Is BDSM Going Mainstream?

I was surprised to see a new BDSM novel called "Fifty Shades of Grey'' being written about on page one of the New York Times today. It says it is the book everybody is talking about but I'd never heard of it.

I have included a link to that story as well as two other stories on it. You can google it for more.

As you may know, BDSM mainstream fiction is somewhat limited. There was the classic "Story of O'' written by a French submissive written for her Dom. A documentary called "Writer of O'' has been done on her. Then there was Nine 1/2 Weeks by a woman whose real identity was never revealed. The film version cut out out most of the BDSM and the novel was spoiled by the ending in which she ends up in a hospital.

Then there was Laura Reese who wrtote two very good books called "Panic Snap'' and "Topping from Below.''

And the Sleeping Beauty series written by Anne Rice under the name A.N. Roquelaure.

And The Marketplace, a series of novels by Laura Antoniou.

If you google BDSM fiction, there are many more but the ones I mentioned have gotten the most attention and I find it interesting that this latest one made the front page of the Times. Maybe it shows more women are willing to admit they are intrigued by BDSM although there are male subs, too. Anyway, here's the links to three stories about it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/10/business/media/an-erotic-novel-50-shades-of-grey-goes-viral-with-women.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/03/the_new_smutty_novel_fifty_shade_of_grey_.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-logan-levkoff/fifty-shades-of-grey-bdsm_b_1318169.html

Have any of you read the book?

FD