{"id":7463,"date":"2013-11-17T21:27:27","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T01:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=7463"},"modified":"2013-11-18T21:51:39","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T01:51:39","slug":"podcast-sex-crime-and-other-arbitrary-genre-labels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-sex-crime-and-other-arbitrary-genre-labels","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Sex, Crime, and Other Arbitrary Genre Labels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Maxim Jakubowski on the Virtual Memories Show (2\/2) by Virtual Memoirist, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chimeraobscura\/8890285146\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"align-right sizemedium\" alt=\"Maxim Jakubowski on the Virtual Memories Show (2\/2)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2889\/8890285146_7454702d7e.jpg?w=440\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_27_-_Sex_Crime_and_Other_Arbitrary_Genre_Labels.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Virtual Memories \u2013 season 3 episode 27 &#8211;<br \/>\nSex, Crime, and Other Arbitrary Genre Labels<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9273\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7463-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_27_-_Sex_Crime_and_Other_Arbitrary_Genre_Labels.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_27_-_Sex_Crime_and_Other_Arbitrary_Genre_Labels.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_27_-_Sex_Crime_and_Other_Arbitrary_Genre_Labels.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_27_-_Sex_Crime_and_Other_Arbitrary_Genre_Labels.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=7463-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_27_-_Sex_Crime_and_Other_Arbitrary_Genre_Labels.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Season_3_Episode_27_-_Sex_Crime_and_Other_Arbitrary_Genre_Labels.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe emotions are what interest me in writing erotica, rather than the hydraulics. . . . Essex House showed me that you could write erotica without pandering to the lowest common denominator\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maximjakubowski.co.uk\/\">Maxim Jakubowski<\/a> has had an amazing multi-decade, multi-genre career as a writer, editor, translator and publisher. During Book Expo America in New York, we sat down to talk about how he feels about being The King of the Erotic Thriller,\u00a0the silliness of genre labels, the perils of having a bad book habit (but not a \u201cbad-book habit\u201d), the story of publishing the first <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0739413546\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0739413546&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">The Mammoth Book of Erotica<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0739413546\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, how e-books have amplified <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sturgeon's_Law\">Sturgeon\u2019s Law<\/a>, how he managed to make a killing off the <em>50 Shades of Grey<\/em> phenomenon, and more!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAs a publisher, you have to accept that it&#8217;s a business. And genre was always accepted as solid, an area where you don&#8217;t lose money: crime, fantasy, science fiction, horror, thrillers.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9274\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7463-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_27_-_Sex_Crime_and_Other_Arbitrary_Genre_Labels.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_27_-_Sex_Crime_and_Other_Arbitrary_Genre_Labels.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_27_-_Sex_Crime_and_Other_Arbitrary_Genre_Labels.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_27_-_Sex_Crime_and_Other_Arbitrary_Genre_Labels.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=7463-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_27_-_Sex_Crime_and_Other_Arbitrary_Genre_Labels.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Season_3_Episode_27_-_Sex_Crime_and_Other_Arbitrary_Genre_Labels.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Maxim Jakubowski on the Virtual Memories Show (1\/2) by Virtual Memoirist, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chimeraobscura\/8889591555\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large alignleft\" alt=\"Maxim Jakubowski on the Virtual Memories Show (1\/2)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5469\/8889591555_3c2c337a91_z.jpg?w=525\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_3_Episode_27_-_Sex_Crime_and_Other_Arbitrary_Genre_Labels.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! Related conversations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-correction-of-taste\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Dirda<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-slipping-the-noose-of-the-topical\" target=\"_blank\">Phillip Lopate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-arts-and-sciences-and-bugs\" target=\"_blank\">David Rothenberg\/Clive Bennett<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-readercon-2013-monsters-memories-and-mythmaking\" target=\"_blank\">Theodora Goss\/Valya Lupescu\/Nancy Hightower<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-putting-the-pro-in-profanity\" target=\"_blank\">Jesse Sheidlower<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em> on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?tag=podcast&amp;feed=rss2\" target=\"_blank\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maximjakubowski.co.uk\/\">Maxim Jakubowski<\/a> worked for many years in book publishing as an editor (including titles by William Golding, Peter Ackroyd, Oliver Stone, Michael Moorcock, Peter Ustinov, Jim Thompson, David Goodis, Paul Ableman, Sophie Grigson, Marc Behm, and Cornell Woolrich) and launched the Murder One Bookshop, which he owned and ran for over 20 years. He now writes, edits and translates full-time in London. He was born in London and educated in France, and <a href=\"http:\/\/maximjakubowski.co.uk\/publications\/\">his books<\/a> have been translated into many languages. From an early age, he was always fascinated by popular culture and his writing and editing has criss-crossed all areas, from science fiction &amp; fantasy to thrillers and, inevitably, erotica.<\/p>\n<p>He conceived one of the genre\u2019s first major contemporary anthologies, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0739413546\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0739413546&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">The Mammoth Book of Erotica<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0739413546\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, which has been followed by 18 more volumes, as well as four books devoted to erotic photography. In addition to more than 80 collections in other genres, Maxim has also edited the <em>Sex in the City<\/em> series, and run the Eros Plus and Neon lists, alongside such crime imprints as Black Box Thrillers, Blue Murder and Maxcrime.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Song for Bob<em>\u00a0by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. The conversation was recorded in Mr. Jakubowski&#8217;s hotel room in Manhattan\u00a0on a pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002SQJLA4\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002SQJLA4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Blue enCORE 200 microphones<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002SQJLA4\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> feeding into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001QWBM62\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B001QWBM62\">Zoom H4n recorder<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B001QWBM62\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. <\/em><em>The intro and outro were recorded at home on a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002VA464S\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002VA464S&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Blue Yeti USB Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002VA464S\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Processing was done in Audacity and Garage Band. Photos of Maxim Jakubowski by me.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories \u2013 season 3 episode 27 &#8211; Sex, Crime, and Other Arbitrary Genre Labels \u201cThe emotions are what interest me in writing erotica, rather than the hydraulics. . . . 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