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Canonical name: Rice, Scott
Legal name: Rice, Scott Bradley
Birthdate: 1941
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Lewiston, Idaho, USA (birth)
Spokane, Washington, USA
Tucson, Arizona, USA
San Jose, California, USA
Education: Gonzaga University
University of Arizona (PhD|1968)
Occupations: professor
Relationships: Rice, Jeremy (son)
Rice, Matthew (son)
Rice, Elizabeth (daughter)

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Bride of Dark and Stormy: Yet More of the Best (?)… by Scott Rice

more from the Bulyer Lytton bad prose contest

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ritaer | 2 other reviews | Jun 13, 2021 |

Son of It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (Bulw… by Scott Rice

Hilarious second collection of entries into a bad written contest that challenges contributors to craft the worst possible opening sentence for a novel. Possibly more enjoyable for those who write prose, but definitely amusing for anyone that enjoys reading.

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smichaelwilson | 2 other reviews | Jan 12, 2021 |

Son of "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night" (Abacus Books) by Scott Rice

The secret of what would make a successful Bulwer Lytton Contest entry, decided Elwood Featherstonehough (pronounced 'Fanshaw') as he waded through the thick treacle of a hundred and twenty pages of main clauses riven asunder by agonizingly long-winded subordinates peppered with preposterous character names, irrelevant asides, and unnecessarily overwrought and awkwardly alliterative prose, was perhaps destined forever to remain tantalizingly just beyond his purview.

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dtw42 | 2 other reviews | Apr 11, 2020 |

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: The Best (?) from… by Scott Rice

Hilarious collection of entries into a bad written contest that challenges contributors to craft the worst possible opening sentence for a novel. Possibly more enjoyable for those who write prose, but definitely amusing for anyone that enjoys reading.

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smichaelwilson | 6 other reviews | Jun 27, 2019 |

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