The Dirty Book
Scope and Contents
This collection currently includes one digital scanned copy of the third issue of The Dirty Book (see individual records for further details). The library does not own any physical copies of The Dirty Book.
Content Note: The Dirty Book includes sexual imagery; graphic, crude descriptions of sexual content; and extensive coverage of adult software.
Dates
- Publication: 1981– 198?
Creator
- Bourbon Street Press (Publisher, Organization)
Historical Note
Historical background on this magazine was provided by software historian Laine Nooney, who loaned their copy of Volume 2, Number 2 to the Video Game History Foundation to digitize.
Extent
1 Magazines
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Dirty Book (subtitled "Users Guide to Erotic Software") was a biannual magazine covering the early adult software industry in the 1980s. Originally started as a catalog for adult software distributors whose products were not carried by other catalogs and retailers, The Dirty Book evolved into a longer publication that contained jokes and stories about sex and computers. It is unclear how long the magazine ran, though it appears to have started in 1981 and ran through at least 1982.
Holdings
Held (digital):
- Volume 2, Number 2, last quarter 1982
Known Missing (digital):
- All issues except Volume 2, Number 2, last quarter 1982
Known Missing (physical):
- All issues
Creator
- Bourbon Street Press (Publisher, Organization)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Video Game History Foundation Library Repository