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1) Iron widow
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"The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall of China. It doesn't matter that the girls die from the mental strain. When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it's to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister's death. But when she gets her vengeance, it becomes clear that she is an Iron Widow, a rare...
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Despite his HIV status, it is hard to feel sympathy for Jean, the 27-year-old hedonistic, bisexual Parisian filmmaker protagonist, because he lacks the basic decency to tell 17-year-old Laura that he is HIV-positive when they first make love. Written in precise yet feverish prose, the novel is a study in massive denial. Jean lives in the sexual fast lane, taking anonymous lovers and having an affair with Sammy, a moody sadomasochistic hooligan who...
8) Scary kisses
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The East Village in the early eighties - Andy Warhol, CBGBs, Max's Kansas City, 'flower shops' on St. Mark's Place, carnival-barking madmen in Tompkins Square Park - what's a boy like Todd doing in a place like this? He's working the front desk nine-to-five at an uptown travel agency and drifting through a youthfully close relationship with his girlfriend Lucy - a relationship that hasn't yet found its dark side, but it's about to. Todd just doesn't...