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SlaveCraft: Roadmaps for Erotic Servitude--Principles, Skills and Tools | 
 enlarge | Author: Guy Baldwin
Publisher: Daedalus Publishing Company
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 71339
Media: Paperback
Pages: 184
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 1881943143
Dewey Decimal Number: 306
EAN: 9781881943143
ASIN: 1881943143
Publication Date: April 2002
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Product Description
Guy Baldwin, author of Ties That Bind, joins forces with a grateful slave to produce this gripping and personal account on the subject of consenual slavery. Philosophical and intense, Slavercraft dares to delve beneath the surface of D/s relationships and gives us an intimate and revealing view from a rare perspective- that of a slave. The authors examine the psychology and spirituality behind the Master/ slave dynamic, and the result is a book that is resourceful, thought provoking and sexually charged. Beautifully written and intriguing, Slavecraft is sure to leave an impact.
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 A DISAPPIONTMENT November 11, 2008
Big Daddy Z. Top (N.H.)
Some slaves may find this of interest but many will not. Baldwin has written some great stuff, so I bought this. But it seems its main author is an anonymous slave who wrote with his help. It appears that the market for books on BDSM is such that anything with a catchy title and an inro by someone well known will get publshed and sell even if it contains little that is new or of interest.
 Not a roadmap at all, but powerful March 25, 2008
Craig (Oakland, CA United States)
Powerful book, potentially dangerous in the wrong hands.
This book has a lot of emotional weight in my life. When my ex-partner became a slave his new Master asked me to read this book. I asked him to read The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities. I found "SlaveCraft" very powerful, but far from perfect. I was also concerned that my partner's Master was using it as a guidebook for their relationship, because it didn't seem to leave much emotional space for a separate relationship. As in, his partnership with me.
Long story short, I read "Slavecraft", he didn't read "The Ethical Slut", and that pattern of behavior continued until my partner and I broke up.
During this very difficult time I had the opportunity to become friends with one of the author's previous Masters, which filled in a lot of the gaps and gave me a whole new perspective on the book.
Today I am with a new partner, and I myself wear a collar proudly. I like to think I serve with integrity and honor, despite my experiences.
I came across the book again as I was unpacking boxes. It taught me a lot about who I am, and what I should expect from others, but it's now something of an un/holy relic. I didn't know whether to kiss it or burn it, so I put it away in a safe place.
This is NOT a roadmap. Treating is as such is, in my opinion, a huge mistake. Rather it's a glimpse into the author's mind at various parts of his life of service. When taken as such, it's a very valuable and powerful book.
Boring and repetitive January 7, 2007
sbp
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
The book is a disjointed rambling which attempts to elucidate the author's philosophy on slavedom. Instead, he repeats, over and over, again and again, that being a slave is simply a state of mind. What makes it intolerable is his annoying use of amateurish mixed metaphors that don't make sense. The writing is uninspiring and boring, simplistic pedestrian grammar and prose. The only redeeming pages are those authored by Pat Califia, whose professional writing stand in stark contrast to that of the author.
 Interesting but ulitimately unhelpful book July 26, 2005
Noir Girl (East Coast, USA)
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
Several people suggested I read this book because they found it the best book about being a submissive, especially a service oriented one. While reading this book was interesting, I found almost nothing in it that would help me in my relationship with my mistress.
The goals and ideas Baldwin sets down are not ones that resonate with me. I read the whole book and felt frustrated that I wasn't getting what I wanted out of it. I didn't feel like I understood service submission any better than when I started the book.
Personally, I would suggest the two Miss Abernathy books. Epecially the work book which is full of exercises to do. I don't agree with everything she says, but I agree with most of it and I have found it extremely helpful.
An eye opener (and then some) June 16, 2004
magellan (Santa Clara, CA)
2 out of 31 found this review helpful
This book is sure to spice up any couple's flagging sex life. I was going to give it to my significant other to read, but my pet gerbil got jealous and I had to return it to our local junior high school's sex-education library. Have you ever noticed that if you eliminate the x, e, and a from "sex education" that it becomes "seduction?" All I can say is that things have changed since I took sex education in school 35 years ago.
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