Norman Mailer Awarded "Bad Sex" Prize

Reuters   |   November 27, 2007 06:13 PM


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Writer Norman Mailer, a giant of the American literary scene and twice a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, was posthumously given the Bad Sex in Fiction Award on Tuesday.

"We are sure that he would have taken the prize in good humour," the judges said of the award to Mailer, who died on Nov 10 of kidney failure at the age of 84.

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- cindy2007 See Profile I'm a Fan of cindy2007 permalink

his sexy partner Jennty show their hot pics on interracialsingleonline.com which attract many comments..

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:05 AM on 11/29/2007
- robotfog See Profile I'm a Fan of robotfog permalink

Mailer was a moron anyway.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:01 PM on 11/28/2007
- godlessclif See Profile I'm a Fan of godlessclif permalink

"The Prisoner of Sex," Norman Mailer, whom in "Sexual Politics" Millett painted as the arch-villain chauvinist, fought back. Spitting mad, he wrote: "Well, it could be said for Kate that she was nothing if not a pug-nosed wit, and that was good, since in literary matters she had not much else." And he called her "the Battling Annie of some new prudery," a "literary Molotov" -- then blasted her purported use of inaccurate research, deceptive quotation and simplistic, flawed logic.

How dare she ride roughshod over such artistic geniuses as Henry Miller and D.H. Lawrence, and -- although he never comes out and says it -- Norman Mailer?"

Kate simply pointed out Miller, Lawrence and Mailer did not want to free women. They wanted
to reverse the gains women had made when they got the vote. That the sexual revolution was a counter-revolution against the woman's free love movement, not part of it.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:45 AM on 11/28/2007
- godlessclif See Profile I'm a Fan of godlessclif permalink

More like Britany Spears and Larry Craig on a date.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:39 AM on 11/28/2007
- Mister Ruben See Profile I'm a Fan of Mister Ruben permalink

King you are a sick fucking bastard. The President's daughter is a no no... you're a decrepit fuckard. I must post the mist ending at lest 1000 times b4 Saturday.

THE MIST ENDING!!! (which I did not pay to see... We watched a top quality bootleg screener)

Four gunshots are heard and four flashes of light are emitted from the car. David exits the car screaming for the monsters to come get him. He has shot and killed his eight-year-old son, and the three other survivors, and is now waiting for his own death. A large rumbling noise emerges in the distance, something is approaching David. Screaming and begging to die, a monster does not reveal itself in the mist. Instead it is a U.S. military tank. In fact, it is a full military battalion. Tanks, soldiers with flame throwers and rifles, and truckloads of survivors are now traveling on the road. Some of the survivors appear to be from the grocery store. David has killed his son and the others only moments before they would have been rescued. David collapses on the ground clutching the door of his SUV. Two soldiers approach him unaware of what David has just done. The credits then roll.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:20 AM on 11/28/2007
- godlessclif See Profile I'm a Fan of godlessclif permalink

You got to remember in 1993 when Mailer wrote "Castle in the Forest", he was still a virgin.

Who sponsors the award? Viagra?

Kate Millett said in her book reviews of Mailer obviously never had sex with a woman. His sex scenes were more the fantasy's of a teenager.

http://www.katemillett.com/
Millett farm for retired writers

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:08 PM on 11/27/2007
- Smirk See Profile I'm a Fan of Smirk permalink

Thanks. It was irritating that the article didn't include an example.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:15 PM on 11/27/2007
- getoffmedz See Profile I'm a Fan of getoffmedz permalink

Norman Mailer got that award for this - "So Klara turned head to foot and put her most unmentionable part down on his hard-breathing nose and mouth and took his old battering ram into her lips."

You be the judge?

FYI

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:33 PM on 11/27/2007
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