Ridiculous sentence

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Sun Dec 30, 2007 4:38 am
Wolf says... · Sun Dec 30, 2007 4:38 am
This sentence was on a book I just read:

The trees rested like soft, dark blue clouds and tapering , pale, dark towers, asleep.

What is that if not ridiculous? How did it ever get published?
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:32 am
Teague says... · Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:32 am
What book is that from?

*suppresses wave of nausea*
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:48 pm
StellaThomas says... · Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:48 pm
So these trees...they've been doing strenuous exercixe lately, and they need a nap.

And they're blue.

They're fluffy like clouds, but they're also tapering like towers.

They're dark, and yet they're pale...

Is this perhaps a book of the worst lines in written history?
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:46 pm
Wolf says... · Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:46 pm
*Laughs hysterically*

It's obviously that Tanith Lee (the author) has never been to YWS.

The book's called 'The Claidi Journals' and it's full of other ridiculous sentences. And it's published!
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:56 pm
StellaThomas says... · Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:56 pm
And are the trees, in fact, blue?
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:18 pm
Cpt. Smurf says... · Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:18 pm
Tanith Lee? And there was me thinking we had a sneak peek at the next Paolini "novel".
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:46 pm
Fan says... · Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:46 pm
Imagine Poalini actually wrote it good...........

HAHAHAHA! that's so hard to say with a straight face....
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:58 pm
Wolf says... · Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:58 pm
No, the trees weren't even blue! xD
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:58 pm
StellaThomas says... · Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:58 pm
Well, okay. That's not weird at all...
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:41 pm
Teague says... · Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:41 pm
Cpt. Smurf wrote:Tanith Lee? And there was me thinking we had a sneak peek at the next Paolini "novel".


I know, so did I.

And now I'm bummed because this won't serve to further prove how much of a (insert choice word here) Paolini is.
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Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:04 am
seeminglymeaningless says... · Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:04 am
Christopher Paolini isn't THAT bad. . . his books are just for people who have never had the experience of critiquing work ^^

And as for the sentence. . . I'm guessing the clouds part is referring to the leaves, and the pale towering part is referring to the trunks. . . . *scratches head* Right?
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Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:35 am
Teague says... · Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:35 am
seeminglymeaningless wrote:Christopher Paolini isn't THAT bad. . . his books are just for people who have never had the experience of critiquing work ^^


Is that... the beginnings of a Paolini lover?

*sharpens pitchfork*

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Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:38 am
Wolf says... · Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:38 am
*sharpens teeth*

Let's get her, Razor.

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Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:52 pm
Cpt. Smurf says... · Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:52 pm
seeminglymeaningless wrote:Christopher Paolini isn't THAT bad. . . his books are just for people who have never had the experience of critiquing work ^^

Ahh, feeling blasphemous today, I see.

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Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:18 pm
Esmé says... · Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:18 pm
Tanith Lee... I read her books a few years ago, and personally, I liked them. And I suppose sentences like that might slip in every book...

But still, quite a funny sentence.
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