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SF Writers Sting Supposedly Traditional Publisher

Posted by timothy on from the snobby-neighbor-gets-the-eggs dept.

deeptrace writes "A group of SF writers all submitted purposely awful stories to a publisher that purported to publish only selected high quality works. They created the worst story they could come up with, and it was accepted for publication." Their press release is pretty funny -- and if you'd like a sample of their insane prose, it's available through the book's Lulu site. (Where, Yes, you could also buy the whole thing.)

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  1. Re:Nice spin. by kaalamaadan · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Social Text was right. It was worth my time, in that it demonstrated to me precisely why I'm going for a Ph.D. in a discipline where rigor and peer review actually mean something.

    It is nice to know you work in such a beautiful field. For one, a flowery, literary field like condensed matter physics, scientific frauds will never be allowed to publish.

    I do not know which is more insufferable, posturing by the artists or that of the loud-mouthed scientists like Richard Dawson.