[extropy-chat] bad writing contest: genetic engineering {8^D

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Worse is better in writing contest

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER WINS SJSU AWARD WITH WORST EXAMPLE OF PURPLE PROSE

By Dana Hull

Mercury News

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Dave Zobel, 42, won first place in San Jose State University's 23rd
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, an annual event that parodies the most
atrocious beginning to an imaginary novel.

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The contest has a number of thematic categories, from adventure to
detective, romance and science fiction.

Frances Grimble of San Francisco won the children's literature category:

``Jack planted the magic beans and in one night a giant beanstalk grew
all the way from the Earth up to the clouds -- which sounds like a lie,
but it can be done with genetic engineering, and although a few people
are against eating gene-engineered foods like those beans it's a
high-paying career to think about for when you grow up.'' 

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