god, that last sentence was incredibly hot."
I have the same question as Daddy Files. That's some serious multi-tasking.
I think you need to go there and report back to us. I double dog dare you!
Do what I do.
Rip all the pages out then put them in a binder with those plastic sheet protectors. No mess!
It's the only time I suggest ripping apart books.
The plastic sheet pages are easier to turn.
Now come here so I can pull your other leg. Well! That didn't sound right given the topic. I'm going to go now. Yeah...
You just took my question of "Do they sell books at the adult book store?" to a whole new level!!! :-) :-)
I would much rather read erotica than watch a porn. I think it's a girl thing.
Uh, I don't think they mean "BOOK STORE." They mean dildo shop.
You can thank me later in an ode to my awesomeness for the search terms.
The 1st Amendments is Farmingdale (outside Disgusta) has videos and "private viewing rooms" - it was a school project, I swear!
Miss Grace is right, it's a girl thing. I think boy brains like images and girl brains like words.
Frank and Mary: What are the odds?
Salut: I'm not sure if I'll ever go in there, but if I do, I'll be sure to write about it.
Daddy Files: That's exactly what I was wondering about, too.
NFTG: I can only imagine how that place glows under a blacklight.
Can't Hardly Wait: You're welcome.
Moonspun: Maybe. Just... maybe.
Mrs Soup: I'm assuming they have more than just romance.
Love Lila: Braille would be interesting.
Laura: Any time!
COTN: I don't find reading too sexy, either. But hey, it works for someone who doesn't have a TV.
X: There are some talented people, I'm sure.
Employee No 3699: Maybe.
Geek By Marriage: Smart thinking!
Nej: Glad I could help. =)
Miss Grace: It must be.
Aunt Becky: Oh, I'll thank you, but it may not be in an ode.
Sherpamom: I wonder if they supply the lotion and tissues.
Jewels: Yeah, you're probably right, too.
Go check the store out already!
Anne Rice writes incredible erotica. Or I guess I should say she wrote, since she started humping bibles a few years ago. Tragic!!
A good erotic book, not those sappy romance novels, keeps life interesting ;) Way better than watching porn in my opinion.
I think adult bookstores also carry magazines and even porn videos, sometimes other erotica. We have a place down the road aways that is called a "superstore" but if it is, it must have an enormous basement, because it's very very small.
I have about 20 Playboy magazine from the 1970's that are totally in braille.
Well, they have tattoos for the blind...
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