In response to today's very entertaining letters to the editor on The Register UK's recent story on The Blooker I won't bother to cobble together a defense of techno-utopianism, nor will I make any attempt to draw the attention of that estimable paper's indignant readership to any of the outstanding writing making its first appearance on the web these days. I will simply note that from my very American perspective the vigor of debate in good old England remains inspiring. Here, here!
Recent blog coverage of The Blooker Prize has been positive (see also the Technorati feed). The Washingtonienne herself surprised this blogger with a shout-out yesterday, which I will, in the interest of fairness, ignore for the time being. And of course readers should remember that neither I nor Jason, my fellow Blooker blogger, have anything whatsoever to do with judging this contest. As employees of the contest sponsor, we're just MC'ing this gig. And having a great time so far.
I'm wondering if we should have a special category next year for scandalous memoirs? But while The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl is entered in the nonfiction category, The Washingtonienne is a novel. The Stripper Files, by Amanda Miller, is entered as fiction, too. We'll see what else comes along.
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