Science Fiction Gets Sexy
Author M. Christian proves that science fiction has a heart, soul, and most of all, a libido in his short-story collection, "The Bachelor Machine."
"The Bachelor Machine," a collection of science fiction stories with decidedly erotic themes, is now available from Green Candy Press.
This collection explores the boundaries of both the science fiction and erotica genres. But "The Bachelor Machine" is more than just a book of future sexual speculation. Although the stories are all set somewhere after tomorrow, the issues and dynamics of each one are as familiar and pertinent as they are today -- and have been throughout history. These are stories of cybernetic implants, virtual reality, alien worlds, but, more importantly, they always remain stories of human beings exploring human sexuality. The time and places, the toys and techniques might be different, but the people involved are always experiencing two universals throughout human history: love and sex.
With an introduction by noted erotica/science fiction author Cecilia Tan, "The Bachelor Machine" has already heralded rave comments from the likes of multiple Hugo award-winning author Mike Resnick, the renowned Paul Di Filippo, as well as erotic celebrities such as Thomas Roche, Carol Queen, Marcy Sheiner, and many, many others.
"I'm going to tell you a secret. There are only two people in the world I envy. One is the late Roger Zelazny, whose talent for an almost jazz improvisational way of writing I could never match. The other is M. Christian, for writing exactly what I'd write if only I could get off my ass. Which is to say, raunchy hallucinatory sexfuture dreams that never fail to arouse me and kick me in the gut at the same time. Good stuff."
| | - from the special introduction to "The Bachelor Machine" by Cecilia Tan
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"M. Christian speaks with a totally unique and truly fascinating voice. There are a lot of writers out there who'd better protect their markets -- M. Christian has arrived!"
| | - Mike Resnick, Hugo and a Nebula award winning science fiction author
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"M. Christian's stories squat at the intersection of Primal Urges Avenue and Hi-Tech Parkway like a feral-eyed, half-naked Karen Black leering and stabbing her fractal machete into the tarmac. Portraying a world where erotic life has spilled from the bedroom into the street, and been shattered into a million sharp shards, these tales undercut and mutate the old verities concerning memory, desire and loyalty. Truly a book for our post-everything 21st century."
| | - Paul Di Filippo, acclaimed science fiction author of over 100 stories and five novels
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"When M. Christian writes erotic science fiction, you feel that undeniable sense that a master writer has managed to fit two seemingly disparate pieces of culture together with boundaries so subtle you almost don't know the division was ever there in the first place. Christian's SF writing has the kind of atmosphere that even the best cyberpunk writers would kill for -- and he's evoked it with a freshness that makes a dystopic future seem as crisp as this morning's tech news, as real as a kiss in a dark alley.
| | - Thomas Roche, author or editor of more than fifty books under various names, including the "Noirotica" series.
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"M. Christian is today's premiere erotic shapeshifter, with too many stories to tell to be fenced in by only one gender or identity. Reading these tales is like climbing on for a sexual magic carpet ride through different times and places, diverse bodies, and infinite possibilities."
| | - Carol Queen, author of "The Leatherdaddy & the Femme"
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M. Christian is the celebrated and renowned master of contemporary erotica, with stories appearing in Best American Erotica, Best Gay Erotica, Best Lesbian Erotica, Best Transgendered Erotica, Best Fetish Erotica, Best Bondage Erotica, Friction, and over 150 other anthologies, magazines and websites. He's the editor of over 18 anthologies, including the The Mammoth Book of Tales of the Road and The Mammoth Book of Future Cops (with Maxim Jakubowski) the Best S/M Erotica series, Love Under Foot (with Greg Wharton), The Burning Pen, Guilty Pleasures, and many others. He's the author of three available collections, the Lambda-nominated Dirty Words (gay erotica), Speaking Parts (lesbian erotica), and The Bachelor Machine (science fiction erotica). For more information, check out www.mchristian.com.
The Bachelor Machine
Erotic Science Fiction
Paperback: 270 pages
ISBN: 1931160163
$14.95
PRESS CONTACT:
M. Christian
41 Sutter Street, #1012
San Francisco, CA 94104
zobop@aol.com
www.mchristian.com
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