Fannish Bulwer-Lytton Contest!

[trinityofone]

Smart Bitches Trashy Books is having a contest in honor of the 2008 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Winners. Two years ago, I held a similar contest. I feel like it's time to bring it back—with a vengeance!

Here are the rules:

1. Comment with the worst sentence you can imagine opening a fic. I am opening this up to any and all fandoms this year, with the caveat that, as the initial judge, I may be more partial to fandoms I am familiar with. Note: the sentence should be a sentence. Crazy punctuation is fine and even encouraged, but opening paragraphs will not be counted. ETA: You're welcome to make as many entries as you like. I'd recommend one per comment for clarity, but I'm not gonna be a stickler on that.

2. On Thursday morning-ish, I will choose my ten favorite entries for everyone to vote on. Feel free to comment on your favorite entries; my opinions on matters unpolitical can often be swayed. ;-)

3. Voting will run through the weekend; on Monday I will announce the winners and possibly some runners-up. There will be prizes! (Most likely a selection of used books on numerous enchanting subjects.)

4. Feel free to link! Let's see if we can make this an omnifannish extravaganza.

And...go!

Comments

Re: SGA / Heralds of Valdemar / Dragonriders of Pern / Doctor Who / Bimbos of the Death Sun / Discwo

[busaikko]

Hee. The ending of that fic rocks (though the last time I saw B7 I was in high school, *very small letters* 20 years ago... you're perverting my childhood!)

I just bought first editions of the TPs for the Valdemar series: fear me! And Pern I memorised long ago. If you are in fandom, especially con-going fandom, do read Bimbos of the Death Sun (it's a murder mystery by Sharon McCrumb set at an SFF con, and even though it's dated -- the book must be 20 years old -- it's spot-on, in a friendly and funny way, about the kinds of people who go to cons). I'm pretty sure SGA fandom, full of crack as it is, *already has* crossovers with Valdemar and Pern and Discworld. I'm sure of it....

Re: SGA / Heralds of Valdemar / Dragonriders of Pern / Doctor Who / Bimbos of the Death Sun / Discwo

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

Hah! I didn't know you knew B7. That's been my only participating fandom for more than 20 years.

I had most of the Valdemar & Pern ones up until I stopped buying paperbacks (when I went to the bookstore and all the ones I wanted were $10 each I stopped collecting.) I've just added Bimbos to my Amazon shopping list for the next time I buy from them. :^)

Re: SGA / Heralds of Valdemar / Dragonriders of Pern / Doctor Who / Bimbos of the Death Sun / Discwo

[busaikko]

Yay! Hope you enjoy it. I don't recall much of B7 *mind like a sieve* except for, you know, the inevitable Blake/Avon shipping. And the Send in the Clowns video (the firstest ever fanvid I ever saw ♥)

Re: SGA / Heralds of Valdemar / Dragonriders of Pern / Doctor Who / Bimbos of the Death Sun / Discwo

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

Is there anything to B7 beyond the B/A? Avon's leather & studs, Blake's curls and knuckle-sucking. Mmmm...

Re: SGA / Heralds of Valdemar / Dragonriders of Pern / Doctor Who / Bimbos of the Death Sun / Discwo

[busaikko]

* wanders around your website, admiring the cross-stitch patterns and generating porn *

Re: SGA / Heralds of Valdemar / Dragonriders of Pern / Doctor Who / Bimbos of the Death Sun / Discwo

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

The porn generator is a wonderful time-waster; enjoy! :^)

Re: SGA / Heralds of Valdemar / Dragonriders of Pern / Doctor Who / Bimbos of the Death Sun / Discwo

[jrprongs.livejournal.com]

Pern and Discworld, yes we do! I'm not sure if there's any Valdemar/SGA fic but I might've just not found it yet.