Steampunk's Guide to Sex

Cory Doctorow 8:00 pm Fri Nov 23, 2012

Margaret Killjoy sez, "We just got A Steampunk's Guide to Sex back from the printer! With contributions by Alan Moore, Molly Crabapple, and Professor Calamity, the book covers all kinds of crazy Victorian sexuality as well as ideas about steampunk and geek sexuality in the 21st century. It comes complete with sketchy DIY how-tos and is illustrated by original tintypes."

Prostitution, pornography, sex toys, dirty stories, BDSM, gay New York, can-can dancers, strippers, tight-laced corsets, prudery, polyamory, consent, venereal diseases, piercings, birth control, aphrodisiacs, creepers, floggers, steam-powered vibrators, sex slang—mad historian Professor Calamity and his assembled crew of steampunk authors, artists, and performers share everything you want to know, and more, about sex under the reign of Victoria and sex in our modern subculture. Featuring contributions by: Professor Calamity,
Luna Celeste,
Molly Crabapple,
KC Crowell,
O.M. Grey,
Sarah Hunter (aka Lady Clankington),
Margaret Killjoy,
Canis Latrans,
Talloolah Love,
Screaming Mathilda,
Alan Moore,
Miriam Roček,
J.I. Wittstein.

A Steampunk's Guide to Sex

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