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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib
I had heard that the worst fan-fiction piece of writing was "The Eye of Argon," by Jim Theis.
You may wish to Google that one for more info.
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I did. Wow. Fancy having your story turned into a party game (and not in a good way). The most redeeming feature seems to be that it's not, in fact, fanfiction. And I'm sure every scifi show in history is happy about that.
But this comment on the story summed it up for me:
No matter how unintentionally funny the manuscript is, I really feel bad for Theis. I said and did and wrote some remarkably silly and awful things when I was that age, and every time I think about it I'm grateful that most of it has been lost in the depths of time or to pre-archive bit rot. I think that one of the ugliest things about living in the future is the death of forgetting. I can only imagine what 15 minutes of fame on Encyclopedia Dramatica, archived in perpetuity for all your future ex-friends to find, does to your view of humanity.