The Guardian’s book section currently has the passages shortlisted for the 2007 Literary Review Bad Sex Award up on its website. I’m not sure what to say other than that it’s given me an entirely new perspective on things. Also, you probably shouldn’t access this link from your place of employment.
Not for the Faint-hearted
November 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment
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1 Manna // Nov 29, 2007 at 11:32 am
I thought at least a couple of those nominations were a bit unfair, as the quoted passages were clearly actually intended to be describing weird or bad sex. Some of them, though, were special but sadly not unique snowflakes.
I read bits of a ‘how to write sex’ book once which heavily advocated the use of metaphors in sex scenes, and went on about rivers and trees. Whoever wrote it should be made to read those extracts and face the traumatic consequences of their advice. Metaphors in sex scenes - Just Say No.
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