This is seriously my kind of smut: a wide variety of utterly perverse situations, actual plots, and a narrative voice straight out of the period in which the book is set (why yes, I have read more than my fair share of Victorian porn: want to make something of it?).

The Erotofludic Age is a collection of three connected stories: "The Ontolological Engine, or, The Modern Leda", "Miss Pierce's Positon", and "The Terminando". The premise is that Mr. Daedalus Tesla is a scientist who has invented a way to collect "erotofluidic energy" to power an ontological engine--and by erotofludic energy he means sexual arousal. So there are devices and machines and all sorts of combinations of partners with this devices and machines and there are sentient geoducks and ontological transformation, too.

Also, Tesla (the author, not the character) neatly handles the consent issues that so often arise and does so in a way that feels true to the period while not offending modern sensibilities--and that makes it sound like I have an issue with modern sensibilities on that front and I do not: unless something is very clearly marked as a rape fantasy, I would prefer that there be no rape. There is no rape in this book.

This is really one of the best erotic books I have ever read--it's funny, engaging, the characters are well-drawn, and the wide variety of sexy times are really, really, really hot. I like a wide variety of sexy times and this book certainly delivers on that front.