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In the 21st century, a number of female authors have
risen to prominence, including Alison Tyler, Rachel
Kramer Bussel and Carol Queen.
A development in contemporary erotica has been that,
contrary to some previous views that it was mainly a
male interest, many women readers are aroused by it,
whether it be traditional pornography or tailor-made
women's erotica. Romantic novels are
sometimes marketed as erotica—-or vice versa—-as
"mainstream" romance in recent decades has begun to
exhibit blatant (if poetic) descriptions of sex. Erotic
romance is a relatively new genre of romance with an
erotic theme and very explicit love scenes, but with a
romance at the heart of the story. Erotic fantasy is a
subgenre of fantasy fiction and utilizes erotica in a
fantasy setting. These stories can essentially cover any
of the other subgenres of fantasy, such as high fantasy,
contemporary fantasy, or even historical fantasy.
Erotic fantasy has similarities to romantic fantasy but
is far more graphic and goes into much more detail when
describing sex scenes. Erotic fantasy can also be found
in fan fiction. Much erotic fanfic is based on science
fiction, fantasy, or mainstream television series (e.g.
Star Trek, Beauty and the Beast, Highlander, Criminal
Minds) and movies (e.g. Harry Potter, Star Wars, Lord of
the Rings), using existing characters in relationships
either hinted at or wholly undreamed of by their
creators, in genres like slash (homoerotic fan fiction),
elf porn, etc. Fan fiction and its Japanese counterpart,
doujinshi, account for an enormous proportion of all
erotica being written today;[citation needed] doujinshi
are mostly hand-published, fanfic is mostly online.
Erotic Literature - Internet erotic fiction
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