Hogg Modern Erotic Classics edition by Samuel Delany Literature Fiction eBooks
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The classic and controversial novel made available again; Acclaimed winner of the William Whitehead Memorial Award for a lifetime's contribution to gay and lesbian literature, bestselling and award-winning SF author Samuel R. Delany wrote Hogg three decades ago. Since then it has been one of America's most famous 'unpublishable' novels. The subject matter of Hogg is our culture of sexual violence and degeneration. Delany explores his disturbing protagonist Hogg on his own turf - rape, pederasty, sexual excess - exposing an area of violence and sexual abuse from the inside. As such, it is a brave but necessary book.
A shocking and contemporary insight into a parallel world of sex and cravings that lies in wait in the shadows of our own world.
Hogg Modern Erotic Classics edition by Samuel Delany Literature Fiction eBooks
HOGG was written in 1968, a few short months before the Stonewall Riots. Brimming with anger and pent up sexuality, HOGG is (by the author's admission) a pornographic novel for nobody. It's the kind of novel that's hard to describe as "good," even though it's masterfully constructed and hard-hitting. It's also disgusting on a deep, visceral level--multiple levels, actually.The (mostly) nameless, voiceless narrator of HOGG is an underage boy of possibly mixed race who begins his narrative by immediately shifting focus from himself to Hogg, a character so vile that it's hard to write a PG description of him. His profession is that of a rape artist. He rapes specific women in exchange for cash and enjoys his work, though admittedly he prefers the company of men.
When the narrator and Hogg meet, it leads to a weekend of unspeakable violence and puke-worthy sex. Racism literally abounds; some characters are referred to just by an epithet, and some of their names are only revealed in police reports. HOGG, the novel, plays on our sense of pity--we want to feel bad for the narrator. It's easy to see him as a victim of society. But as the pages go on, it gets harder and harder as he becomes more than an active participant in the goings-on.
The word "love" is never mentioned in the 200+ page novel, but the reader can feel an approximation of it in the relationship between Hogg and the narrator--maybe. This makes the ending just that much more powerful, when the narrator speaks his only line of dialogue.
This is a very powerful book, whether you can find something redeemable in it or not. It's very much a product of its time, and furthermore, it SAYS something, which I think these so-called "extreme" horror authors could learn a thing about. HOGG is not just filth for the sake of filth, or violence for the sake of violence. When put in context, it's heart-breaking and vile at the same time. I don't know if another book has ever made me feel this way.
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Hogg Modern Erotic Classics edition by Samuel Delany Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Well that was certainly an experience no need to die and go to hell no I've already been there read about it now all I need is the damn t-shirt
I knew upon purchase what I was in for, but perhaps not to the magnitude of vile description within the writing. I can understand the appeal to hardcore gore fans, but it wasn't for me as I couldn't make it past 25 pages without feeling overwhelmingly ill. Read at your own risk.
I read Hogg in two sittings at Perkins here in Ames, IA. During the first, a friend sat where she could see me as I read. I kept distracting her with my reactions most often a look of disgust "as if maggots were crawling out of your book". But occasionally there were those incredibly funny parts...whether intentional or not, generally bits of extreme understatement ("really unhappy" indeed).
In Hogg, you are taken on a journey by another of Delany's silent-observer characters, through the life and times of a rapist-for-hire, Hogg. Hogg lives up to his name, rolling in literal filth whenever possible. In thinking about it now, I'm giving myself occasional heebie-jeebies, but it really isn't any worse than whan you can find on the usenet binaries hierarchy. In fact, I don't recall a single act of bestiality in the book, so Delany really has some more area to work with.
I enjoyed the gross-out factor, I admit. As well, it helps add some more flesh to the subjects that Delany works with. It also explores the regions that many people don't even want to admit exist, let alone think, read, or talk about. For that reason I'd recommend it to anyone with the note that it is not for those uncomfortable with sex at it's most perverse.
Combine the most shocking parts of "The Painted Bird" and "The Last Exit to Brooklyn". Then put it all on steroids. I'm giving it a three because it is certainly well written although the subject "matter" is gross. Rape, mass murder, child abuse, and very Progressive Liberal mating rituals.
Really messed up. Like seriously there's a lot of stuff in this book that will want to make you gag. Also keep in mind the character is an 11 year old. It's kind of funny though, anyone seen the SouthPark episode where the boys write their own "banned" book? Yeah, you got this right here.
Wow. This book was so well written. Images came to mind so clearly and with such great detail. The story was absolutely repulsive, disgusting, downright NASTY. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone I know personally, but if you're into stuff like that, READ IT. I gagged through a large part of it. I really enjoyed it. I'm so ashamed.
This was a shocking book. Recognizing that it is a novel, if it is compendium of things that are being done or have been done, the book reveals a world beyond dark. I believe that it is a function of art to reveal things to us that we might not see. This book does that. I have seen the transition in freedom of expression from Blue Moon and the Marilyn Monroe picture to today and am grateful for it. However, this book is so obscene and violent, it is difficult to read. As a work of literature it is important. It is important to know that such things occur, at least enough to be brought to light for observation. It is important to see what trains of thought are out there. For me, as a 75 year old and not exactly prudish, this was a very enlightening and raw experience. I have not finished it.
HOGG was written in 1968, a few short months before the Stonewall Riots. Brimming with anger and pent up sexuality, HOGG is (by the author's admission) a pornographic novel for nobody. It's the kind of novel that's hard to describe as "good," even though it's masterfully constructed and hard-hitting. It's also disgusting on a deep, visceral level--multiple levels, actually.
The (mostly) nameless, voiceless narrator of HOGG is an underage boy of possibly mixed race who begins his narrative by immediately shifting focus from himself to Hogg, a character so vile that it's hard to write a PG description of him. His profession is that of a rape artist. He rapes specific women in exchange for cash and enjoys his work, though admittedly he prefers the company of men.
When the narrator and Hogg meet, it leads to a weekend of unspeakable violence and puke-worthy sex. Racism literally abounds; some characters are referred to just by an epithet, and some of their names are only revealed in police reports. HOGG, the novel, plays on our sense of pity--we want to feel bad for the narrator. It's easy to see him as a victim of society. But as the pages go on, it gets harder and harder as he becomes more than an active participant in the goings-on.
The word "love" is never mentioned in the 200+ page novel, but the reader can feel an approximation of it in the relationship between Hogg and the narrator--maybe. This makes the ending just that much more powerful, when the narrator speaks his only line of dialogue.
This is a very powerful book, whether you can find something redeemable in it or not. It's very much a product of its time, and furthermore, it SAYS something, which I think these so-called "extreme" horror authors could learn a thing about. HOGG is not just filth for the sake of filth, or violence for the sake of violence. When put in context, it's heart-breaking and vile at the same time. I don't know if another book has ever made me feel this way.
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