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Ryman, Geoff Lust: Or No Harm Done ISBN 13: 9780312312121

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A modern erotic fable finds young scientist David an unwitting subject in a bizarre sexual experiment that enables him to experience a broad range of fantasies with numerous celebrities. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

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Caught in a mid-life crisis, Michael, the slightly weary hero of Geoff Ryman's Lust, finds himself with a somewhat double-edged gift. He can summon anyone he likes--which mostly means mature men--in a convenient disposable copy and make love to them, irrespective of the original's sexuality. None of this does anything for his concentration on a research experiment, his chronic impotence or the collapse of his relationship with his long-term boyfriend, but he does get to have encounters with Tarzan, Alexander the Great, Billie Holliday, Picasso and a cartoon diva. He also learns a lot about himself--we gradually realise that there are major wounds in Michael's past with which he has failed to come to terms; in the end, his gift teaches him something about liking himself. This could have been a piece of playful erotic fluff, or a moralising piece of self-help sentimentality; Geoff Ryman gives us fluff and some serious morality, but also gives us heart and intelligence. We find ourselves caring that Michael gets through this without permanent damage, admiring the dogged brilliance he brings to finding out just what the limits of his gift are. --Roz Kaveney
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  • PublisherGriffin
  • Publication date2004
  • ISBN 10 0312312121
  • ISBN 13 9780312312121
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages400
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