High praise for Moregasm

When I first got my hands on a copy of Babeland‘s new book Moregasm I opened it with the usual skepticism and then became truly, deeply engrossed flipping through the tome to ogle the hot hot photos and soak up the gleefully fantastic sex information. It’s a perfect sex guide. And I can’t recommend it highly enough. It makes me determined to add a recommended reading widget to my sidebar so I can feature Morgasm even after this post roll by. Moregasm (authored by the founders of Babeland) is a gorgeous, complete guide that is heterosexually focused but not limited to heterosexual sex practices. YAY! And I just noticed that the SF Bay Guardian likes it as much as I do (and that one of the authors is doing a signing tonight) —

The majority of mainstream sex guides currently available follow a formula I’ve never understood, which is to feature real people in the cover photo and then nowhere else in the book. These ludicrous covers, mostly featuring underwear-clad models in suggestively prone positions, are a source of embarrassment at the cash register, but a worse offense is found inside. Upon opening the book the reader discovers, rather than any useful or instructional photos, a slew of black and white diagrams in stick-figure detail accompanied by text that is generally inscrutable. The sexual acts are described in ways that are alternately clinical and deliberately vague, peppered with medical terms like “vasocongestive arousal” along with meaningless Cosmopolitan-isms about revving engines or raising temperatures or similar banalities with which we are all familiar.

Taking this convention into consideration, Moregasm happily does the opposite.

From the outset, Moregasm is non-intimidating and neutral, with a cover that, instead of revealing body parts that might cause certain readers discomfort, finds clever use for the fermata. Not having to hide a book under the bed: always a plus! The inside of the book, conversely, is far from demure. Venning makes sure to feature actual photos of real people in compromising positions, which readers are sure to find, shall we say, insightful. The text is simple when it needs to be, and when a more detailed explanation is required, the descriptions are thorough but clear enough to be understood at all experience levels. (…read more, sfbg.com)