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Praise for The Big Bang (U.K. edition)
"The Big Bang is not your average sex book. A sort of bluffers' guide for fluffers, it covers everything that two or more adults of the same or different sex can do in, or with, one another. It gives a new meaning to self-help. I give it two thumbs up. Up where is up to you." — The Times "Ditch The Joy of Sex for something more explosive. With photos that are more fashion mag than porn rag, The Big Bang gives you the lowdown on sex toys, finger fun, bondage, gay, bi, solo, group — we're talking Access All Areas." — Elle magazine "The new Joy of Sex." — The Observer "The hottest book on bonking for years." — The Sun "Think Sex and the City meets The Joy of Sex...Everything you ever wanted to know about sex is addressed in a down-to-earth, no nonsense manner...refreshing...non-judgemental and intelligent." — Image "This book rocked my world in ways both sublime and ridiculous. The advice is fantastic and the illustrations absolutely edible. If I ever have the pleasure of meeting Em and Lo, I would probably feel obliged to pay them for the sex. Topping the list of possible gifts for my mum's birthday." — Belle de Jour "Funny and frank...A sex book with a difference." — Nuts magazine Praise for The Big Bang (U.S. edition) "The Big Bang is this generation's smarter, funnier and raunchier version of The Joy of Sex." — Time magazine "The Big Bang is the hippest, the funniest and the funkiest [of the four best sex manuals out there]; lots of frank language and a general air of cool, heterosexual downtown-ness pervades. Ideal for a young adult or your sister who just got a tiny tattoo that no one can see." — O, The Oprah Magazine "Contributing editors to brainy online sex mag Nerve.com serve up a hanky-panky how to with a side order of full-color erotic photography. The nonjudgemental suggestions and detailed, illustrated directions illuminate rather than intimidate." — Washington Post "When you can sell [your book] to a Midwestern car salesman, you're doing OK." — Boston Globe "The Big Bang, with its arty, pansexual, semi-nude photos (many shot at Coney Island) and abundance of pop-culture references, is sure to become the hipster's Joy of Sex." — Media Bistro "Emma Taylor and Lorelei Sharkey didn't pen the tune 'Let's Talk About Sex,' but they may as well have. The book is filled with sexual information, advice, and humor — all presented in Em and Lo's trademark cheeky voices." — Boston Phoenix "The writers have produced an informative and fully-illustrated manual that not only touches on the kinkier aspects of sex, but also covers a number of important issues, such as sexually transmitted diseases and birth control. Kudos to Em and Lo for a job well done!" — Book Reporter "Why just waste your time on the beach not learning anything? How about a little Sex 101? From the folks at the ultrahip nerve.com comes a handy sex manual. Plenty of pictures and diagrams that cover all the bases." — Chicago Sun-Times "Nerve.com writers Emma Taylor and Lorelei Sharkey bring their wry, intelligent take on sex advice to a new book, The Big Bang: Nerve's Guide to the New Sexual Universe. Hip yet impressively thorough, the book instructs on everything from anatomy to bondage for beginners, and includes especially well-done chapters on sexual health and contraception, all illustrated by photographer Matt Gunther's spirited shots of a Paris Hilton doppelganger playing with her friends." — San Francisco Bay Guardian "One of the best sex manuals I've ever read — and I've read them all, from Betty Dodson's Liberating Masturbation to The Goofy Foot Press Guide to Getting It On. There's no one better qualified to be our intrepid native guides in the somewhat wild and wooly jungle that is Down There than Nerve's Emma Taylor and Lorelei Sharkey. " — Corporate Mofo "A slick, gorgeous, and glossy hardcover which covers everything from handjobs to rimming to kegels and lube, along with gorgeous photography and design. This is definitely one to check out, especially for the next generation of sexually active men and women." — Erotic Gossip "An ideal sex manual for a college graduate or a sexual teen, Nerve.com's sexperts, Em and Lo, deliver solid sex information with an urban edge. Lots of humor and slang ("vag," "boobies," etc.), with topics covering everything from masturbation and handjobs to sex toys, bondage and STDs." — Libida magazine "Filled with glossy photos of young, nubile models and diagrams of anatomy and sexual positions, this book is an entertaining romp through the world of s-e-x. The book's message seems to be, 'Play. Be careful and watch out for these things. Keep an open mind and you too could be left speechless with delight.'" — Identity Theory "The Big Bang is artsy, edgy, insatiably hip -- and gorgeous to look at. The writing, like the twosome's sex-advice column, is breezy and funny, yet informative. This is a sex manual that will be passed around in college dorms until its glossy white cover is decidedly less so. In other words, this is not their parents' sex manual." — San Francisco Chronicle "Em & Lo definitely know the ups and downs of sex and dating, but what makes them special in the advice world is their willingness to take it from readers. The result is that everyone gets edified and hopefully, in the end, satisfied." — Austin Chronicle "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. This is a good, cheeky introduction for the sexually inquisitive." — Publishers Weekly "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 parents' sex lecture: it's irreverent, chummy, and downright fun.... All consensual sex acts are treated with delight and respect. 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." — Amazon.com "The dating advice columnists the country's in love with." — The Independent Weekly (Raleigh) "If you buy any book about sex this year it should definitely be The Big Bang!" — Condomania "After giving it a thorough read, I purchased this book for my 16-year-old son, presenting it to him with the caveat, 'This is a learner's permit, not a driver's license.' We live in a state where you say "bush" and people think "W." Sex education (not) is strictly limited to antediluvian abstinence-only sermons, and whether parents want to face the fact or not, that's totally inadequate. To realistically promote teen abstinence, we need to 1) promote masturbation as the physically and emotionally healthier alternative to intercourse and 2) de-mystify sex with accurate information on the mechanical and social realities about which healthy teens are naturally curious. The information in The Big Bang is balanced, accessible, clinically sound, and painfully (fisting?!) thorough. And it's presented with the same sort of hip, hilarious writing you find in The Onion (my son's favorite news source.) Frankly, I learned a few things myself. Thanks, Em & Lo, for providing a platform from which we'll be able to launch some awkward but meaningful dialogue. My daughter will be getting a copy for her 16th birthday next year." — Mrs. Rogers (Amazon reviewer) And finally, the only bad review we could find, from a writer at the New York Sun whom we swear neither of us has ever dumped: "Suddenly it becomes glaringly obvious that the authors have never actually had sex in their lives, which slightly undermines their authority...Merely dizzy girls being cute...passably attractive females give advice...A book utterly devoid of nuance or intelligence." — New York Sun Praise for Sex Etiquette "One can but wonder what literary gems Emily Post would have produced if she had only lived in the enlightened society that produced Bend Over Boyfriend Volumes I and II. The free market of love turns us all into a bunch of whores. Ironically, that very fact is also why we need [Sex Etiquette]. We've become so intoxicated with our own permissiveness that boundaries no longer exist. We're all a bunch of naughty little children with vibrators and credit cards. There's some sincerity under all of [Em and Lo's] tongue-in-cheek (and -asshole) referencing of the past. [They] have discerned that what we really need is some good, old-fashioned discipline. The result is advice that just might get you laid. " — New York Press "Get thoroughly modern sex advice from those sassy, savvy sexperts, Em and Lo. All of those modern details Momma never mentioned are here: booty call protocol, how to conduct three-ways (and more-ways), and how to handle those first fifteen minutes of the morning after." — Toys in Babeland "At first read (and blush) it is difficult to ascertain whether these women (one primly named Emma, the other provocatively named Lorelei), popularly known as Em and Lo, are writing practical advice or pristine humor. After all, chapters like "The Unmentionables" (which includes a chart on degrees of potty problems) and "Protocol for Specific Embraces" are laden with real-life know-how....Despite its screamingly funny moments, this book answers many questions that dare not speak their own names, from safe, sane pickup lines to STD-discovery decorum....You may quibble on points of morality, but Em and Lo are so over that. They know from both personal and professional experience that folks will do what they do, and they might as well have a safe, sane book from which to glean correct behaviors in sticky situations that range from first date to first...oh, you choose!" — Book Reporter "An indispensable handbook on the ins and outs by Emma Taylor and Lorelei Sharkey, who bring their tongue-in-cheek Emily Post-ian gloss to such matters as 'Booty Calling an Ex' and 'Spanking with Aplomb.'" — W magazine "There are thousands of ways to stumble in the naked city. With Sex Etiquette, Taylor and Sharkey have extended a steadying hand. They approach various situations — from hosting an orgy to booty calls to the so-called ''Unmentionables'' (gas, menstruation, etc.) — in a forthright and nonjudgmental manner with admirable aplomb." — Miami Street "Though the book's voice is straight-laced, its message is anything but. Em and Lo's tome works because it gently combines Miss Manners-style guidelines with subject matter often deemed inherently impolite... The authors break down the rules of orgy behavior so graciously, you'd think they were talking about a royal wedding." — New York Post "Even if you're the very picture of sexual savoir faire, you'll still get a kick out of this, the world's first and finest guide to sex etiquette, from the world's coolest leading ladies on aplomb in and around the bedroom. Em & Lo are here to tell you how to be a class act. Take it from us, boys and girls. You're going to get something out of this book besides great laughs! Your future as a poised, sophisticated master of the social graces hangs in the balance." — Sex News Daily "I only wish this book had come out back when I was in college. With Em and Lo's advice, I could have been a stud on campus. Or at least I would have been able to blame them for being nookie-less instead of my original mentor: Jethro Bodine. Thank you, Em and Lo for making the world a little more sexual ettiquetted." — Party Favors "Our dear friends Em and Lo have a new book out called Nerve's Guide to Sex Etiquette for Ladies and Gentlemen. On masturbation: 'Our libidos for the most part are extroverts — energized when brought out to play, dulled when ignored...most ladies and gentlemen find that the more they call upon their libido alone, the more they wish to call upon it with a partner.' We couldn't agree more." — Melinda Gallagher and Emily Scarlet Kramer, CAKE "This quick-witted new reference book reinterprets etiquette for modern society. Nerve.com sex-advice columnists Em and Lo (Emma Taylor and Lorelei Sharkey) lay out strict protocol for booty call, one-night stands and dumping." — Time Out New York Interviews, etc. Chicago Sun-Times: We talk about pillow fights, old-school gender roles, and — god help us — Carrie Bradshaw. New York Observer: We talk about an upcoming anal sex flight safety lecture and the Observer makes fun of us (we think). New York Post: Columnist Bridget Harrison road-tests the one-night stand suggestions in Sex Etiquette. Media Bistro: We're interviewed by a sweet, young and highly intelligent woman who says The Big Bang, "with its arty, pansexual, semi-nude photos (many shot at Coney Island) and abundance of pop-culture references, is sure to become the hipster's Joy of Sex." Boston Phoenix: An interview with the paper which once employed Lo. |
©2007 Emma Taylor & Lorelei Sharkey