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mtsgsd · 08-21-2003, 05:24 PM

I could go on about bad authors too, but this thread is about the worst BOOK.

So, hands down:

Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard.
What a piece of shit. It's only about 5 times longer than it needed to be. It reminds me of the style of writing you saw in (what?) the early 1900s? When they were paid by the word.
The hero is called "Johnny (good boy) Tyler"????

I later learned that he aspired to be histories most prolific writer, which explains the extreme verbage of the book in that everything is described in excruciating detail.

08-21-2003, 05:24 PM	#50 (permalink)
mtsgsd Addict Location: Wisconsin, USA	I could go on about bad authors too, but this thread is about the worst BOOK. So, hands down: Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard. What a piece of shit. It's only about 5 times longer than it needed to be. It reminds me of the style of writing you saw in (what?) the early 1900s? When they were paid by the word. The hero is called "Johnny (good boy) Tyler"???? I later learned that he aspired to be histories most prolific writer, which explains the extreme verbage of the book in that everything is described in excruciating detail.