JamesV
10th July 2002, 02:11
There is a contest every year based upon the famous "it was a dark and stormy night" line for the worst opening to a story. Here is the winner from one category sure to appeal to some members of BaanBoard...
Winner: Science Fiction
Kirk's mind raced as he quickly assessed his situation: the shields were down, the warp drive and impulse engines were dead, life support was failing fast, and the Enterprise was plummeting out of control toward the surface of Epsilon VI and, as Scotty and Spock searched frantically through the manuals trying to find a way to save them all, Kirk vowed, as he stared at the solid blue image filling the main view screen, that never again would he allow a Microsoft operating system to control his ship
The link for the contest:
http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/english/2001.htm
-- Jim
Winner: Science Fiction
Kirk's mind raced as he quickly assessed his situation: the shields were down, the warp drive and impulse engines were dead, life support was failing fast, and the Enterprise was plummeting out of control toward the surface of Epsilon VI and, as Scotty and Spock searched frantically through the manuals trying to find a way to save them all, Kirk vowed, as he stared at the solid blue image filling the main view screen, that never again would he allow a Microsoft operating system to control his ship
The link for the contest:
http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/english/2001.htm
-- Jim