Fifty Shades of Grey

richlevy · 08-02-2012, 08:24 PM

What is so great about this book? Has anyone here read it? They make sound like 9 1/2 Weeks. I read somewhere that it is outselling Harry Potter in the UK.

Is the target demographic women?

Aliantha · 08-02-2012, 08:30 PM

I want to know too. Everyone is reading it or has read it. It's amazing how many people have read it, mostly women. I don't know of any men who have.

richlevy · 08-02-2012, 08:48 PM

I'm trying to guess too. Is it just one step beyond a Romance novel?

I don't think that I'm going to be spending 10 bucks on something like that. If I really want to read woman's point of view porn involving a rich guy, I'll read this for free.

Clodfobble · 08-02-2012, 10:32 PM

I read somewhere that it began as a Twilight fanfic. I would never bother to read it because there is TONS of that kind of thing for free on the internet.

Can straight slashfic still be called slashfic? This is something Cloud would have been able to answer, I bet.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-02-2012, 11:36 PM

Porn for women.

zippyt · 08-03-2012, 12:08 AM

ha

Aliantha · 08-03-2012, 12:18 AM

haha...that's funny.

Aliantha · 08-03-2012, 12:19 AM

It occurs to me that men should be taking advantage of all these warmed up women.

Fifty Shades of Grey: The 'fluffer' of the new millennium!

Sundae · 08-03-2012, 03:42 AM

I've heard it's poorly written and repetitive. It could do with editing down to a third of the length. Apparently there are three pages spent by the herione deciding whether to wear her hair in a ponytail or not. And other similar examples I haven't committed to memory.

I'll read it in September, when my colleagues have finished it. Can't say I'm frustrated by the wait

And yes, slash can be hetero. The slash is just to separate the names of the protagonists. I find the M/M pairings much more exciting though. Some of the fanfic I have read for free online has been so good I struggle to remember it's not actually canon. For example we know very little about Captain John Hart in Torchwood, but he has an extensive back-history in slash... Hmmm, wonder why that is?

Trilby · 08-03-2012, 06:11 AM

I'll betcha Sundae could write a more literary, juicier, filthier book with her eyes closed and one hand behind her back.

Sundae · 08-03-2012, 06:27 AM

Ah, but I didn't.
Too busy working on a better mousetrap...

Trilby · 08-03-2012, 06:29 AM

well, I'm sure it's a sexy mousetrap!

ZenGum · 08-03-2012, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

I'll betcha Sundae could write a more literary, juicier, filthier book with her eyes closed and one hand behind her back.

Close, but not quite ...

Guy I know found this on his GF's bedside table:

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glatt · 08-03-2012, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Guy I know found this on his GF's bedside table:

I hope he recognized it as the invitation it was.

Sundae · 08-03-2012, 10:40 AM

What, for the dog?
Oh no, that's peanut butter...

08-02-2012, 08:24 PM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Fifty Shades of Grey What is so great about this book? Has anyone here read it? They make sound like 9 1/2 Weeks. I read somewhere that it is outselling Harry Potter in the UK. Is the target demographic women? __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

08-02-2012, 08:30 PM	#2
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I want to know too. Everyone is reading it or has read it. It's amazing how many people have read it, mostly women. I don't know of any men who have. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-02-2012, 08:48 PM	#3
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I'm trying to guess too. Is it just one step beyond a Romance novel? I don't think that I'm going to be spending 10 bucks on something like that. If I really want to read woman's point of view porn involving a rich guy, I'll read this for free. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

08-02-2012, 10:32 PM	#4
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I read somewhere that it began as a Twilight fanfic. I would never bother to read it because there is TONS of that kind of thing for free on the internet. Can straight slashfic still be called slashfic? This is something Cloud would have been able to answer, I bet. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

08-02-2012, 11:36 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Porn for women. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-03-2012, 12:08 AM	#6
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	ha Attached Images __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

08-03-2012, 12:18 AM	#7
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	haha...that's funny. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-03-2012, 12:19 AM	#8
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	It occurs to me that men should be taking advantage of all these warmed up women. Fifty Shades of Grey: The 'fluffer' of the new millennium! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-03-2012, 03:42 AM	#9
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I've heard it's poorly written and repetitive. It could do with editing down to a third of the length. Apparently there are three pages spent by the herione deciding whether to wear her hair in a ponytail or not. And other similar examples I haven't committed to memory. I'll read it in September, when my colleagues have finished it. Can't say I'm frustrated by the wait And yes, slash can be hetero. The slash is just to separate the names of the protagonists. I find the M/M pairings much more exciting though. Some of the fanfic I have read for free online has been so good I struggle to remember it's not actually canon. For example we know very little about Captain John Hart in Torchwood, but he has an extensive back-history in slash... Hmmm, wonder why that is? Attached Images __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

08-03-2012, 06:11 AM	#10
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I'll betcha Sundae could write a more literary, juicier, filthier book with her eyes closed and one hand behind her back. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

08-03-2012, 06:27 AM	#11
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Ah, but I didn't. Too busy working on a better mousetrap... __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

08-03-2012, 06:29 AM	#12
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	well, I'm sure it's a sexy mousetrap! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

08-03-2012, 10:40 AM	#15
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	What, for the dog? Oh no, that's peanut butter... __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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