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				 Every year, the Bulwer-Lytton Awards honor people who strive to write the worst first sentences for a novel that they can possibly imagine. But the winning science fiction entry this year is so weirdly similar to the first sentence of a forthcoming novel from Del Rey that we have to wonder if there isn't some kind of conspiracy of badness in the world of military SF. Check out the two offending sentences and judge for yourself.				<a href="http://io9.com/5059639/a-conspiracy-of-badness-in-novel-writing" title="Click here to read more about A Conspiracy of Badness in Novel Writing">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:20:00 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Annalee Newitz]]></dc:creator>
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