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Old 07-21-2010, 09:46 PM   #91
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Nominations are closed! I can't believe no one thirded Wiseman's wonderful 59 Seconds.

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Does it contain "a"s, "e"s, and "o"s that stretch across the page? That's how you can judge whether a work of porn is good or not.
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Old 07-21-2010, 11:16 PM   #94
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Does it contain "a"s, "e"s, and "o"s that stretch across the page? That's how you can judge whether a work of porn is good or not. Another good indicator is how many times the words "harder," "faster," and "Oh, God!" appear. Their occurrence is usually in direct proportion to the book's value.

Or so I've heard...
Words? what words? Usually the pictures give me an idea if it's good or not.
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Old 07-22-2010, 11:05 AM   #95
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My vote goes to Justin Halpern for his stories about his dad in "Sh*t My Dad Says".
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Old 07-22-2010, 11:11 AM   #96
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I don't know if Fanny Hill is good or not, as I've never read it; but plan to do so for this year's Banned Book tribute.

Does it contain "a"s, "e"s, and "o"s that stretch across the page? That's how you can judge whether a work of porn is good or not. Another good indicator is how many times the words "harder," "faster," and "Oh, God!" appear. Their occurrence is usually in direct proportion to the book's value.
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My vote goes to Justin Halpern for his stories about his dad in "Sh*t My Dad Says".
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Old 07-22-2010, 12:12 PM   #98
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Is there an eBook of this somewhere? No Kindle edition.

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Yes, The Book of Negroes does exist as an eBook. But, it seems to be only in the UK. So given that we've nominated books that are US only, I'd say this one is a keeper but probably won't win.

As the OP said, in the US it's under the title Someone Knows My Name. Yes it's out as an ebook.
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Old 07-22-2010, 03:30 PM   #100
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http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91754

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