I Love Literature
Especially the winning entries in the Bulwer-Lytton Contest!
It's a writing contest sponsored by the English Dept. at San Jose State University in San Jose, California. To win, you have to write the worst possible introductory sentence to a novel in progress. The worst ones win.
This one got a Dishonorable Mention in the category of Science Fiction:
"Following my successful career as Chief Medical Officer of the Horus 7 on its extended mission to explore the galaxy, I returned to earth--what follows chronicles the first seven years of the orthodontics practice I opened in Michigan. "
It's a writing contest sponsored by the English Dept. at San Jose State University in San Jose, California. To win, you have to write the worst possible introductory sentence to a novel in progress. The worst ones win.
This one got a Dishonorable Mention in the category of Science Fiction:
"Following my successful career as Chief Medical Officer of the Horus 7 on its extended mission to explore the galaxy, I returned to earth--what follows chronicles the first seven years of the orthodontics practice I opened in Michigan. "
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