The First Annual TMN Tournament of Books

The Morning News has announced that they will run a "tournament of books," a marvelous idea whose arrival can only have been presaged by the tid(b)al wave of Choosing and/or Perishing that's been sweeping all the best Internete Web Sytes.

A few delicious excerpts from their announcement:

Too often are literary awards arbitrary, dull, or meaningless. Too rarely are they determined by an NCAA-style Battle Royale of bloodthirsty competition.

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We have looked into shipping a live rooster to the winner. We are still looking.

Posted on Jan 21, 2005

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