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Adventures in the Orgasmatron Hardcover - 2011

by Christopher Turner


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From Wilhelm Reich's Orgone Accumulator - a wooden box invented to improve 'orgastic potency' - to the free sex of the 1960s, the 20th century has seen its fair share of bizarre sexual practices. This irreverent account explores the face of sex in the last century, looking at the curious personalities behind each fad.

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  • Title Adventures in the Orgasmatron
  • Author Christopher Turner
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers, London
  • Date 2011
  • ISBN 9780007181575 / 0007181574
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.770

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Christopher Turner lives in London and writes for "The Guardian "and other publications.
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London: Fourth Estate, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 532 pp. with bibliography, index. Illustrations. Fascinating story of Wilhelm Reich, a memeber of a group of dozens of expatriated European thinkers who came to the United States in the mid-20th century. Reich, a Viennese psychoanalyst, was one of the most offbeat of these; a Freud disciple, he brocke with the master and his own approach was based on theories of the orgasm and sexual energy. In his practice, he made use of a contraption of wood, metal and steel wool that he dubbed "the orgone box", claiming that by sitting in it, a person could elevate their "orgastic potential", thereby ridding the body of repressive forces, improving sexual potency and enhancing overall health. His theories caught on with such post WWII counter-culture writers and artists such as Burroughs, Ginsberg, Mailer and Bellow. Personally, he faced one debacle after another and… Read More
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