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Old 12-01-2017, 11:44 AM   #31
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In this instance, I don't understand the usage of 'wall banger'. Considering the genre we're talking about, maybe ignorance is bliss



What do you consider 'real westerns'? I read westerns from time to time and am always looking to expand my horizons.

I've found I really enjoy the books written by a group known as the Piccadilly Cowboys (British writers in the sixties who wrote books that had the grit and tone of the spaghetti westerns). I also like some of the modern western writers, Peter Brandvold, Charles G. West.

I've never read a Louis L'Amour or Zane Gray book.
Unless the Wall banger is named Harvey, my guess would be either throwing the book against the wall or the hero or heroine against the wall or the author in some cases.
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A "Wall Banger" is a book so bad it incites me to hurl it against the nearest wall. Repeatedly and with great violence, hence the name. And real westerns by my definition include Zane Grey, Louis L'Amour, Max Brand and the writers you've mentioned. Not the sort of books whose covers consist of half naked "Western era" couples in the typical Harlequin Clinch pose and have plots more suited to soap operas or even softcore porn.
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A "Wall Banger" is a book so bad it incites me to hurl it against the nearest wall. Repeatedly and with great violence, hence the name.
Since romance was being discussed, I was thinking something completely different

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And real westerns by my definition include Zane Grey, Louis L'Amour, Max Brand and the writers you've mentioned. Not the sort of books whose covers consist of half naked "Western era" couples in the typical Harlequin Clinch pose and have plots more suited to soap operas or even softcore porn.
What? You don't want to read about her Billionaire Cowboy? (I just did an Amazon search. 2,678 results!)
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What? You don't want to read about her Billionaire Cowboy? (I just did an Amazon search. 2,678 results!)
Wow, they must have purged some.
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In this instance, I don't understand the usage of 'wall banger'. Considering the genre we're talking about, maybe ignorance is bliss
Wall banger is when the guy and the girl end up against the wall banging each others. Usually with the guy holding up the girl as they do it.
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Zane Gray books are in public domain available free from usual sources.
Also Andy Adams western books including Log of a Cattle Drive based on his experience and Willa Cather's prairie trilogy.
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Wall banger is when the guy and the girl end up against the wall banging each others. Usually with the guy holding up the girl as they do it.
After your earlier post in this thread, that is way TMI.
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After your earlier post in this thread, that is way TMI.
That was the image I had in my head though. But there's something to be said for subtlety.
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After your earlier post in this thread, that is way TMI.
Well, it was asked and that's the answer.
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*Snickers* In the romance genre, wallbanger is not what Jon thinks it is. It's reference to a headboard banging against the wall and use your imagination why.

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... and use your imagination why.
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*Snickers* In the romance genre, wallbanger is not what Jon thinks it is. It's reference to a headboard banging against the wall and use your imagination why.

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They changed the bed frame but left the headboard unattached to anything?
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Then what is it called when they are up against the wall with the guy holding the girl...?
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Then what is it called when they are up against the wall with the guy holding the girl...?
I don't think they do that in romance.
What would I call it? Uncomfortable.
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