So, someone at the office was recently heard making fun of “The Scorpion King” by calling it “The Eye of Argon”.
So, someone at the office was recently heard making fun of “The Scorpion King” by calling it “The Eye of Argon”. I foolishly asked him, “what’s ‘The Eye of Argon?’” It was then explained to me that a story by that name had been submitted to a sci-fi/fantasy fiction competition in the Bay Area something like ten years ago, and it won the Worst Fiction award that year. It has not ever been submitted again, but it has continued to win the Worst Fiction award every year since. Apparently, they now have contests to see how much of this thing can be read aloud before the reader dies of laughter. It seems to be quite a legendary piece of fiction.
It’s awful. But what’s even more hilarious is this MST3K adaptation of “The Eye of Argon” (adaptation written by a prominent interactive-fiction author). I have to stop reading it — it’s sending me into hysterics!