Worst fiction book?

The Bible.

Originally posted by lausey
The Bible.

You don't read enough bad fiction.

If you want something that dwarfs the Bible for length and tedium, try John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga. Follow that up with The Fountainhead and you'll be well on your way.

The wheel of fortune trilo... quar...cin... thousandology.
Cause that's what it feels like if you try to read that crap.

However, the bible is a close second.

Originally posted by shavixmir

However, the bible is a close second.

Bet you haven't read it.

It's a pity a potentially interesting thread has probably already been sabotaged by a lame attempt to be controversial. The Bible has some good bits, some dull bits, some mad bits, and some fictional bits. The Book of Job is a philosophical fiction; it's actually quite good.

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Bet you haven't read it.

It's a pity a potentially interesting thread has probably already been sabotaged by a lame attempt to be controversial. The Bible has some good bits, some dull bits, some mad bits, and some fictional bits. The Book of Job is a philosophical fiction; it's actually quite good.

The story of Esther is well written.

The worst fiction was some dreadful story about a twin who killed his brother that started at the "last" chapter.

Originally posted by lausey
The Bible.

The New testement

PS - How is your ankle ? Better ?

Originally posted by RSMA1234
The New testement

PS - How is your ankle ? Better ?

A little better now, thanks. 🙂

Small Changes by Marge Piercy.

The worst book I read in recent memory was 'Running With Scissors'.

I tried to read a John Saul book once. It was quite awful.

The Cradle by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee.

Just dreadful, and so profoundly disappointing from a guy who wrote Childhood's End and
the Space Odyssey stuff. I mean, it made Andromena Strain look like classic literature.

Nemesio

Let's face it, John Grisham is a godawful writer. A pox on him.

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Let's face it, John Grisham is a godawful writer. A pox on him.

Grisham's biggest selling point is that his stuff isn't very challenging. You can pass the time with it and forget about it.

Originally posted by Nemesio
The Cradle by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee.

Just dreadful, and so profoundly disappointing from a guy who wrote Childhood's End and
the Space Odyssey stuff. I mean, it made Andromena Strain look like classic literature.

Nemesio

You beat me to it! What are the chances of that? Just shows what an appallingly bad book this was.

Originally posted by Gatecrasher
You beat me to it! What are the chances of that? Just shows what an appallingly bad book this was.

I think part of it was the sense of expectation. I mean, I hold the works I listed in such high esteem,
it just never occurred to me that the Cradle would suck so royally. It's very possible that the book
isn't really all that awful, but merely just a poor showing because I hold him to a standard higher
than I hold John Grisham or Dan Brown.

Then again, it was pretty awful...

Nemesio