Transplanting a Seattleite

Of course 50SOG is better than the Gor books. Everything is better than the Gor books. (I am an English major and a poetess, and I know.) But I still hear pretty terrible things about it (see, e.g., http://anyankaleigh.tumblr.com/post/26044950711/fifty-things-wrong-with-fifty-shades-of-grey). I will be very interested to hear your take.

One thing I'm wondering is whether people are going from 50SOG to realizing "hey, I'm interested in this," proceeding to geek out about it, and THEN going to CSPC. In which case it's not exactly 50SOG that's responsible for their not needing as much explanation, it's The Pervocracy or something. Whereas someone who goes straight from reading 50SOG to the local toy store might give a very different impression.