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Thursday, July 24, 2025

Hilaritas releases 'The Book of Forbidden Words'

 


Hilaritas Press has released its new edition of The Book of Forbidden Words, formerly Playboy's Book of Forbidden Words, an early RAW book, one of the few I didn't have; I bought my copy of the new edition late last night. Kudos to Bobby Campbell for the great cover!

There's a new introduction from Vincent Murphy.

Rasa writes, in the newsletter announcing the book, "Usually you don't just read a dictionary from start to finish, but the editors and proofreaders at Hilaritas Press did just that, and we were all delighted by the experience. This dictionary offers an astounding view of a cultural history seldom discussed. A couple of us were amused that RAW took one rather salacious description of a complicated sex act, and put it in as a scene in his second published book, The Sex Magicians. You can look in both books for the Flying Philadelphia Fuck. More than just a dictionary, this book was a lot of fun to read."


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