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Most of this strikes me as mundane word salad, none of which can compare with human-composed entries to the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction contest[0]. It seeks "an atroc
by DrScump 7y ago
Most of this strikes me as mundane word salad, none of which can compare with human-composed entries to the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction contest[0]. It seeks "an atrocious opening sentence to a hypothetical bad novel."
This year's winner:
"Space Fleet Commander Brad Brad sat in silence, surrounded by a slowly dissipating cloud of smoke, maintaining the same forlorn frown that had been fixed upon his face since he’d accidentally destroyed the phenomenon known as time, thirteen inches ago."
[0] https://www.bulwer-lytton.com/2019 https://www.bulwer-lytton.com/2019
- shantly 7y agoDon't forget the Lyttle Lytton! Same thing, lower word limit. http://adamcadre.ac/lyttle.html http://adamcadre.ac/lyttle.html The earlier ones are better IMO but the "found" category is always good for a laugh.
- rimliu 7y agoThe first thing it reminded me of was this: Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.