The "worst book in the English language"

***IronParrot*** · 03-04-2003, 02:37 AM

Wow. This is almost unbelievable.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Feb11.html

After I read that interview, I wasn't sure if this was all a big cosmic joke or not - but I did some digging around, and supposedly, that novel's real. It sounds so wretchedly bad I almost want to buy it. I think that's why the author agreed to such a scathing interview in the first place...

Huan · 03-05-2003, 02:02 AM

The interview seems almost unreal, like a parody of an interview or something.

Baby-K · 03-06-2003, 04:43 AM

What a joke! Think I read as much as I would be able to stomach of the book just in that interview. IP - if you do buy it, please let us know just how horrendous it really is

congressmn · 03-15-2003, 02:37 PM

What kinda lousy idiot this guy Burrows must be.

i'd like to read the shi* he writes, so that if i ever write a book i will remmember what it shudnt be

Ninquelote · 04-05-2003, 10:24 AM

Political books written by old people don't get up there on the charts.

Elf Girl · 04-09-2003, 03:41 PM

Ugh. That sounds really, really, awful.

gimli7410 · 04-09-2003, 10:25 PM

burrows sounds like he doesnt even kno he is being mocked

miss_poet · 04-12-2003, 11:12 AM

Ick! That sounds positively TERRIBLE! I wouldn't wanna read THAT book!

Aralyn · 04-12-2003, 05:23 PM

It's kind of funny actually

The interview I mean

Willow Oran · 04-12-2003, 09:26 PM

I sort of pity the author. Granted his book sounds absolutely awful but still, publishing an interview like that is a rather cruel thing to do to him.

Ruinel · 04-23-2003, 09:47 PM

hmmm... I thought Moby Dick was the worst book written in the English language.

Elfhelm · 04-29-2003, 01:50 PM

Here's a review from closer to home:
http://www.purpleonline.com/021113/news/5.html

You know, it worked for Ayn Rand...

congressmn · 05-02-2003, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ninquelote
Political books written by old people don't get up there on the charts.

yeah, I never wannabe an ol' writer. maybe a little to torcher the youngsters

Wayfarer · 05-02-2003, 07:03 PM

Quote:

I have said this before, and I'll say it again. I really love my job.

I like this reviewer.

Quote:

Was this perhaps deft satire, a nifty Swiftian touch?
Burrows: No.
Me: Ah.

Quote:

Your book is printed on very white, shiny paper.
Burrows: They did a nice job.

http://www.spacespider.net/emo/lol03.gif

markedel · 05-03-2003, 11:44 AM

My goodness. How amusing.

TopazJedi · 06-01-2003, 09:43 PM

Quote:

It's kind of funny actually The interview I mean

Well, that was the point, it wasn't meant to be serious.

Anglorfin · 06-02-2003, 10:53 PM

Eh, it sounds like it could be a real interview. But why on earth was it published in the first place? Besides the 400 people that thought it worth buying, who actually thought they'd make money by publishing this book if it's so bad?

03-04-2003, 02:37 AM	#1
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	The "worst book in the English language" Wow. This is almost unbelievable. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Feb11.html After I read that interview, I wasn't sure if this was all a big cosmic joke or not - but I did some digging around, and supposedly, that novel's real. It sounds so wretchedly bad I almost want to buy it. I think that's why the author agreed to such a scathing interview in the first place... __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

03-06-2003, 04:43 AM	#3
Baby-K Corruptor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Jozi SA Posts: 1,885	What a joke! Think I read as much as I would be able to stomach of the book just in that interview. IP - if you do buy it, please let us know just how horrendous it really is __________________ Don't wet yourself with excitement.

03-15-2003, 02:37 PM	#4
congressmn Incharge: neighbourhood security Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: on my 499th post Posts: 481	What kinda lousy idiot this guy Burrows must be. i'd like to read the shi* he writes, so that if i ever write a book i will remmember what it shudnt be __________________ i am nothing. i am a cold stone, which deceives with the light it reflects, giving illusions of warmth.

04-05-2003, 10:24 AM	#5
Ninquelote Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Here. For the time being. Posts: 336	Political books written by old people don't get up there on the charts. __________________ XIAN- for hating Wiccans. MURDERER- for hating vegetarians. PREP- for hating Goths. These are a few of my favourite things, the hypocritical stylings of the most "liberal" groups.

04-09-2003, 03:41 PM	#6
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	Ugh. That sounds really, really, awful. __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

03-05-2003, 02:02 AM	#2
Huan Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Oxford, MS Posts: 274	The interview seems almost unreal, like a parody of an interview or something.

04-09-2003, 10:25 PM	#7
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04-12-2003, 11:12 AM	#8
miss_poet Enting Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rivendell :-) Posts: 68	:Eek: Ick! That sounds positively TERRIBLE! I wouldn't wanna read THAT book! __________________ As I look into the sky and sit and watch the stars I think of you. I wonder if you remember me the way I was or the way I am now. I know I will always keep a place for you in my heart. Even though the shadows fall and the darkness enters you will always be with me. I remember one thing about you. Your eyes. I used to look in them like pools of blue water. I could stare at them forever like the dark blue sky on a cloudy night. As I sit here still watching the stars I think of you, but the one thing I remember is your eyes.

04-12-2003, 05:23 PM	#9
Aralyn FloraAzul Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Anywhere as long as there is a library in a one mile radius of here Posts: 751	It's kind of funny actually The interview I mean __________________ Atheism: A Non-Prophet Organization Yet many shall be amazed when they see Him-yes even far off foreign nations and thier kings; they shall stand dumb-founded, speechless in his prescence. For they shall see and understand what they had not seen before-Isaiah 52:15a Civil War- 498,332 dead WWI-116,708 dead WWII-407,316 dead Korean War-54,246 dead Vietnam War-58,665 dead Persian Gulf-372 dead War on The Unborn=35,000,000 dead and counting

04-12-2003, 09:26 PM	#10
Willow Oran Deus Ex Machina Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,951	I sort of pity the author. Granted his book sounds absolutely awful but still, publishing an interview like that is a rather cruel thing to do to him. __________________ "5. Plain Rings with RUNES on the inside. Avoid these like the PLAGUE. -Diana Wynne Jones Tough Guide To FantasyLand ...it's not much of a show if somebody doesn't suffer, and preferably at length. Suffering is beautiful in any case, and so is anguish; but as for loathing, and bitterness... I don't think they belong on the stage at all. - Isabella, I Gelosi

04-23-2003, 09:47 PM	#11
Ruinel Banned Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: I have no idea. Posts: 5,441	hmmm... I thought Moby Dick was the worst book written in the English language.

04-29-2003, 01:50 PM	#12
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	Here's a review from closer to home: http://www.purpleonline.com/021113/news/5.html You know, it worked for Ayn Rand... __________________ cya

05-03-2003, 11:44 AM	#15
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	My goodness. How amusing. __________________ "Earnur was a man like his father in valour, but not in wisdom"

06-02-2003, 10:53 PM	#17
Anglorfin Alasailon Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: college Posts: 861	Eh, it sounds like it could be a real interview. But why on earth was it published in the first place? Besides the 400 people that thought it worth buying, who actually thought they'd make money by publishing this book if it's so bad? __________________ "and then this hobbit was walking, and then this elf jumped out of a bush and totally flipped out on him while wailing on his guitar." "Anglorfin was tall and straight; his hair was of shining gold, his face fair and young and fearless and full of anger; his eyes were bright and keen, and his voice like music; on his brow sat wisdom, and in his hand was great skill."

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