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.)

Comments

oh thats easy

[zephc]

copy-paste any chapter of Battlefield Earth

Re:oh thats easy

[Ingolfke]

We're steal waiting for someone to reveal that that was just a great hoax, then we can all laugh together. Until then I will continue to shudder here in my basement, away from the light, away from one John Travolta.

Slashdot editoral process ?

[jaiyen]

Maybe the editor who accepted the book for publication could fill michael's position at slashdot - sounds like he'd fit right in !

Re:SF is broader than sci-fi

[Leo McGarry]

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."

Re:preview

[Vampyre_Dark]

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?

Re:No surprise here.

[Anonymous Coward]

How do you think stories get published on Slashdot?

I know! I know! The correct answer is: "multiple times", right?

Re:preview

[starling]

We will therefore just monitor his sign's,

Aieee!!! Feral apo'strophes. Oh noe's th'ey're spr'ead'ing !!!'!' G'et the'm o'ff!!''!'
TH'E'Y'RE A'LI''V'E''''''''''''''''''''''

Re:Weird acronym use

[cgenman]

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.