Just when you thought it was safe to open a book... it's the
Literary Review's annual Bad Sex Award! (
Previously) This year's nominees include works by
Tom Wolfe,
Ben Masters,
Nicola Barker,
Paul Mason,
Nancy Huston,
Craig Raine,
Nicholas Coleridge, and
Sam Mills. Not on the list? J.K. Rowling's
The Casual Vacancy--despite "a couple of queasy moments," in the
words of TLR senior editor Jonathan Beckman--and E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey, since the award "is not intended to cover pornographic or expressly erotic literature." Snippets from the nominated books can be found at the Guardian link.
posted by Cash4Lead
on Nov 21, 2012 -
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What If ... 9/11 Never Happened? "
The broader culture would have gone its own way, 9/11 or no 9/11—progressing effortlessly from the obsessions of
Gary Condit and
Survivor in summer ’01 to Brangelina and
American Idol in ’06. The Oliver Stone project of August ’06, however, would not be
World Trade Center, but, with exquisite timing,
Fidel."
One possibility from many in a collection of "could've-beens" compiled by
New York Magazine. Other contributions of note:
Tom Wolfe,
Fareed Zakaria, an alternate-future blog by
Andrew Sullivan, and perhaps best of all, a simple sketch from
Ex Machina's
Brian K. Vaughan.
posted by grabbingsand
on Aug 15, 2006 -
118 comments
