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That is a) SUPERB, and b) a perfect example of the Dan Brown Code[1]. [1] http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000844.h...
For more on Dan Brown, see this hilarious parody: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/dont-make-fun-of-r...
And obvious trait of all those is too much postmodernism. Instead of trying to lay out a story about human beings, books start name-dropping or being smart from the line 1. Trying to claim too much context that they don't own but obviously going to exploit.
This is a contest where contestants intentionally set out to write the worst opening sentence possible.
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And what makes it even funnier is that they all sound like they could be from a real Dan Brown novel.
Or Charles Stross, or Peter Watts. A lot of modern prose starts with illusions of grandeur and name-dropping.
The link currently points to the 2019 winners, the correct one is: https://www.bulwer-lytton.com/2022
The link currently points to the 2019 winners, the correct one is: https://www.bulwer-lytton.com/2022
Honestly i think the 2019 grand winner is the best still
>2019 Grand Prize
>Space Fleet Commander Brad Brad sat in silence, surrounded by a slowly dissipating cloud of smoke, maintaining the same forlorn frown that had been fixed upon his face since he’d accidentally destroyed the phenomenon known as time, thirteen inches ago.
And obvious trait of all those is too much postmodernism. Instead of trying to lay out a story about human beings, books start name-dropping or being smart from the line 1. Trying to claim too much context that they don't own but obviously going to exploit.
And obvious trait of all those is too much postmodernism. Instead of trying to lay out a story about human beings, books start name-dropping or being smart from the line 1. Trying to claim too much context that they don't own but obviously going to exploit.
This comment is itself a beautiful example of postmodernism. Well, at least my incredibly naive idea of what postmodernism is. I do it that way, intentionally.