Looking for something very sexy and just as smart? Man on Man collects the best and hottest gay sex writing by Simon Sheppard, whom San Francisco magazine dubbed “our erotica king.” Now, Sheppard has selected a heaping helping of his best work—both fiction and nonfiction—in a collection guaranteed to keep any reader up all night.His world is peopled by hunky leathermen, not-so-innocent suburban boys, kinky scuba divers, horny hippies, and beautiful young men in love. Whether recoun...

Smut-meister Simon Sheppard ups the orgasmic ante with The Jockboys Saga, a funny, phallus-filled, postmodern literary romp through sweaty video shoots, sleazy adult theaters and Vegas hotels, assorted orgies and Queer Studies classes. Follow the adventures of pornstars, hunks, and just plain guys as they fall in and out of love, bed, and trouble, leaving a trail of used condoms and broken hearts in their wake. A director’s cut double feature, The Jockboys Saga includes the complete texts ...

“Vin kicked off his battered shorts and did as he was told. He laid there, lean body drenched in sweat, wearing nothing but black hi-tops, white socks, and a jockstrap that barely contained his swelling dick. Coach walked to a corner of the locker room, came back with a barbell. “You’re gonna bench press for me, boy,” he said. “You keep workin’ out, you’ll have a body like a pornstar.” He laid the iron bar in Vin’s outstretched hands. “Now show me how you pump iron.”From the lube-d...

The Boys are Back!Whether they’re shooting porn, majoring in Queer Studies, hustling in Las Vegas, or gangbanging in the shower room, these metafictional musclestuds are guaranteed to get down, get dirty, and get you off!As in his previous volume of hot sweaty stories, Jockboys, Sheppard continues his reign as “Our erotica King,” San Francisco Magazine."Nobody writes erotica like Simon Sheppard does. No one. Simon Sheppard writes full-on smut, but he makes you think...

From the lube-drenched hands of acclaimed Erotica/Gayerotic writer Simon Sheppard comes a suite of sexy stories about pornstars, queer politics, and postmodern penis play. Join Vin Stroker, Casey O’Toole and the rest of the well-hung, fun-loving gang for a smart, smutty romp guaranteed to make you wish you were one of the jockboys. Whether they’re shooting porn, majoring in Queer Studies, hustling in Las Vegas, or gangbanging in the shower room, these metafictional musclestuds are guarante...

Technology-enabled influence operations, including disinformation, will likely figure prominently in adversary efforts to impede U.S. crisis response and alliance management in high-risk, high-impact scenarios under a nuclear shadow. Both Russia and China recognize their conventional military disadvantage vis-à-vis conflict with the United States. As a result, both nations use sub-conventional tactics and operations to support their preferred strategies for achieving favorable outcomes whi...

This is the first book to consider the increasing importance of Jean-Luc Nancy's work, which has influenced key thinkers such as Jacques Derrida. All his major works have been translated into English, yet until now little has been made available on his place in contemporary philosophy. By showing how he situates his work in a contemporary context - the collapse of communism, the Gulf War, and the former Yugoslavia - this outstanding collection reveals how Nancy's engagement with Hegel, Mar...

Simon Templeman stars as brilliant mathematician Alan Turing, the man who cracked the German Enigma code and enabled the Allies to win World War II. Shortly after, Turing was to find that the country he saved cared less about his genius and more about his sexual orientation.Based on the book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges.Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in July, 2003.Breaking the Code is part of L.A. Th...

The insidious Fleet Street barber slit his first throat in an 1846 "penny dreadful," one of those gaudy serialized novels that gleefully offered thrills and gore to sensation-hungry Victorians. TitledThe String of Pearls, it told of Sweeney Todd, whose shop stood next to St. Dunstan's Church, just a few blocks from the Royal Courts of Justice. On this site, he robbed and murdered hundreds of customers. To dispose of their remains, he carried them to an underground bakery of one Mrs. Lovett...

Arising from the 2019 Darwin College Lectures, this book presents essays from seven prominent public intellectuals on the theme of vision. Each author examines this theme through the lens of their own particular area of expertise, making for a lively interdisciplinary volume including chapters on neuroscience, colour perception, biological evolution, astronomy, the future of technology, computer vision, and the visionary core of science. Featuring contributions by professors of neuroscienc...