These aren't actual books. It's a competition open to all to submit what would be the worst opening lines in an imaginary bad novel: "Founded in 1982 at San Jo

These aren't actual books. It's a competition open to all to submit what would be the worst opening lines in an imaginary bad novel: "Founded in 1982 at San Jose State University in California, the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest challenges entrants to compose opening sentences to the worst of all possible novels."