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{{quote|''"''[[Atlanta Nights]]'' is a book that could only have been produced by an author well-versed in believable storylines, set in conditions that exist today, with believable every-day characters. Accepted by a Traditional Publisher, it is certain to resonate with an audience."''|Lulu.com}} |
{{quote|''"''[[Atlanta Nights]]'' is a book that could only have been produced by an author well-versed in believable storylines, set in conditions that exist today, with believable every-day characters. Accepted by a Traditional Publisher, it is certain to resonate with an audience."''|Lulu.com}} |
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{{quote|''"The world is full of bad books written by amateurs. But why settle for the merely regrettable? ''Atlanta Nights'' is a bad book written by experts."''|T. Nielsen Hayden}} |
{{quote|''"The world is full of bad books written by amateurs. But why settle for the merely regrettable? ''Atlanta Nights'' is a bad book written by experts."''|T. Nielsen Hayden}} |
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''Atlanta Nights'' is a collaborative novel, written by a group of scifi authors under the pseudonym [[Punny Name|Travis Tea]], in response to a slight by Author's Market, which had made [[Sci Fi Ghetto|derogatory comments about the science fiction genre]]. The authors wrote an [[Stylistic Suck|unpublishable mess]] and sent it to PublishAmerica - a [[Vanity Publishing|vanity publisher]] (or something very like one) who denied being a vanity publisher, owned by the same people as Author's Market - to see if they rejected it or not. They didn't reject it, because they had obviously never read it, and weren't much of a publishing company with the "high standards" they claimed to have. After the authors revealed their hoax, of course, PublishAmerica ''very'' quickly retracted their offer after "further review". |
''Atlanta Nights'' is a collaborative novel, written by a group of scifi authors under the pseudonym [[Punny Name|Travis Tea]], in response to a slight by ''Author's Market'', which had made [[Sci Fi Ghetto|derogatory comments about the science fiction genre]]. The authors wrote an [[Stylistic Suck|unpublishable mess]] and sent it to PublishAmerica -- a [[Vanity Publishing|vanity publisher]] (or something very like one) who denied being a vanity publisher, owned by the same people as ''Author's Market'' -- to see if they rejected it or not. They didn't reject it, because they had obviously never read it, and weren't much of a publishing company with the "high standards" they claimed to have. After the authors revealed their hoax, of course, PublishAmerica ''very'' quickly retracted their offer after "further review". |
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As for the book itself, well, it's a [[Random Events Plot|plotless, rambling pile of nonsense]], riddled with inconsistencies and typos. It focuses on a group of wealthy, good-looking Atlanta socialites who sleep around with each other. Buried underneath it all is a vague storyline: a software developer named Bruce Lucent got into a car accident with a businessman named Henry Archer. Archer was killed, but Lucent survived, and promptly takes up with Mrs. Archer, while Detective Andrew Venice attempts to determine whether Archer's death was a murder or not. Beyond that, however, virtually nothing about the plot can be determined that is consistent from one chapter to the next, due to the staggering number of internal inconsistencies in the plot. |
As for the book itself, well, it's a [[Random Events Plot|plotless, rambling pile of nonsense]], riddled with inconsistencies and typos. It focuses on a group of wealthy, good-looking Atlanta socialites who sleep around with each other. Buried underneath it all is a vague storyline: a software developer named Bruce Lucent got into a car accident with a businessman named Henry Archer. Archer was killed, but Lucent survived, and promptly takes up with Mrs. Archer, while Detective Andrew Venice attempts to determine whether Archer's death was a murder or not. Beyond that, however, virtually nothing about the plot can be determined that is consistent from one chapter to the next, due to the staggering number of internal inconsistencies in the plot. |
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A [[Dramatic Reading]] can be right [http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=BAFF14D77F09FFD1&search_query=atlanta+nights here], or you can download the actual manuscript right [ftp://ftp.sff.net/pub/people/doylemacdonald/sting/StingManuscript.rtf here]. |
A [[Dramatic Reading]] can be right [http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=BAFF14D77F09FFD1&search_query=atlanta+nights here], or you can download the actual manuscript right [ftp://ftp.sff.net/pub/people/doylemacdonald/sting/StingManuscript.rtf here]. |
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And on February 12th, 2011, Brenda Clough, one of the authors, [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.composition/msg/6052e00a94e6e223 announced] that |
And on February 12th, 2011, Brenda Clough, one of the authors, [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.composition/msg/6052e00a94e6e223 announced] that the book and the story behind it were optioned for a film by producing team Roy C. Booth and Rachael Saltzman, who were also slated to co-write and co-direct the film. Production was tentatively scheduled to begin August 2011, but on 16 May 2011 the crowd funding campaign for the movie ended without reaching its goal. |
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Compare ''[[The Eye of Argon]]'' and ''[[My Immortal]]''. |
Compare ''[[The Eye of Argon]]'' and ''[[My Immortal]]''. |
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