tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post3015179900093878..comments2024-03-27T17:14:54.791-05:00Comments on Glorious Trash: Toga Porn ManiaJoe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-60494920559895853172023-10-05T06:09:50.399-05:002023-10-05T06:09:50.399-05:00Those Amazon links don't work anymore. Is ther...Those Amazon links don't work anymore. Is there another place to see your fine lists?Benjamin Chandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11542308184892164623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-12269137348703739352012-01-30T10:57:40.102-06:002012-01-30T10:57:40.102-06:00I've heard of that series, but never read any ...I've heard of that series, but never read any of them. It looks like the volumes are getting pricier and pricier on the web. My understanding though is that the contents of the novels themselves are nowhere as trashy as those Boris Valejo covers would imply -- someone emailed me about this series back when I first put those toga porn lists up on Amazon, and he told me the "Slaves"Joe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-30711390668057517782012-01-29T03:58:08.238-06:002012-01-29T03:58:08.238-06:00Just finished your article on toga porn in the lat...Just finished your article on toga porn in the latest Paperback Fanatic. Have you heard of the "Slaves Of The Empire" series by Dael Forest? I was wondering if it was any good.DJ Capybarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01095364541765735977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-30298984271177251412010-12-15T11:46:48.625-06:002010-12-15T11:46:48.625-06:00Thanks for the detailed recommendation! Those ...Thanks for the detailed recommendation! Those '50s toga porn novels are something else. I've had a hard time getting through the few I've read for the same reasons you detail above. I prefer the books from later on -- of all of the books on my two lists, "The Barbarian Princess" by Laura Buchanan (aka Florence King) is my favorite, and highly recommended.Joe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-15227964759880173862010-11-29T13:28:23.780-06:002010-11-29T13:28:23.780-06:00Hi Joe
I just came across another contender for y...Hi Joe<br /><br />I just came across another contender for your toga porn lists in F. Van Wyck Mason's novel, "The Barbarians" (1954), which is a bit of a classic in the macho ‘50s tradition of what is described as the “lusty novel of war and love”.<br /><br />Cealwyn, a bold and brawny young Celt from the Cassiterides, becomes the love-slave of a nymphomanic Carthiginian noblewomanAnnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02367569632016734415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-87085927382418620002010-09-21T03:41:11.284-05:002010-09-21T03:41:11.284-05:00Hi guys - thanks both for opening up a whole new w...Hi guys - thanks both for opening up a whole new world of trashy fiction - I had no idea that there was this much quality out there.<br /><br />I note that many of the books are quite old, so for the expense of few quid I can happily rip them off and keep the "Gladiatrix" story going! (I'm kidding if there are any lawyers reading this *lol*)<br /><br />Also, its an honour to make itRussell Whitfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13874197474626399934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-8326664226638089412010-09-18T02:11:09.188-05:002010-09-18T02:11:09.188-05:00Ouch- that gear grinding sounds painful and defini...Ouch- that gear grinding sounds painful and definitely to be avoided :) Meant to suggest another one for you before, but forgot. This is an unlikely contender, - it's by Poul Anderson. PA usually wrote fantasy and sci-fi, but round about 1960 he wrote a couple of wonderfully trashy straight historical fiction novels in the macho style of the times "Rogue Sword" is set in the 14th Annishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02367569632016734415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-1826373458072005102010-09-18T01:03:51.870-05:002010-09-18T01:03:51.870-05:00Russ and Annis, thanks for the comments. I'll...Russ and Annis, thanks for the comments. I'll add Gladiatrix to my Amazon list. I think I came across it while putting the lists together but I can't remember why I didn't include it. Probably just forgot. I won't add the Spartacus show, though. The stupid "Matrix" slo-mo action scenes and the cgi-rendered backgrounds (which don't look a tad bit real) just grindJoe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-42047126106210927592010-09-16T15:49:01.373-05:002010-09-16T15:49:01.373-05:00Hi Joe
Love your Amazon toga-porn lists which I d...Hi Joe<br /><br />Love your Amazon toga-porn lists which I discovered on Steven Saylor's site, and as a longtime trash-queen, I've been having lots of fun checking them out and passing them on to others I know will enjoy them.<br /><br />I second Russell Whitfield's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gladiatrix-Russell-Whitfield/dp/0312534884" rel="nofollow">"Gladiatrix"</a> as Annishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02367569632016734415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-65116045480563828482010-09-16T05:08:00.862-05:002010-09-16T05:08:00.862-05:00The guys at the Historical Fiction Online forum po...The guys at the Historical Fiction Online forum pointed me in the direction of your great blog and list on amazon. Have to say that I'm gutted that "Gladiatrix" didn't make it onto your list!<br /><br />Really enjoyed reading the hist-fic section of the blog, I'm going to explore some more.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />RussRussell Whitfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13874197474626399934noreply@blogger.com