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Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Hip, frank, contemporary, and clever, The Big Bang is a savvy sex book, colorful in language and viewpoint. Authors "Em & Lo" of Nerve.com invite you to relish sex, appreciate your partner(s), and keep a sense of humor. This is not your parent's sex lecture: it's irreverent, chummy, and downright fun. Part 1, Sex for Beginners," covers the basics, from understanding orgasm ("a few blissful seconds of rhythmic muscle contractions that release all that pent-up sexual energy back into the universe, like a whistling teapot from Xanadu") to techniques of all kinds for pleasuring yourself or a partner. Part 2, "Sex for Advanced Swimmers," discusses female ejaculation, fisting, sex toys, and power play. Part 3, "Sex for Winners," promotes safer sex, with a frank, detailed discussion of STDs ("You know why flings are called flavors of the week? Because each one might have a different STD."). Whether you want to learn how to "house clean" for anal sex, choose a lubricant, use a harness, or "paddle the pink canoe," you'll learn how here. All consensual sex acts are treated with delight and respect. The glossy book is illustrated with drawings of positions, sex organs, and sex toys and color photos of sexy young men and women, most partially clothed (lots of bare breasts and buttocks), in various configurations and activities. Refreshingly honest, direct, and funny, The Big Bang is perfect for sexual novices with open minds and equally fine for spicing up the sex lives of those who think they know it all. --Joan Price
From Publishers Weekly
Nerve.com's popular sex columnists Taylor and Sharkey ("Em & Lo") offer here a candid-and we mean really candid-guide to the bedroom (and the bathroom, and the kitchen, and the backseat...). Just about every topic that a nervous beginner or an intermediate practitioner might wonder about is covered: there are chapters on masturbation, foreplay, anal sex, oral sex, female ejaculation and even fisting and BDSM ("i.e., bondage & discipline, domination & submission, and sadomasochism"). There's also a very thorough chapter on sexually transmitted diseases, as well as ones on safer sex and sexual fitness. The latter contains some interesting factoids-who knew, for example, that men could do kegels too? The book covers a lot of ground, but this strength is also a weakness; anyone who really wants to try the more advanced techniques discussed here would do well to get a book with more detailed coverage. The good news is there's a bibliography to point the curious in the right directions. The authors use cutesy names for body parts and sex acts far too often-"friggin' your riggin'," "polishing your china," "southern comfort," "doing the hand jive" and "testing the plumbing" all substitute for masturbation in an irritatingly short space. The photos, which feature beautiful skinny hipsters, are arty and softcore; drawings are only a little more graphic. Though the tone grows tiresome, "no ifs, ands, or butts about it," this is a good, cheeky introduction for the sexually inquisitive. Photos.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Hip, frank, contemporary, and clever, The Big Bang is a savvy sex book, colorful in language and viewpoint. Authors "Em & Lo" of Nerve.com invite you to relish sex, appreciate your partner(s), and keep a sense of humor. This is not your parent's sex lecture: it's irreverent, chummy, and downright fun. Part 1, Sex for Beginners," covers the basics, from understanding orgasm ("a few blissful seconds of rhythmic muscle contractions that release all that pent-up sexual energy back into the universe, like a whistling teapot from Xanadu") to techniques of all kinds for pleasuring yourself or a partner. Part 2, "Sex for Advanced Swimmers," discusses female ejaculation, fisting, sex toys, and power play. Part 3, "Sex for Winners," promotes safer sex, with a frank, detailed discussion of STDs ("You know why flings are called flavors of the week? Because each one might have a different STD."). Whether you want to learn how to "house clean" for anal sex, choose a lubricant, use a harness, or "paddle the pink canoe," you'll learn how here. All consensual sex acts are treated with delight and respect. The glossy book is illustrated with drawings of positions, sex organs, and sex toys and color photos of sexy young men and women, most partially clothed (lots of bare breasts and buttocks), in various configurations and activities. Refreshingly honest, direct, and funny, The Big Bang is perfect for sexual novices with open minds and equally fine for spicing up the sex lives of those who think they know it all. --Joan Price
From Publishers Weekly
Nerve.com's popular sex columnists Taylor and Sharkey ("Em & Lo") offer here a candid-and we mean really candid-guide to the bedroom (and the bathroom, and the kitchen, and the backseat...). Just about every topic that a nervous beginner or an intermediate practitioner might wonder about is covered: there are chapters on masturbation, foreplay, anal sex, oral sex, female ejaculation and even fisting and BDSM ("i.e., bondage & discipline, domination & submission, and sadomasochism"). There's also a very thorough chapter on sexually transmitted diseases, as well as ones on safer sex and sexual fitness. The latter contains some interesting factoids-who knew, for example, that men could do kegels too? The book covers a lot of ground, but this strength is also a weakness; anyone who really wants to try the more advanced techniques discussed here would do well to get a book with more detailed coverage. The good news is there's a bibliography to point the curious in the right directions. The authors use cutesy names for body parts and sex acts far too often-"friggin' your riggin'," "polishing your china," "southern comfort," "doing the hand jive" and "testing the plumbing" all substitute for masturbation in an irritatingly short space. The photos, which feature beautiful skinny hipsters, are arty and softcore; drawings are only a little more graphic. Though the tone grows tiresome, "no ifs, ands, or butts about it," this is a good, cheeky introduction for the sexually inquisitive. Photos.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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