Writers in a Single Sentence

Literary reductionism by Christian Robshaw; fine art by Max Reiter. You may also enjoy my film reviews at the8thpassenger.co.uk; my general blog at mediocrebatman.wordpress.com; or my books Wankers, Playing Silly Buggers and The Summers of Jasmine Dogrose Periwinkle. Email me at [email protected]

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#118: Richard Bachman

King? Who is King? I am Guy Incognito.

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#117: Ezra Pound

I went to Possum of London because I had observed that tyrants are most efficient in all that they set their hands to, but was unable to persuade Possum to any amelioration.

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#116: Herodotus

Ubique sunt dracones.

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#115: F. T. Marinetti

War, man...cool.

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#114: Junji Ito

A strange sight began appearing all over Japan.

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#113: Ayn Rand

All vices are virtues and vice versa.

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#112: Arthur C. Clarke

Since the dawn of time, man has looked to the stars and longed for self-annihilation.

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#111: Veronica Roth

If you build your society around poorly-thought-out and silly rules, your society will be silly and poorly-thought-out.

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When you put lots and lots and lots of sentences together, you have a novel. When you put not so many sentences together, you have a short story. When you put several short stories together, you have a short story collection, like the one I’ve just published, here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Playing-Silly-Buggers-Other-Stories-ebook/dp/B0851X1KR1/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=playing+silly+buggers&qid=1583439322&sr=8-1

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#110: Mervyn Peake

An atmosphere of the most macabre melancholy had cast its pallid pall over Gormenghast.

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I also write my own sentences. You can find a collection of them in my début novel, Wankers, available for purchase at the following links: paperback: https://amzn.to/2AFVFet ebook: https://amzn.to/2H740NV Maybe you could read it and then submit me my own Writers in a Single Sentence entry.

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#109: The Reverend Wilbert Awdry

The amount of steam railways is directly proportional to the amount of civilisation in general.

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#108: James Joyce

Your head it simply swurls.

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#107: Franz Kafka

Anyone named K. never really stood a chance.

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#106: Thorne Smith

Even the men of fantasy can’t avoid being cucked.

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Would you make a post about Thorne Smith?

I would make a post about Thorne Smith.

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#105: Robert A. Heinlein

Humanity can’t be trusted, save on the issue of where to stick their dicks.