TR Contest: Crappiest Sci-Fi Novel
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?I did this contest many many moons ago with Worst Fantasy Novel (which I can’t find, thanks to TR‘s craptastic search limit) but I don’t think I did Worst Sci-Fi Novel. Which is strange, because science fiction novels can be just as crappy as fantasy novels as future civilizations and alien races can be as fucked up as any fantasy world. Plus there can be really stupid, bullshit technology, which is always fun. But the best worst thing about sci-fi novels is when they try to pull a Twilight Zone twist on you, which you saw coming from chapter 3 but you didn’t think they’d actually do because it was so stupid. I love those.
My head is full of pain and the trauma of today’s FFF, so I can’t think of any examples (I’m sure you’ll remind me over the weekend, though). You can pick one short story, one novel, or a series, but you must explain why it’s stupid because I likely won’t know otherwise. One entry per person, contest ends on Monday, November 9th, at 12:01 EST, and FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT’S HOLY KEEP IT REASONABLY BRIEF. I’m happy to bribe you all into reading my silly nerd blog with free apparel, but man. This isn’t English 105. Like all teachers, I just want to spend my nights drinking and crying. Please don’t deny me that by writing 800 words on some Heinlein short story he clearly wrote during an ether binge.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.