When bad writing is so bad it turns good...

Apr 04, 2009 22:38

or "Her breasts were honeycombs and dew-beaded windows, or soft, sweet cheese." ...

I saw this link in Babek Nabel about a fairy woman's description in a a published SF novel that is such awfully purple prose that it's almost good. As a humour work, that is. Especially since you can't read it without laughing with tears in your eyes at the horrible badness of it.

Judge for yourself:
http://vandonovan.livejournal.com/1088311.html

I will accept no blame for broken brains, scarred eyeballs or keyboards destroyed by snorting liquid all over them... :D

humour

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