Slashdot // SF Writers Sting Supposedly Traditional Publisher

Gizmo · 06-February-05, 11:53 AM

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.)

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0...23218&from=rss

droeblek9 · 06-February-05, 01:15 PM

LMAO...that's bloody hillarious!

A paragraph of this godawful prose can be downloaded here (read teh reviews on the download

): http://www.lulu.com/content/102550

Rob · 06-February-05, 01:44 PM

The book is called "Atlanta Nights".....but.......it's got a Pacific sunset with a palm tree........so........why is it called "Atlanta Nights"?

The writer did get one thing right....pain. The pain of having to read that small paragraph.

So, who is really in charge of the hospital? The government spooks or the rich patsies?

Terrible, just terrible.

Rob

06-February-05, 11:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
Gizmo News Hound Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Floating among Data streams, waiting for the right moment Posts: 44,023	Slashdot // 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.) http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0...23218&from=rss

06-February-05, 01:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
droeblek9 Warcraft Warrior Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Atlanta, Ga Posts: 2,018	LMAO...that's bloody hillarious! A paragraph of this godawful prose can be downloaded here (read teh reviews on the download ): http://www.lulu.com/content/102550 __________________

06-February-05, 01:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
Rob Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Home of the world's greatest race... Posts: 6,663	The book is called "Atlanta Nights".....but.......it's got a Pacific sunset with a palm tree........so........why is it called "Atlanta Nights"? The writer did get one thing right....pain. The pain of having to read that small paragraph. So, who is really in charge of the hospital? The government spooks or the rich patsies? Terrible, just terrible. Rob __________________

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