Over the weekend, I kept an eye on all the amazing tweets posted by those attending Eroticon 2014. (For those who don’t know, this brilliant annual event, founded by Ruby Kiddell, brings together erotica writers, sex bloggers, publishers and a host of other individuals who are interested in, to quote the Eroticon slogan, ‘writing sex right’.) There was one session in particular that generated a lot of Twitter action: a talk on censorship by Zak Jane Keir (@decadentmadamez), Pandora Blake (@pandorablake), and Myles Jackman (@ObscenityLawyer). And then I saw this tweet by @HarperEliot.
The idea of burning a book – any book – makes me physically cringe. And if we’re talking obscenity? Well, the below image pretty much sums it up for me.
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I missed YOU!!!! It was so great and on a number of occasions I thought… oh Jane would love this. You image is darkly powerful and chilling… it is indeed a sad world
Mollyxxx
I was there in tweet-spirit!
There’s no denying it would have been fab to be there in person, though. I had such a blast last year. Urgh! I miss you guys. Why is this island so far away? xxxxxx
Wow, I love this powerful shot. It’s simple but it says so much!
xxPenny
History tells us that burning the boks is just the beginning of the terror.
And when the boks are all burned, they start on the books. This keyboard has forgotten how to type.
Chilling photo… and I totally agree with Silver Dom’s sentiments :/
~Kazi xxx
Gorgeous and subtle shot with a powerful message. Very nice indeed!
Such a powerful image!
Powerfully put!
~Mia~ xx
I fully agree, and have in my life only disposed of three books. They always go to charity shops or onto a friend, but three of them I felt served no purpose in existing any more. The books are BTW: War and Peace, Blind Faith (Ben Elton) and the Bible. It takes a lot for me to dispose of the written word. Even if I hate the book, there is always someone else who may receive a benefit from it, but I struggled with those three, and feel slightly guilty for it.