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What I find interesting about this thread is the concept of a "bad book". At least until the internet age, somebody (a publisher) had to think a story was good enough to make money off of, or else the book wouldn't exist. The <really> bad books never saw the light of day. (Undoubtable some good books as well, but relatively few.
But if I make a list of truly bad books, I'll get a blank look, because nobody would have heard of them, much less read them. (G8 and His Battle Aces, anyone? How about the first Tom Swift book? No? Hmmm... Station X by George Mcleod?) Obscurity has it's place in the world. (Hence my tacky first post.)
So this thread seems to be about books the many people have read, but still think are "bad". A rarified strata indeed. After all, a lot of people plunked down a lot of money to get them there...
I think we need a counterpoint thread to this one. Currently obscure books that you think ought to be read, and why they're so entertaining. (Wasp by Eric Frank Russell, anyone?)
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