Interesting Books
* I have
listed these titles in earlier SSS posts: check out my SSS Books Page for links to more reviews
* Jack
Glass by Adam Roberts, review at The
Speculative Scotsman
*
Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines, review at Fantasy
Literature
Giveaways
A
selection of recent releases to celebrate their Anniversary at Addicted
2 Heroines
The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
I am
most grateful to The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent. for bringing my attention to this amazing contest. This
competition is held by the English Department of San Jose State University and
has a simple challenge: to imagine the worst novel in a particular genre and
then compose the opening line from this astounding waste of paper. This
year’s winners are all very funny, although
I think my favorites are these three, which all have a rather ‘biological’ aspect.
The
Overall Winner:
As he
told her that he loved her she gazed into his eyes, wondering, as she noted the
infestation of eyelash mites, the tiny deodicids burrowing into his follicles
to eat the greasy sebum therein, each female laying up to 25 eggs in a single
follicle, causing inflammation, whether the eyes are truly the windows of the
soul; and, if so, his soul needed regrouting. — Cathy Bryant, Manchester, England
Grand
Panjandrum’s Special Award
As an
ornithologist, George was fascinated by the fact that urine and feces mix in
birds’ rectums to form a unified, homogeneous slurry that is expelled through
defecation, although eying Greta's face, and sensing the reaction of the
congregation, he immediately realized he should have used a different analogy
to describe their relationship in his wedding vows. — David Pepper, Hermosa Beach, CA
Fantasy
Runner-Up:
Truly,
twas Gimoneus the wise, grand sorcerer of Elantorfan, keeper of the ancient
rune of Turgochit, came nearest to slaying the mighty dragon of Ralmorgantorg;
for he was old and sinewy, and the wretched beast near choked to death on his
femur. — Warren Wol, Livermore, CA
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