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The Joy of Sex | 
 enlarge | Author: Alex Comfort
Publisher: Pocket
Category: Book
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 44564
Media: Paperback
Edition: 30 Anv
Pages: 240
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10 x 7 x 0.7
ISBN: 074347774X
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.96
EAN: 9780743477741
ASIN: 074347774X
Publication Date: November 18, 2003
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Amazon.com Review
The original Joy of Sex, published in 1979, became the lovemaking guide to intimate discovery and experimentation for a generation of adults. This updated, 30th-anniversary edition is a gorgeous, sensual book that will delight lovers, whether they're discovering sex or renewing passion. Purple print on pale pink and soft lilac pages lend a sensual air before you even start reading. Beautiful drawings (and a few color photographs) of young, smiling, coupling couples (heterosexual only) serve to graphically illustrate sexual positions and interactions. The facial expressions convey affection and tenderness as much as passion. The nonjudgmental, gentle tone, aimed at both novice love makers and those looking to expand their sensual play, is lyrical and not at all sleazy. The updated content includes safe sex cautions and a section about AIDS. True, this new edition isn't updated enough to seem particularly "new" to readers who came of age with the original edition. The content is still exclusively heterosexual. Surprisingly, vibrators merit only one paragraph (while "foursomes and moresomes" get a full page), and lubricants are treated dismissively. But this book will appeal to a whole new generation of readers, and even readers who still own a lop-eared, 30-year-old Joy of Sex will find sensual sparks rekindled with this lovely new edition. --Joan Price
Product Description
The ultimate guide to lovemaking The uninhibited bestseller that has sold more than 8 million copies since its first publication in 1972 is now updated and revised for a new generation. As captivating and provocative as ever, and filled with illustrations, The Joy of Sex sparks the imagination with its playful, erotic, and exhilarating presentation. But most of all, it is the no-nonsense yet fun approach of Dr. Alex Comfort that speaks to anyone seeking to achieve greater sexual satisfaction -- as he contends with every aspect of our sexual territory, including today's most vital issues: AIDS and other venereal diseases, the practice of responsible sex, birth control, Viagra, menopause, and more. Candid, inviting, and informative, this is the classic guide that's never gone out of style, as decades of readers discover that nothing compares to the joy of sex.
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 Kids these days November 30, 2008
TNH (Brooklyn)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Oh, be nice to this book. You have no idea how much bad sex there was before it was published.
Seriously. Like, Comfort may have underplayed oral sex by today's standards, but he explained how to do it! With pictures and everything! He said it was fun! AND THAT WAS NEWS!
Granted, Alex Comfort liked armpits. But in the meantime, he was implying that you could kiss your sweetie in all kinds of nonstandard places, just because you liked kissing them there. Et cetera and so forth.
It was earthshaking. Epochal. Those were the days when sex was Penis First, Last, and Only, and if that wasn't enough to give a women orgasms, it was her fault. (Honest, people actually said that.) So many things in The Joy of Sex that seem obvious now were revelatory then.
And not only was the book instructive; it had a clean, harmless, friendly vibe that made things less embarrassing, and it sold well. Those two things made other, more sophisticated books about sex a lot easier to publish.
So be grateful. A little, anyway. If The Joy of Sex is out of date, that's a wonderful thing. It means we've come a long way since then. And in the meantime, it's still a nice My First Reader for sexual technique.
"Negresse" August 2, 2008
K. Campbell (Limerick, PA USA)
I (obviously) can't be 100% certain, but I think "negresse" is a play on the word "egresse"...meaning "the action or right of going or coming out; exit".
I don't think it has anything to do with race; just 'the back door'.
 A well written classic about the human sexual experience. February 23, 2008
Bunkie57 (So. Ohio USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a new edition of a classic book about human sexuality. It is informative, tastefully written and illustrated, and in no way pornographic. A good book for young couples (or older) who might wish to deepen their understanding of their own sexuality through expert advice and education rather than the cheapness of lesser books or porn.
 Disappointed January 7, 2008
J Lau
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book is informative & I expected it to be, but the writing quality is very disappointing, it's a bunch of incongruent phrases thrown together. I'm not sure to blame the writer or the editor. If it wasn't for the pictures, my fiancee and I wouldn't probably continue with it. There's so many ways to improve this book it's sad that it hasn't been done.
Imagine Rombauer's The Joy of Cooking... and add sex to the mixture. May 24, 2007
E. Obata (St. Louis, MO USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
On lilac folds, with a hint of retro in themes, Comfort incites us all.
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