The Compleat Spanker [Hardcover]

Lady Green (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 28, 1997

Everything you always wanted to know about consensual erotic spanking - anatomy, warm-up, implements, positions, troubleshooting, tricks and tips, and much more. The Compleat Spanker has solid coverage of many striking implements beyond the traditional hand-spank.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Janet W. Hardy is a writer and sex educator, and founder of Greenery Press. She has also been published as Catherine A. Liszt and Lady Green. She is the author or co-author of ten books, and frequently collaborates with Dossie Easton.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 87 pages
• Publisher: Greenery Press (March 28, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 189015900X
• ISBN-13: 978-1890159009
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,060,669 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

81 of 83 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fine introduction to spanking, June 13, 2000

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"saroftreve" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Compleat Spanker (Hardcover)

The Compleat Spanker is a thin little book... 12 chapters in 70 pages, plus four appendixes. It is surprisingly thorough despite the small size, and actually has solid coverage of many striking implements beyond the traditional hand-spank.

This is a well-written book. The text is tight, precise, and easy to read. Green claims an interest in spanking to be very widespread, and attempts to write a book that's approachable even without an acceptance of broader SM. Although I'm too steeped in BDSM culture to say for sure, I think she has succeeded.

The main body of Compleat Spanker is well organized, structured in the order a scene would progress: communication, warm-up, implements, positions, and afterwards. Position illustrations are minimalistic, inoffensive line drawings that compliment the text nicely. Overall, the contents are generally basic. As an experienced spanker, I didn't gain much new information from the book. The chapter Tips, Tricks, and Fun Things to Try was an exception, and I did find some new tidbits there. It was, however, a very fast and entertaining read.

Who should read the book? As implied above, an experienced spanker probably won't gain much beyond entertainment. For less experienced folks interested in spanking better, I doubt there is a better guide anywhere. Even if you don't want to have anything to do with SM, this book won't offend.

53 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Compleat Spanker, April 8, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Compleat Spanker (Hardcover)

The author, Lady Green, who admits early in the book that she is actually Catherine A. Liszt of Greenery Press, along with Dossie Easton, has written two other highly informative and popular books aimed at those dabbling with B & D or entirely into the scene and wishing to refine their skills, The Topping Book and The Bottoming Book. This primer on spanking is written from the point of view of the dominant, though I believe a submissive might also learn from it's contents. It covers the release of edorphins and enkaphalins into the bloodstream, a description of the human rear anatomy, how a dom(me) warms up a spankee, the use of the hand, the paddle, straps, the birch, floggers, canes, and crops, positions the bottom may be put into, troubles that may crop up, how to end a scene and how to nurture after the fact. Then she gets into ideas for scenes and things you might do during a scene, how to clean implements, how to combine bondage with spanking, and how to find others in the scene. As a dominatrix, I highly recommend this book.

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Compleat Spanker, June 2, 2000

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"mjabrat" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Compleat Spanker (Hardcover)

An absolute must-read book for anyone interested in adult-to-adult spanking, either as a participant or simply curious. It's informative and easy to read for both spanker and spankee, wh ether the interest is erotic spanking, disciplinary, or just for fun.