Making lemonade
The Eye of Argon is a famously bad fantasy story.
The story subsequently came into use as part of a common SF convention party game, as described by SF critic Dave Langford: “The challenge of death, at sf conventions, is to read The Eye of Argon aloud, straight-faced, without choking and falling over.” […] Langford described [the author] as “a malaprop genius, a McGonagall of prose with an eerie gift for choosing the wrong word and then misapplying it.”
It had to happen. (It was so inevitable, in fact, that it happened almost a decade ago.) MST3King The Eye of Argon:
“Prepare to embrace your creators in the stygian haunts of hell, barbarian”, gasped the first soldier.
Tom: Awfully long gasp… he must have the lung capacity of a whale!
“Only after you have kissed the fleeting stead of death, wretch!” returned Grignr.
Mike: You know, his serve could use some work, and his backhand’s downright lousy, but no one returns like Grignr.
Tom: “Grignr”?
the horror. the horror.
Posted by regis on October 11 2005 11:37
This story is absolutely hilarious. I am holding my breath trying not to laugh out loud at work while reading it.
Posted by Julie on October 11 2005 16:04