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Skriven 2006-12-30 13:40:44 av Amy Guskin (13059.babylon5)
     Kommentar till en text av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Ärende: Re: Watching the Series for the First Time
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>> On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:25:17 -0500, Methuselah Jones wrote
(in article <Xns98A955AB5A545methuselahaltgeekorg@216.196.97.131>):

> Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of Amy
> Guskin of rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated make plain: 
>> 
>> Speaking of which, I read what I _think_ is the worst example of prose
>> I've ever seen in a book put out by a major publisher.  It was a scene
>> during a trial.  The (multiple) defense attorneys were greatly upset
>> by something that was said by a witness, and one of them reacted
>> visibly.  The sentence was: 
>> 
>> "One of the defense lawyer's head dropped."
> 
> I wish I could remember the name of a book I read when I was going to 
> school in LA. Better yet, I wish I'd kept it; it was from a community 
> trading library, and I could have just contributed a different book.
> 
> This book had everything wrong with it that could be wrong with a book. 
> The writing was awkward and amateurish, to start with. The Pope is 
> mentioned in passing; his name is George Ringo (Get it? John Paul, George 
> Ringo? Get it?) The editing was atrocious. The cover art didn't appear to 
> have anything to do with the story. There were numerous typesetting 
> errors, with transposed lines, transposed paragraphs and even whole pages 
> out of place. Then, about two thirds of the way through the book, there 
> was a huge ink splotch on one page. The whole thing was a real piece of 
> work. <<

That sounds like it has to have been something self-published, or from a 
vanity press.  I mean, major publishers can allow some doozies through, but 
that sounds like it hardly qualifies as a real book!

Amy
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