History SoBadItsGood / Literature

** Hilariously, the hero of the "Knight Moves" is named Lord Verdigris. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdigris Verdigris]] is the green stuff that forms on copper, brass or bronze when it's been exposed to the air or seawater for too long (think Statue of Liberty).

* The Reverend Creator/LionelFanthorpe, who wrote about 80% of [[ExtrudedBookProduct Badger Books']] sci-fi [[[http://www.peltorro.com/examples.htm output]] under so many pseudonyms and with such a rush to churn out nonsense before the deadline that nowadays even he isn't sure which books were his. He was a master of ''deliberately'' writing SoBadItsGood, since the Badger Books methodology made it difficult to write anything ''good'' good. He is associated with pages of blatant {{padding}}, plots based on barely disguised Creator/WilliamShakespeare or TabletopGame/{{chess}} games, more blatant padding, still more padding, a vague relationship to the [[CoversAlwaysLie cover picture, back cover synopsis and title]] he had been given (they never seemed related to each other), and yet more padding. Padding in large amounts! [[OverlyLongGag Unimaginable quantities of padding]]! (And so on...)

* ''Literature/AtlantaNights''. This book was ''[[StylisticSuck deliberately]]'' made bad, the idea being that it was a ploy to prove that its publisher, [=PublishAmerica=], is a [[VanityPublishing vanity publisher]]. The book is packed to the rafters with deliberate typos, inconsistencies, etc. Plus, Chapter 34 was written entirely by a computer to make absolutely sure it wouldn't make any sense at all.

* ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' is ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' without vampires, with even less plot and even worse writing but it's [[{{Narm}} hilarious]] with all the idealized sex scenes.

--> '''hradzka:''' The PALADIN OF SHADOWS series is arguably the most horrifying series of books I have ever read. It has [[DesignatedHero a hero I can't stand]], [[StrawCharacter politics so strong they're comical]], and [[FanDisservice sex scenes that are downright horrifying]]. [[BileFascination And I cannot stop reading it]]. I am going to buy every single one, and if Ringo ever comes out with a spin-off featuring Katya as [[ItMakesSenseInContext Cottontail the Bionic Whore]], I will buy that too. Because dammit, there's bad, and then there's so bad you have to memorialize it for future generations.

* The [[http://www.peltorro.com/examples.htm Reverend Lionel Fanthorpe]], who wrote about 80% of [[ExtrudedBookProduct Badger Books']] sci-fi output under so many pseudonyms and with such a rush to churn out nonsense before the deadline that nowadays even he isn't sure which books were his. He was a master of ''deliberately'' writing SoBadItsGood, since the Badger Books methodology made it difficult to write anything ''good'' good. He is associated with pages of blatant {{padding}}, plots based on barely disguised Creator/WilliamShakespeare or TabletopGame/{{chess}} games, more blatant padding, still more padding, a vague relationship to the [[CoversAlwaysLie cover picture, back cover synopsis and title]] he had been given (they never seemed related to each other), and yet more padding. Padding in large amounts! [[OverlyLongGag Unimaginable quantities of padding]]! (And so on...)

* Edward George Bulwer-Lytton (the original writer of the notorious opening phrase "ItWasADarkAndStormyNight...") has a [[http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/ contest]] for deliberate SoBadItsGood work named in his "honor". Although, as has been pointed out by many critics, the PurpleProse concisely describes the scene. The book is more notorious than bad.
** There's also the spinoff Literature/LyttleLyttonContest, which has a word limit on entries to prevent PurpleProse from running rampant.

* A significant portion of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'s'' internet fanbase enjoys the books because of the melodramatic plot, unrealistically 'perfect' characters, and [[BishieSparkle sparkling]].

---> "Twenty-one year old [[TheProtagonist Kyla Atkins]] frequents the Internet [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan in search of her soulmate]]. While online, she meets [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment hot and devilishly handsome]] Justin Brogan. [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys Dangerous, arrogant, and quite psychotic]], Justin [[StalkingIsLove hacks into Kyla's computer, and soon he controls everything]], [[StockholmSyndrome including her heart]] and her life."

* ''Literature/SkyFightersSeries'', a self-published Amazon sci-fi fantasy series by Creator/RossEberle noted by reviewers for its plagiarism of Anime/PokemonTheSeries, its bizarre pedophilic undertones, its cultural stereotypes and its severe lack of professional editing. Eberle has written 7 books and regularly "re-edits" them, which consists not of editing but rather of adding new content.

* ''Literature/SkyFightersSeries'', a self-published Amazon sci-fi fantasy series by Creator/RossEberle noted by reviewers for its plagiarism of Franchise/{{Pokémon}}, its bizarre pedophilic undertones, its cultural stereotypes and its severe lack of professional editing. Eberle has written 7 books and regularly "re-edits" them, which consists not of editing but rather of adding new content.

* ''Literature/SkyFightersSeries'', a self-published Amazon sci-fi fantasy series by Creator/RossEberle noted by reviewers for its plagiarism of Franchise/Pokémon, its bizarre pedophilic undertones, its cultural stereotypes and its severe lack of professional editing. Eberle has written 7 books and regularly "re-edits" them, which consists not of editing but rather of adding new content.

* ''Literature/SkyFightersSeries'', a self-published Amazon sci-fi fantasy series by Creator/RossEberle noted by reviewers for its plagiarism of Franchise/Pokémon, its bizarre pedophilic undertones, its cultural stereotypes and its severe lack of professional editing. Eberle has written 7 books and regularly "re-edits" them, which consists not of editing but rather of adding new content.

* ''Series/SkyFightersSeries'', a self-published Amazon sci-fi fantasy series by Creator/RossEberle noted by reviewers for its plagiarism of Franchise/Pokémon, its bizarre pedophilic undertones, its cultural stereotypes and its severe lack of professional editing. Eberle has written 7 books and regularly "re-edits" them, which consists not of editing but rather of adding new content.

* The ''Literature/MaradoniaSaga'', a self-published book by teenage author Gloria Tesch, is in the running for the worst piece of fantasy literature to ever be offered for sale. It features poor editing, terrible formatting, inexcusable grammar and punctuation errors, nonsensical characters and plot, and ''plagiarism from [[Literature/TheBible the Bible]]''. All of these things would ordinarily doom a book to [[Horrible/{{Literature}} Horrible]] status. But not in this case. Oh no, somehow it manages to go all the way around the scale again to ''hilarious!'' Be warned, though: trying to read this book will melt your brain. Please use protection and [[http://impishidea.com/spork/maradonia-sporkings-part-one amusing]] [[http://impishidea.com/spork/maradonia-and-the-seven-bridges-spork-part-one commentary]] to preserve your sanity. We don't want to be responsible for any mental damage.

* ''Knight Moves'', supposedly a romance, but in fact awful erotica. A woman accidentally ends up in the men's room of a Medieval Times-type restaurant, which somehow sends her to the Middle Ages. There, she screws her way through most of England before returning to Philadelphia for a hideously racist [[YourMom Your Momma]] rap contest with a street gang who speak nothing even resembling street speak. And if that's not enough, the sex scenes veer from IKEAErotica to PurpleProse and back, violently. One of the more work-safe excerpts:

* Dale Courtney's ''Moon People'', a science fiction novel published via vanity press Xlibris, written in a way that makes one wonder whether the author has ever ''seen'' a novel. Just [[http://www2.xlibris.com/book_excerpt.asp?bookid=49194&page=1 read the first four pages]] and imagine an ''entire novel'' written like this. Oh, and it has [[http://bookstore.xlibris.com/Products/SKU-0052314049/Moon-People-2.aspx two]] [[http://bookstore.xlibris.com/Products/SKU-0066874049/MOON-PEOPLE-3.aspx sequels]]!

** Read a review, in all its {{NSFW}} glory, [[http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2009/03/05/review-knight-moves-by-jamaica-layne/ here]].

* ''Literature/{{Victoria}}''. You know [[JustForFun/AtheistProfessorCopypasta that copypasta about the Christian U.S. Marine]] that starts with "A liberal Muslim homosexual ACLU lawyer professor ..."? Yeah, ''Victoria'' is like that but as a war novel novel. It's about a bunch of RatedMForManly {{Right Wing Militia Fanatic}}s waging war on the forces of liberalism and political correctness - safe to say, the author feels strongly about his political views. But to people who don't agree with him the book reads like an over-the-top self-parody. For example; in one scene our heroes dress up as medieval Crusaders and execute Marxist professors with Roman swords on live TV while monks chant ''Dies Irae''.

* ''Literature/{{Victoria}}''. You know [[JustForFun/AtheistProfessorCopypasta that copypasta about the Christian U.S. Marine]] that starts with "A liberal Muslim homosexual ACLU lawyer professor ..."? Yeah, ''Victoria'' is like that but as a war novel novel. It's about a bunch of RatedMForManly {{Right Wing Militia Fanatic}}s waging war on the forces of liberalism and political correctness - safe to say, the author feels strongly about his political views. He thinks everything in America was better in the 40s (including [[LuddWasRight technology]]). But to people who don't agree with him the book reads like an over-the-top self-parody. For example; in one scene our heroes dress up as medieval Crusaders and execute Marxist professors with Roman swords on live TV while monks chant ''Dies Irae''.

** Then there's his Jason Striker books which have not aged well. It's ''{{Bloodsport}}'' with a middle-aged Judo protagonist and, as usual for Piers Anthony, teenage love interests.

* When author Joy Demorra worked as an editor, she received a ParanormalRomance manuscript so horrible that she had to share it with the internet. Declining to give its actual title, she refers to it as [[https://thebibliosphere.tumblr.com/post/140364171806/crucifix-nail-nipples "Crucifix Nail Nipples"]] after a particularly bizarre piece of MillsAndBoonProse it contained, along with serious cases of MarySue and "alpha male" hero.

* ''[[http://theweek.com/article/index/250692/dinosaur-erotica-exists-heres-what-you-need-to-know Taken By the Pterodactyl]]'', an erotic novella about a farmer being captured by a pterodactyl and taken to his nest, where he deflowers her. Wiki/TVTropes doesn't judge you if this turns you on, but many readers have laughed hard at its {{narm}}y style and the inherent [[AnachronismStew anachronism]] of pairing humans and dinosaurs ([[BestialityIsDepraved as well as just deviating from normal sexual practices]]).