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SF Writers Sting Supposedly Traditional Publisher
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.)
Dear Writer, Your posting of the Press Release Text is rejected as it does not seem to have paragraphs of any kind. Regards, Slashdot readers.
elSpike out.
copy-paste any chapter of Battlefield Earth
"I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
Maybe the editor who accepted the book for publication could fill michael's position at slashdot - sounds like he'd fit right in !
This book is better than any book ever written. It is better than any book that will ever be written in the future. And I haven't even read it yet.
I don't believe that the word "to speculate" is often used as "to make up ridiculous stuff in order to entertain 13-year-old girls with a Welsh fetish."
Pain. .
Whispering voices.
Pain.
Pain. Pain. Pain.
Need pee--new pain--what are they sticking in me? . .
Sleep.
Pain.
Whispering voices.
Woah.. slow down... is this a preview of the story, or a first hand account of reading the front page of Slashdot?
You'd think someone would have realized something was wrong with the pen name Travis Tea...
The last time I read something that bad, I was surrounded by Vogons.
I know! I know! The correct answer is: "multiple times", right?
We will therefore just monitor his sign's,
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TH'E'Y'RE A'LI''V'E''''''''''''''''''''''
I hear WB bought the rights to the stories and have hired Travolta.
This could simply support my own theory that science fiction is like flan: there's no difference between the good stuff and the bad stuff.
Actually, I'll amend that: reading nearly any science fiction is like eating flan, but reading Neal Stephenson is like eating flan from between Jennifer Connelly's breasts while you're high.
If you mod me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
Doesn't this happen every time Terry Goodkind gets something published?
Good one, my karma is stuck on spiffy and I unchecked the moderations box. Karma-whores get paid by becoming moderators, I would say I'm a Karma-slut.
Sorry about the writing. Robot fingers, you know? Cliff Steele in DOOM PATROL #23
Dear sweet mother of God! That's so wretched!
I've seen better writing from bad high school students. Though, on the flip side, it's likely on par with most of the romance novels out there.
Oh, what suffering.
~/ssh slashdot.org ssh: connect to host slashdot.org port 22: too many beers
"It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness."
--Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford (1830)
Yes yes, karma-whoring again, go ahead and say it.
Sorry about the writing. Robot fingers, you know? Cliff Steele in DOOM PATROL #23
Marxism is the opiate of dumbasses
To understand, think "Linux" vs. "GNU/Linux".
When you put it that way, it makes me really care what the sci-fi community wants to be called.
The ______ Agenda
Akk. apologies if this multiple posted...
1) Get bunch of writes to write "crappy" novel
2) Advertise how bad it is on slashdot
3) Profit!
Just because its horribly bad doesnt mean some of you wont be buying it out of curiosity.
Wikipedia does much better, as usual.
Wkipedia, as usual, has more spin than a top quark.
"A note of caution: reading this thing may cause temporary brain damage."
Do they mean the manuscript or Slashdot?
I've got a fever and the only prescription is more COBOL.