World's Worst Authors
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:33 am
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beautifully put Rob!Robspierre wrote:Here is mine though when I tried to submit it I came across a could not find this page result, will try again later. here is my submission:
Rob
KJA is terribly awful, and hasn't arrived at genius from any direction.This is a celebration of bad writing; a journey into the lives of writers so wonderfully awful, they have unwittingly arrived at genius from the wrong direction.
Not pure schlock worthy of serious examination?It is time. I have evolved.
You win.Omphalos wrote:I don't know guys. This could work any number of ways. There certainly are some terrible authors out there who could not turn a phrase at all, and who bore to tears. And there are others out there whose prose and posey is just so horribly done that its funny. But consider what KJA has given us: We have virtually filled up three boards now with how terrible he really is. And when we tear him down we are left with Zombie inspired chases, cross dressing robots, Sponge P'aub, ire inspiring falsifications and just stupid revisions. All in all, its a pretty motivational body of text he has given us. Certainly not genuis in any sense of the word, but certainly worthy of something. This looks pretty good to me. And how is this:
Not pure schlock worthy of serious examination?It is time. I have evolved.
EDIT - I also got the "Can't find that page"
Kevin J Anderson
Way too much evidence against him. He combines the worst qualities of audacity and incompetence. His "prose" suggests a head-patting of the lowest common denominator of the reading populace, whereas his pride of accomplishment causes him to label anyone who points out flaws in his logic or work as a rabid "talifan".
His idea of an original though involves creating super weapons upon super weapons. This causes his writing to have a constant theme of one-upmanship because lets face it, 90% of his work is done in other people's universes (Star Wars, Dune, DC)
However I must add a caveat: KJA has not discovered a reverse genius in his books. If anything they are more mediocre and embarrassing than Atrociously Grand (ala Plan 9 from outer space). No one will ever form a fan club of "I can't believe I read KJA and praised him!" They'll just sadly cover their eyes and erase all public record of their shame.
Crimes against literacy
Suncrusher- A Star Wars ship so awesome it can destroy an entire solar system not just a measly little planet. Its also the size of a Shuttle and can only be flown by the most powerful jedi in the galaxy. It's also Indestructable.
Dune:
Lowering the IQ of every character in the greatest Sci-fi series ever created to about 12.
Completely reverses the philosophical message of the series from super-leaders are bad to lets have God and a Super-dude save the universe from Transvestite robots and a SuperComputer so SuperIntelligent that it tries to conquer a Universe-spanning Empire with slower than light ships.
Has the primer Assassin in the universe send his adopted daughter (a 6 year old toddler trained in assassination and political intrigue, and SuperKung-Fu)into his enemies palace to infiltrate and assassinate the Emperor. He cries when the Emperor's sister kills her.
These are some of the highlights. Nevermind the fact that he's usurped the Dune website with multiple links to his own sites and projects or that the 'Offical Boards' for Dune discussion don't allow any dissent suggested or supposed.
If KJA becomes a serious contender than I suggest the authors visit both www.Dunenovels.com as well as www.jacurutu.com and ask the posters there for more input. I'm not kidding we could write an entire library of books on how bad and damaging to literacy KJA is.
Thanks for reading my long-winded and poorly edited submission.
That sums it up pretty well. Although for my part i think he is unworthy of any recognition at all, oblivion is the only thing he deserves. I'm confident that a few years from now, no one will know who the fuck KJA was.Ampoliros wrote:My submissionEDIT - I also got the "Can't find that page"
Kevin J Anderson
Way too much evidence against him. He combines the worst qualities of audacity and incompetence. His "prose" suggests a head-patting of the lowest common denominator of the reading populace, whereas his pride of accomplishment causes him to label anyone who points out flaws in his logic or work as a rabid "talifan".
His idea of an original though involves creating super weapons upon super weapons. This causes his writing to have a constant theme of one-upmanship because lets face it, 90% of his work is done in other people's universes (Star Wars, Dune, DC)
However I must add a caveat: KJA has not discovered a reverse genius in his books. If anything they are more mediocre and embarrassing than Atrociously Grand (ala Plan 9 from outer space). No one will ever form a fan club of "I can't believe I read KJA and praised him!" They'll just sadly cover their eyes and erase all public record of their shame.
Crimes against literacy
Suncrusher- A Star Wars ship so awesome it can destroy an entire solar system not just a measly little planet. Its also the size of a Shuttle and can only be flown by the most powerful jedi in the galaxy. It's also Indestructable.
Dune:
Lowering the IQ of every character in the greatest Sci-fi series ever created to about 12.
Completely reverses the philosophical message of the series from super-leaders are bad to lets have God and a Super-dude save the universe from Transvestite robots and a SuperComputer so SuperIntelligent that it tries to conquer a Universe-spanning Empire with slower than light ships.
Has the primer Assassin in the universe send his adopted daughter (a 6 year old toddler trained in assassination and political intrigue, and SuperKung-Fu)into his enemies palace to infiltrate and assassinate the Emperor. He cries when the Emperor's sister kills her.
These are some of the highlights. Nevermind the fact that he's usurped the Dune website with multiple links to his own sites and projects or that the 'Offical Boards' for Dune discussion don't allow any dissent suggested or supposed.
If KJA becomes a serious contender than I suggest the authors visit both www.Dunenovels.com as well as www.jacurutu.com and ask the posters there for more input. I'm not kidding we could write an entire library of books on how bad and damaging to literacy KJA is.
Thanks for reading my long-winded and poorly edited submission.