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Originally Posted by Halk
Well, the judge is right. It's not particularly easy to define - perhaps impossible. My point is those books listed as erotica aren't erotica though, they're just simply porn. I don't think anyone is going to read them for a purpose other than they'd watch a porn film. Which is a shame because it means any actual erotica is going to get lumped in along with them.
Wikipedia makes a reasonably good explanation.
Pornography's objective is the graphic depiction of sexually explicit scenes. Erotica, on the other hand, seeks to tell a story with sexual themes.
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I agree except for the part about it being hard to define.
Erotica as a genre is code for porn, and it does mean that true erotica can't be easily distinguished by genre.
I have that problem with historical fiction. I like fiction written to bring to life the lives of real historical figures, fiction that tries to stay close to historical facts. Unfortunately for me, most "historical fiction" are romances set in the past (ie historical erotica). It's very hard to find books which I might be interested in reading within this genre because they're all lumped together.