osric
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Post by osric on Nov 14, 2008 17:02:11 GMT
"riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs" From what Martin Amis has described as the "reader-nuking" Finnegan's Wake.
I made it to the third paragraph - "bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonner ronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk!"
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Post by WeeWilly on Feb 14, 2009 7:57:19 GMT
"As a scientist, Throckmorton knew that if he were ever to break wind in the echo chamber, he would never hear the end of it."
This gem appeared in the Bulwer-Lytton website as one of the 10 year-2006 winners in the Bulwer-Lytton contest wherein the writer submits the opening line of a bad novel.
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Post by Pete on Feb 14, 2009 9:52:46 GMT
"As a scientist, Throckmorton knew that if he were ever to break wind in the echo chamber, he would never hear the end of it." Brilliant! Made my wife and I both laugh out loud!
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Post by WeeWilly on Feb 15, 2009 8:30:26 GMT
The Bulwer-Lytton website is a gem -and an obvious ideological sister of our little site. Have a look at it.
Another one of the entries was the following:
"Although Sarah had an abnormal fear of mice, it did not keep her from eeking out a living at a local pet store."
... and yet another:
"Just beyond the Narrows, the river widens."
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Post by Tone on Feb 15, 2009 12:24:37 GMT
" eeking "?
Am I missing something, here?
Tone
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Post by Pete on Feb 15, 2009 14:04:35 GMT
I had assumed it was deliberate, as "eking" doesn't work in the murine context.
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Post by Alan Palmer on Feb 16, 2009 15:09:41 GMT
Ther sister site to the Bulwer-Lytton site is the Sticks and Stones site, which presents real examples of bad published writing for our enjoyment. As an example of a gripping opening sentence, try this, by PD James:
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