"Maybe they figured that title would sell a lot more books."
Gerry
Not this one:
"The Duty to Stand Aside: Nineteen Eighty-Four and the Wartime Quarrel of George Orwell and Alex Comfort" by Eric Laursen
I had no idea who Alex Comfort was, or that one of his works was "The Joy of Sex." ?Comfort was a strange bird, but was involved in a range of interests.
I read the book because I know the author, and half-wonder if he was shooting for the" Bookseller/Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year."
The publisher is AK Press, ?an anarchist publishing house, which is also an interesting site to peruse, though I probably won't buy anything there.
Ed
On Friday, April 16, 2021, Gerry Archer <
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Heh! Heh! Maybe they figured that title would sell a lot more books.
Gerry
On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:40:21 -0700
"Ed Lomas" <relomas2@...> wrote:
> I haven't read "All About Men," but that reminds me; I just finished
> reading a book about a wartime debate between George Orwell and Alex
> Comfort, who wrote "The Joy of Sex."? The debate had nothing to do with
> sex, though.
> Ed
>
> On Friday, April 16, 2021, Gerry Archer <archer75@...> wrote:
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> > That was back in the late 50's or early 60's so they must have changed the
> > rules later. They had no more children while they were living near us and I
> > suspect the bishop was following the old rule since his personality
> > changed. Before he was always cheerful and friendly but then he became
> > solemn and disinclined to talk like he had before. With some people, sex is
> > a big part of their married life according to what I've read about the
> > sexual nature of people; Masters and Johnson for example. Have you ever
> > read a book titled "All About Men"? It was written by a non-Mormon doctor
> > practicing among Mormons and non-Mormons. It was a very good true-to-life
> > bio.
> > probably written about his life in the early 20th century.
> > Gerry
> >
> > On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 11:38:45 -0700
> > "Ed Lomas" <relomas2@...> wrote:
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> > > "The bishop....said contraceptives were a no-no so I asked him what a
> > > couple does when they have all the children they want. He said we just
> > > don't do sex."
> > > Gerry
> > >
> > > That wasn't true in the seventies in Idaho.? My friend's father was a
> > > bishop and the bishop and his wife used them. A Mormon neighbor called a
> > > Mormon plumber I knew to free a plugged pipe to the septic tank.? The
> > pipe
> > > was clogged with used condoms.
> > > Ed
> > >
> > > On Friday, April 16, 2021, Gerry Archer <archer75@...> wrote:
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> > > > We had a Mormon "bishop" or whatever they call their local preachers
> > > > living near us. He worked at the university and he and his wife went
> > to a
> > > > party type function. Someone fixed his wife a strong drink. I don't
> > know if
> > > > she didn't realize it was alcoholic or just didn't care, but
> > apparently she
> > > > was feeling no pain. The bishop said something about when they have
> > their
> > > > next child. His wife said: "you can tell that old boy at the temple in
> > SLC
> > > > I'm not having any more children; 6 is enough. The bishop said: Be
> > still.
> > > > You don't know what you are saying."
> > > > That's all I remember from the tech who was at the party. I always
> > > > wondered if she did have more children. She was a descendant of one of
> > the
> > > > original settlers according to the bishop.
> > > > Gerry
> > > > PS: The bishop often bugged me about becoming a Mormon and I asked him
> > > > questions about how Mormonism actually works. He said contraceptives
> > were a
> > > > no-no so I asked him what a couple does when they have all the children
> > > > they want. He said we just don't do sex. I thought "wow" and didn't
> > say any
> > > > more.
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 10:06:06 -0700
> > > > "Ed Lomas" <relomas2@...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > ..,,facing excommunication for acting like all-other non-Mormon sex
> > > > therapists:
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> > > > faces-discipline-and-16105639.php
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