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>Only human on earth fights the urge to fap for 150 pages and then dies.
>"A classic in it's genre, that popularized the apocalyptic scenario"
>mfw

>> No.8575146

>>8575141
never read it, does he really explicitly not masturbate?

>> No.8575523

If it's such an archetype of its genre, then how come so few people try to copy the shitty twist?

>> No.8575530

>>8575146
About half a dozen times the narrator sees the women vampires gyrating, and they are voluptuous etc. It's implied heavily that he is horny and is temped to fuck them, but it is done in the 1950s euphemistic way that is humorous nowadays.

It's still a good book, an entertaining weekend, holiday, 'cozy' read.

>> No.8575542

>>8575530
This. I know it's from the 50s, but still. He literally goes insane, because he hasn't fucked for 3 years, I couldn't help but laugh.

>> No.8575560

>>8575146
>>8575542

It is more overt than I'd remembered:

>He lurched up and started pacing. What am I going to do now? Go through the routine again? I'll save you the trouble. Reading-drinking-soundproof-the-house--the women. The women, the lustful, bloodthirsty, naked women flaunting their hot bodies at him. No, not hot.

>A shuddering whine wrenched up through his chest and throat. Goddamn them, what were they waiting for? Did they think he was going to come out and hand himself over?

>Maybe I am, maybe I am. He actually found himself jerking off the crossbar from the door. Coming, girls, I'm coming. Wet your lips, now.

>> No.8575571

>>8575560
seems like he absolutely did fap but it became too little

>> No.8575587

>>8575560
There's also one scene, where he drags a female vampire outside her house to let the sun burn her. Then he asks himself why he prefers to do it to females and something like "It's not like I'm going to rape her" or something like that. Again, 3 years without sex. As a wizard apprentice I could only shake my head.

>> No.8575655

>>8575141
Body Snatchers by Jack Finney is another good horror story from about this time.