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Wolfe's Bad Sex Wins Big ("Slither, Slither Went the Tongue...")
New York Post ^
| 12/14/04
| Reuters
Posted on 12/14/2004 5:14:03 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
December 14, 2004 -- LONDON — Writer Tom Wolfe won one of the world's most dreaded literary accolades yesterday — the British prize for bad sex in fiction. Wolfe won it for a couple of purple passages from his latest novel, "I am Charlotte Simmons," a tale of campus life at a fictional Southern university.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
TOPICS: Books/Literature
KEYWORDS: badsex; iamcharlottesimmons; slitherslither; tomwolfe
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Believe me, the British know all about bad sex.
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posted on
12/14/2004 5:15:50 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
"Slither, slither, slither, slither went the tongue..."
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posted on
12/14/2004 5:16:49 AM PST
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
I'm reading this alleged novel right now, and for the life of me I cannot figure out why I continue to read it. It's really not good.
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posted on
12/14/2004 5:17:08 AM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Everything I need to know, I learned from the Bundys.)
To: Xenalyte
you have started my day out sadly....
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Believe me if you want great sex the south is where you go :o) My girl K is living proof
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posted on
12/14/2004 5:18:43 AM PST
by
skaterboy
(Cant wait for tomorrow cause I get better looking everyday)
To: Xenalyte
Is that the "Bonfire of the Vanities" Tom Wolfe??
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Obviously they haven't read some of the really reaaalllllyyyy bad bodice rippers out there.
Just makes ya'go blech!
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posted on
12/14/2004 5:19:11 AM PST
by
najida
(Tuesdays- I have the personality of a rabid warthog. Ain't life grand!)
To: Hegewisch Dupa
It sucks. Don't waste the $25. If you want, FReepmail me your address and I'll send you my copy.
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posted on
12/14/2004 5:19:21 AM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Everything I need to know, I learned from the Bundys.)
To: Larry Lucido
It is indeed. I thought he had better in him.
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posted on
12/14/2004 5:19:34 AM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Everything I need to know, I learned from the Bundys.)
To: Xenalyte
Mmmm.. Seems captivating to me..
"But the hand that was what she tried to concentrate on, the hand, since it has the entire terrain of her torso to explore and not just the otorhinolaryngological caverns — oh, God, it was not just at the border where the flesh of the breast joins the pectoral sheath of the chest — no, the hand was cupping her entire right — Now!"
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posted on
12/14/2004 5:20:28 AM PST
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: Xenalyte
That's unfortunate. I'm expecting this book as a Christmas present. Did you enjoy any of his previous works?
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posted on
12/14/2004 5:20:46 AM PST
by
LanPB01
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
It is a TERRIFIC book, finished it last month.
To: AntiGuv
"But the hand that was what she tried to concentrate on, the hand, since it has the entire terrain of her torso to explore and not just the otorhinolaryngological caverns — oh, God, it was not just at the border where the flesh of the breast joins the pectoral sheath of the chest — no, the hand was cupping her entire right — Now!"Y'know... I don't care what anyone says: this is just plain old garden variety wrong. Lucy would never react this way; and certainly not with Charlie Brown -- ! :)
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posted on
12/14/2004 5:23:59 AM PST
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
(I feel more and more like a revolted Charlton Heston, witnessing ape society for the very first time)
To: Xenalyte
What is it you don't like about it, besides the "bad sex"? I would figure if the snotty leftist literary societies don't like it, it must be okay.
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
I will admit I never thought "it was a dark and stormy night" was really all that bad, but after reading those phrases, I agree, that is just plain awful.
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posted on
12/14/2004 5:27:28 AM PST
by
yarddog
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Love Wolfe!
He nails each decade's excess beautifully with fine turned words, but this latest offering left me terribly depressed.
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posted on
12/14/2004 5:30:04 AM PST
by
OpusatFR
(Kill the secular holiday season. Boycott retail.)
To: ClearCase_guy
I loved what Robert (Arliss) Wuhl said about British women:
"British women take to sex like a duck takes to golf."
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
The bad sex lines are intentional. I read some interviews given by Wolfe recently and he said he wanted the sex to be as unappealing as possible.
To: skaterboy
Believe me if you want great sex the south is where you go Bush country, eh?
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posted on
12/14/2004 5:31:14 AM PST
by
freedumb2003
(When does the Revolution start? I'm going for a bike ride for a while. Please fill me in later.)
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