Nobody gets shot; nobody gets killed; and nobody gets hurt but there are plenty of stabbings. "Manaconda" is the perfect prevarication of a paratrooper's sexual progression in the 1970's. It is an "Adults Only" collection of 35 erotic short stories based on true sexual encounters. On a mission to protect and serve, the main character is a young, impressionable paratrooper who reveals and examines through diaries the relationship between military training and sexual activity as his LSD "snakes" through libidinous missions. Authentic cultural dialog adds to its "based on true stories" reality. It has to be read more than once to appreciate its controversial honesty. "Manaconda" is many things but in the end is just plain Freaky.