The support showed up in real life, too. At client dinners, on trains. The artist hadn’t quite fathomed the ubiquity of his paperclip until all those memes and encounters. Some even tried to claim credit for the original design. Atteberry would send files to Microsoft’s legal department to prove he was the sole designer. “It’ll probably be mentioned when I die, the creator of Clippy or whatever,” he realized.

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Our FMC Christie is hired by Phil Gates to find an alien artifact in the Silicon Valley. Yes, Delaney calls it the Silicon Valley (emphasis mine). They fly together to an alien vessel uncovered by Gates when his company was literally mining for computer chips. Phil is interested in Christie, but Christie’s having none of it and rejects him. Discover how a forbidden sexual romance between a woman and a watch is possible. Cry out in joy at guest appearances from your favourite technology personalities. Squirm at a twist ending to the first Digital Desires trilogy that will leave you uncomfortably aroused. Conquered by Clippy is a 4000 word short story featuring sexual situations with digital assistants. It's for super mature audiences only. LD: Phil Gates is a fictional character. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.Phil and Christie make their way to the vessel when all of a sudden, they hear a voice asking if they need assistance. And it’s coming from a giant alien paperclip – literally, a walking, talking paperclip – named Clippy, the MMC. For the great people of romancelandia I can only give it one star ⭐ and a very lukewarm recommendation. It was not very good. At all. The petty side of me just doesn't want to reward the author or publisher for stuffing the book's file with more non-book content than the actual book. The reader side of me says that there's much better things to be reading with the time I have on Earth than a Clippy short story. It's called Conquered by Clippy. Rule 34 continues to bestride the Internet like a colossus, apparently. Oh, and there's more … She reached out and grabbed his glowing red end. It was hot, but not too hot. He uncurled further at her touch.

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Was I expecting quality in an erotica about Clippy? Probably not. But I've also been spoilt by bonkers romance that are actually quality. Other books in this flaired series are probably much better, if you're looking for bonkers. These cameos can be easy to miss. Many sources for this story weren’t even aware of them. Some thought Clippy’s reemergence was a simple case of capitalizing on ’90s nostalgia. It was Clippy the cultural icon, after all, that had survived, not Clippy the task wizard who constantly interrupted. Clippy taught me to laugh again, to love again. To trust again. I saw myself in the female protagonist with every sensual prod of Clippy's metal nubbin. But it wasn't just about the sex, oh no. It was about the intimate, sacred bond that can literally heal any wounded soul. A sacred bond of man and metal.

To me, a book that's trying to make fun of something should actually be familiar with the thing it's making fun of. And we get that at some points, like with Phil offering to cuddle for warmth with Christie before Christie rejects him. But as I mentioned earlier, there's enough about the book that doesn't read as Romance of me for me to doubt whether Delaney is at all familiar with Romance or erotica beyond romance-with-a-small-r tropes found outside of the genre. And I think it makes the humour less effective.

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I can safely say that I've never read a romance featuring a giant paperclip before. And after reading this book I don't think I have ever read a romance featuring a giant paperclip, but we'll get to that later. First, the plot rundown. LD: He just does his best to help. But in life and in the bedroom, that doesn’t always work out. I think readers will agree that Clippy’s erotic persona is portrayed as nuanced and realistic. His full potential will be further fleshed out in the many sequels I have planned. MH: We have a pretty extensive guide here at Men's Health called 45 Sex Positions Every Couple Should Try. Which, if any, of these positions could Clippy actually achieve? Which ones would be the most difficult for him? Which ones would he excel at? Leonard Delaney’s Digital Desires Inbox contains three stories of close encounters with technology. There are parts where men are also written pretty poorly too, like with references to Clippy's "glowing rod" (in a literal way) or to his "bulbous eyes" (quite possibly the least romantic way I have ever heard eyes being described). But we hear much more about Christie, so I think the parts about her stand out the most.

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So... to summarize: I thought something was free and helpful. The first time I tried it, it did nothing. The second time, it didn't help me at all and asked for more money. But the artifact isn’t what it seems, and soon an overly helpful giant living paperclip is getting her all bent out of shape. MH: This is serious. Come on, man, don't make this a joke. Could Clippy do the Iron Chef? Or the Butter Churner?