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Deliberate awfulness
Monday, February 19th, 2007 10:37 pm.
Ever hear of the Bulwer-Lytton contest? It's a competition held each year, to see who can come up with the very worst opening line to a novel. (The contest was named for Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the originator of that perennielly dreadful opener, "It was a dark and stormy night...")
Over at TORn a while back, someone initiated an LOTR version of this venerable contest. Below is the entry I posted.
( As within a vaulted palace of gold, with ceilings laid in ivory and chased gems, would dwell a pasha or sultan at his ease... )
Anyone care to join in?
Ever hear of the Bulwer-Lytton contest? It's a competition held each year, to see who can come up with the very worst opening line to a novel. (The contest was named for Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the originator of that perennielly dreadful opener, "It was a dark and stormy night...")
Over at TORn a while back, someone initiated an LOTR version of this venerable contest. Below is the entry I posted.
( As within a vaulted palace of gold, with ceilings laid in ivory and chased gems, would dwell a pasha or sultan at his ease... )
Anyone care to join in?
