How did anyone learn to write before “Thog’s Masterclass“?
This month’s collection of (published) bad examples just arrived in Dave Langford’s latest issue of Ansible.
Wouldn’t you like a few blasts from Thog’s horrible past?
- `Wearing an aura of rugged-intellectual charm like a plastic raincoat …’ — Sam Merwin Jr, The Time Shifters
- `Gosseyn’s intestinal fortitude strove to climb into his throat, and settled into position again only reluctantly …’ — A.E.van Vogt, The World of Null-A
- `The wagon lurched forward like an armadillo trying to mate with a very fast duck.’ — James P Silke, Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer, Vol II Lords of Destruction
Thank you, David Langford, and thank you, Thog!