I know we joke that Pat is a terrible writer (which he is) but this AI story generator is producing better writing using an opening line as a prompt
16 2019-09-05 by Ant_Sucks
https://talktotransformer.com/
I feed it a line from one of Pat's books and it consistently produces better prose
It was the first human ever to come through Junktion's customs portal, at least so far as Pelax knew. But just as he arrived at the customs gate, he began to hear an unfamiliar noise. "What's that?!" he thought as he was about to walk away when he heard something even more unsettling than the noise. The sound drew the attention of several of the crew members. There's an entire nation of the sea-born, and he just heard it all over the port. As it turned out, it wasn't a human being -- there were only four of 'em. All the others were from an ancient race of sea-dwellers (it could be from other races, but it was the first they'd ever come across) that had been on Junkion for a thousand years. "That must be the junk they use as ships for transporting goods. It's not as though they have any shortage of space! I mean, not having to fit passengers on the outside, and to have to haul around all this cargo inside! If you're looking for a ship to take you to the Imperial capital, you know the place." "Glad to know it." Pel
Compare with the actual shit he wrote
https://www.amazon.com/Starship-Repo-Patrick-S-Tomlinson/dp/1250302714
4 comments
4 GroovyBastard 2019-09-05
Yes, but where's the snark? All the best sci-fi stories are written with a large helping of catty, faux-fat black lady snark.
2 OnArefugee 2019-09-05
I assume it uses context searches of archived books, all of which were written by better writers than Tantrick Palmlinson.
1 PatrickThetanson 2019-09-05
Wait...who is joking that Pat is a terrible writer? I’m certainly not joking about that. It’s a fact to me.
1 EasilyForgotten1138 2019-09-05
Needs more transgender space crabs.