tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post115204291202685418..comments2024-03-21T12:51:21.667-04:00Comments on Whisky Prajer: Farewell, My Lovely Novelizationdpreimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905531259256800022noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1152203121302562682006-07-06T12:25:00.000-04:002006-07-06T12:25:00.000-04:00Following Maud's example, my own similar teenage l...Following Maud's example, my own similar teenage literary sneak was "Valley of the Dolls". My pubescent peers and I similarly drooled and smacked our virgin lips over:<BR/><BR/>"But, Mama, didn't you ever really love Daddy? I mean, when a man you love takes you in his arms and kisses you, it should be wonderful shouldn't it? Wasn't it ever wonderful with Daddy?"<BR/><BR/>"Anne! How dare you ask your mother such a thing!" said Aunt Amy.<BR/><BR/>"Unfortunately, kissing isn't all a man expects after marriage" her mother said stiffly. Then, cautiously, "Have you ever kissed Willie Henderson?"<BR/><BR/>Anne Grimaced. "Yes...a few times."<BR/>"And did you enjoy it?" her mother asked.<BR/>"I hated it." His lips had been soft, almost slimy, and his breath smelled sour.<BR/><BR/>Ah, those were the days...Cowtown Pattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07384649567351202679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1152130045777928532006-07-05T16:07:00.000-04:002006-07-05T16:07:00.000-04:00Is the top 15 list available somewhere?Is the top 15 list available somewhere?Gideon Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12919535792111793077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1152117641503534912006-07-05T12:40:00.000-04:002006-07-05T12:40:00.000-04:00And yet who better to pen the literary version of ...And yet who better to pen the literary version of this homo-erotic (and vaginal-phobic) classic? Just to keep you wincing, let me say that you've now raised the "quirk element" to such a degree that I do believe in future visits to the used bookstore I'll be keeping an eye out for this little treasure.Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1152105869136626622006-07-05T09:24:00.000-04:002006-07-05T09:24:00.000-04:00Oh, but this reminds me of a sad story: National ...Oh, but this reminds me of a sad story: National Book Award winner Paul Monette wrote "Borrowed Time," a powerful memoir of losing his partner to AIDS in the eighties. One of the many painful details in the book was this brilliant writer taking any job he could get to keep the money rolling in. During a particularly rough patch, he'd be caring for his partner all evening, then staying up late writing the novelization of Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Predator." I winced for days!Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329360007920754967noreply@blogger.com