I nearly died laughing at this. It's almost better than naughty mad libs.

I'd never even heard of Publish America until I stumbled across this gem almost three years ago via a messageboard.

Long live science fiction writers.

maybe the publishing house is not the best but shoulnt the book speak for itself .. maybe they let alot of people write but many are trying to write.. many thing arent perfect but maybe if you gave credit to the writers who are writer, to the people who may be poor that are trying to live,,it gives them reason..as oyu could be aprincess born in a ghetto,,a princess will always be a princess as a rose in whatever a garden will be a rose..

maybe with all your intellegence instead of trying to find a scam,, obviously your book is a hit...because to put people or things down give a high to everyone.

i am a new writer and I am young but i see and possibly a how to write a better novel would be a more suitable choice, jsut my opinion on the topic..

and everyone opens a book about sex,it liek porn movies and so forth,so u made a success from a mockery...is that good or bad?

ask yourself...

i think peoples work no matter where it is speaks for itself maybe that publsihng company is a outlet..to creativity,,,,,,,think of it on the other side of the coin..

well my opinion

how this is supposedly the worst book ever written, with 43 reviews and a sales rating of 134,
it was done to be a book, there is something dyslexic about the whole story for you send it itnot a publishing house when you say it is the wrost book and it gets published and it is on sales rank of 143..so it was done on purpose by a good writer than can writer,, so it is a professional accident to get attention, so it is accidental on purpose mocking people who are trying to write,,
my opinion isnt so high of this glad you are donating the prifts to a good cause but mabe a better cause would be evne better than books ,possible world hunger ,,poverty.. or blindness.. those are good reasons for donation.

and the subject matter is all sex..from first page that isnt sci fiction but maybe the publsihng company you are mocking new what was going on and accepted it
its a very awful good book on purpose.
so it got all the attention it desired,,
not sure what to think of it,but maybe you should learn a lesson on humility, dont waste it for attention maybe give it to teach someone how to do something better..

i really find no humore in it actualy except being arragant ,strange work ,,,,,,,,,,

Comedy is art. So this falls in the lines of art. I read little of the preview and less of the book. I want to take something away with me when I read something, whether it is a time investing novel or a quiet whisp musing over some lines of poetry. I am a writer and publishing is hard enough, with the query letters and the rejection, that sometimes all you want your work to do is to be read. This book was purposely and carefully crafted to be terrible, I agree. www.hi-poweradvertising.com
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Atlanta Nights is a story worth telling and they purposely missed. I hope they find their muse before writing another novel and strive for greatness instead of 'the king wears no clothes' get it?LOL

I found a copy of this book at the free table in my local library and after recalling some buzz about it, I picked it up, took it home and read it. I must say, it's so bad it made my eyes and head hurt, yet so funny that I almost busted a gut from laughing so hard. I returned it to the library so some other person could pick it up, but left a vague note... "it's not what you think it is."

Lowering the bar for fiction everywhere, ATLANTA NIGHTS rivals such notable works as NIGHT TRAVELS OF THE ELVEN VAMPIRE and THE EYE OF ARGON in quality. It has changed my views of fiction: I now have a far greater appreciation for coherent plot and well-developed characters. Thanks, Travis Tea!

I received my copy of Atlanta Nights over the weekend. By the time I had read the first two paragraphs, it was clear this work would live up (down?) to everything I had heard. Kudos to the group of fine writers who stretched their skills to the max and produced Atlanta Nights. Perhaps certain "traditional" publishers will now think twice before denigrating the writing prowess of the fine men and women who produce thought provoking and highly literate works in the sci-fi and fantasy genres.

This book caused shouts of glee and moans of distress all at the same time! A sure sign that it is a classic to be treasured for generations.

This is, without a doubt, the most enjoyable and entertaining book that I have ever read. The complex storylines, lifelike characters and realistic dialogue were unbelievable. I hope that so called authors like J.K. Rowling can learn a lesson from Travis Tea.

I have just two questions:
(1) When can we expect Atlanta Nights the movie to begin production?
(2) Is Carrot Top available to star? His screen presence is perfectly suited for such a cinematic masterpiece as this.

There was so much to love about this book, but my favorite part was the end. Chapter 34 MUST be read aloud to fully appreciate its genius.

Oh the sweet, sexy pain. Like the agony of eczema, the discomfort of diarrhea, both coupled with an interstate twelve car pileup. Kinda. Sorta.
Okay, Atlanta Tea is nothing like that. It's less. It's more. Reading this book means never having to say your sorry. Or surly. Or Shirley.
Kudos to the TEAM!

I read Atlanta Nights cover-to-cover in a single sitting and thoroughly loved it. Then I turned it right side up and did it again!

Atlanta Nights is hilarious. I can't think of anything to say that hasn't been said before, so I simply urge you to purchase this literary masterwork!

You made it so bad that it was actually good. I read the entire book and laughed my ass off.

...are we a tad on the sensitive side today? Why not worry about your own literary efforts as opposed to what Travis Tea is doing? Last time I checked, anyone is free to publish on lulu.com, and that's exactly what was done here. The fact that it was successful seems to be sticking in your craw. Get over it. "Atlanta Nights" is funny, the story behind it is hysterical, and it is serving a very worthwhile purpose out in the literary community, something you yourself would be well advised to emulate. Drop the sour grapes, it doesn't become you.

I happen to personally know that the moment that the writers decided to market Atlanta Nights, they did so with the understanding that all profits would go to the chosen medical fund. Atlanta Nights in a hilarious manner shows exactly what a writer should not do when telling a tale. And as far as having a "carrier" [sic], Bobby, I'd much rather have a "career" [sic].

I give Atlanta Nights a five-star rating, or, as Lulu would have it, three thumbs up.

Yes, ATLANTA NIGHTS is (sic) humor. Exactly right. And that's its most admirable attribute.

My thanks to the authors of Atlanta Nights. After reading the first six chapters of it, I went back to a work that I thought was just about done and started cutting words from it like mad. Future readers, if any, of On the Wings of Dream will never know what they missed. I think that many
writers who think that their novels are finished would benefit from reading Atlanta Nights.

Atlanta Nights will make you laugh. It will make you cry. It will make you laugh so hard you cry and cry so hard that you laugh or do both at the same time, creating a kind of wheezy sound. What more can you really ask for in a novel?

would a talented, smart, dedicated, and otherwise exemplary group of people participate in a hoax of this magnitude? For a worthy cause, I suppose.

I anticipate MANY pleasant hours reading and re-reading this piece of utter dreck--trying to puzzle out which of my favorite writers to blame for each and every dreadful chapter.

I just hope I recover from the annoying twitch beneath my left eye that I developed upon reading the first three pages. Fans in the know could develop an online game of "identify-the-chapter-writer" to keep ourselves occupied for months.

I think I shall never read again, for any other words will only pale in a very limp comparison to this, the Most Believable Book That Ever Was, the Stunning Masterpiece that caused the frontal lobe of my cerebral cortex to eject itself through my ear, go for a walk, hurl itself off a cliff, then return to me. Different than before. Not the same.

This book tackles life's greatest mysteries head-on and, I dare to say, provides a level of insight you've never seen before. I was heading for a life of despair, down the wrong path, until this book came and set me free. "She’d choked to death on a cocktail frank while watching infomercial," I read, and o! How I shuddered that I might befall the same fate. You saved my life, Mr. Tea. I put down my cocktail frank right there and changed the channel to Animal Planet. You don't even know me, but I want to thank you for saving my life.

Bravo. Bravo, I say, Mr. Tea. This reader thinks you've earned your place in the literary canon, and will always have a special place in my heart carved out just for you.

This book has changed my life. Yes, you too (if taking the proper medications) can enjoy a story of the magnitude seldom seen in publications without cheap staples.
In all honesty, I applaud the authors of this text, for they achieved what they set out to do.

This book is an incredibly talented mis-use of language and literature, taking the written word both to places where it has unfortunately gone before and to new depths. It will have you laughing out loud. And, despite the utter lack of coherency, I even found myself caring about certain characters and wondering what would come next.

Obviously, the book was written well enough and professionally enough to meet the high quality standards of a certain Maryland publisher.

For its sheer learning value and its amazing comedic value, I highly recommend Atlanta Nights to any writer wanting to break into the realm of publishing.

Most folks have written hilarious reviews, and I thought about writing one as well. But in all seriousness, thanks. I'm a writer working on my first novel; I've published a few short stories, been both an active and inactive Critter, you know how it is when you're starting out. Thanks for being farther along, for sticking up for those of us who might not otherwise know better, and for donating the proceeds of this truly terrible book to a truly terrific cause. You rock, and you've got my 12 bucks.

Transcendent.

Really.

I am happy to note that my wife's requirement that we own the cover of this book enabled me to buy The Hardball Times 2004 Annual, and I wish to thank all the members of Travis Tea who are not myself for the opportunity to establish a Lulu account.

Reading so many adulacious but off-the-mark reviews of Atlanta Nights stimulates me to clarify its actual significance: the book is a coded message containing the answer to the age-old question "who wrote Shakespeare?" Deconstruct the text, overlay with Cheerios nutritional info, and you will see the answer: Philip Marlow.

After reading Atlanta Nights, I had the same gut feeling about it as I did about my intestines after my last colonoscopy. This book is a wondrous compilation of all the things one should not do in a book. Strangely hilarious with its splendid continuity errors, malapropisms, homonymic disasters, punctuation extremes, plot faults, and its innumerable creative gramatical and other mistakes, it is a book not to be missed. I give it my heartiest recommendation.

I had to bandage my ribs after only a few pages. I also fear my visual cortex suffered a significant hemorrhage after reading chapter 34. (don't worry about jumping ahead, it won't spoil the story for you.) Yet I could not stop. Such mastery of the language is to be applauded. Pure genius.

Provides hours and hours of laughter and amusement. Truly ingenius. Perfect gift.

Thank you, Lulu.com, for providing a home for writing both good and bad, without prejudice and without calling yourself a traditional publisher.

Give me your wired, your bore,
Your writing classes yearning to publish for free,
The wretched refused of your scheming shore.
Send these, the bookless, tempest-tossed to me.
I lift my Lulu beside the golden snore.

Never before have I understood the true and deepest meaning of literature as tool for the writer! Created by the blood sweat tears and dreams of unwarned writers Atlanta Nights provides a unique view of the world as it really actually is. From the first page you will see why this book will be around for years.

Listing the merits of Atlanta Nights would daunt the most expert reviewer: one hardly knows where to begin. Indeed, no amount of praise is adequate to do justice to this book, which truly marks a new standard in traditional publishing. Aspiring authors can take many lessons from Mr. Tea's unique way with language, the remarkable fluidity of his characterization, the bold leaps in his plotting. His daring Chapter 34, in particular, demonstrates a literary quality that the reader cannot credit to any merely human talent.

This novel will take its place in literature as proof that writers need not fear experimentation. Atlanta Nights is an experiment that has surely succeeded.

Buy one. Buy two. Buy enough for your friends and family!

“Oh Atlanta” is one of my all-time favourite songs. It’s by a band called Little Feat from their album “Feats Don’t Fail Me Now” which is a pun. The studio version is just fine but there’s a couple of live versions floating around, one of which is the greatest, foot-stompingest-get-this-party-going-NOW song you’ll ever wrap your ears around. Or vice versa.

“Atlanta Nights” is a book which has a lot in common with the song except for the words “Oh” and “Nights.” It is a collaborative effort featuring some of the finest literary minds since “Naked Came the Stranger,” which could also be a pun if your mind was in naughty mode.

To the surprise of no one, “Atlanta Nights” was accepted for publication by Publish America. It was to be “given a chance” like PA’s other 8,000....wait....9,000....hold on a sec, updates still coming in here...10,000....holy moley!....11,000-and-counting other books.

Then, the poor, beleaguered, numb-lipped, night shift Message Board Scanner employed by Publish America to track the goings-on in the real world, discovered the hideous truth: “Atlanta Nights” was written by professional writers! These people would expect to be treated like real authors! Like, with dignity and stuff!

The klaxon sounded deep in the bowels of Larry’s Bat Cave.

To the surprise of no one, Publish America withdrew their offer.

Shed no tears though. There’ll be no tag days for Travis Tea. Lulu has ridden to the rescue.

Buy this book. It is wickedly funny. It fit my specialty like a glove; perhaps because it resonated with this audience, much as a great song such as “Oh Atlanta."

"Atlanta Nights" made me revisit my college years, where I spent many a long, long day with my face in Permanent Cringe Mode as I reviewed the submissions to the campus literary magazine. It's deliriously awful but very funny; it could probably be taught in creative writing courses as a one-stop "What NOT To Do" lesson.

I laughed so hard at the storyline, the plot, the characters, that my gut hurt. This is the most extreme display of quality that Publish America puts out. I am so impressed that Mr. Tea (Still laughing about that name) took the time to do this. Becca krinkles nose and shut's down PC. Too much!

An incredible first novel. It brought tears to my eyes.

This is a book that sure will resonate with an audience...and all writers with a certain Maryland publisher will sit and read their own books again after reading this one. A great book!

Breathtaking! Mind expanding!You will never view reading a book in the same way!

Amazing. Incredible. Mind-bending. Sweet. Coy. Surprising. These are all words. Some of them are found in this book. Buy it. Read it. Lend it. Love it. I have seen the future of American literature. And his name is Travis Tea.

This is what happens when a veritable gaggle of very bright and committed folks get together, with a unified sense of purpose, and a strong love of justice.

Created specifically to make a point--that a certain POD vanity press doesn't reject anything at all--Atlanta Nights is so very bad my brain is still hemorrhaging.

These people wrote an entire book to prove a point. A really, really terrible book. Destined to be a classic in the same spirit as "Eye of Argon"--only more fun to read.
Bravo!

What is better than reading a really horrible book? Reading one that was written with the intent of being painfully bad...

Atlanta Nights is the perfect read for whatever ails you. Sit down, turn a page, and remember that it was meant to be as bad as it is. In fact, It is soooooooo bad that I've read it three times now, crying from the pain.

As someone very wise, but trapped in prose stated, “You don’t remember a thing. Now, you jess rest!” -------- after reading this masterpiece of literature remember future authors: a real publishing house in Frederick Maryland offered a contract for this, errrrr, work.

The world is full of bad books written by amateurs. But why settle for the merely regrettable? Atlanta Nights is a bad book written by experts.

"Travis Tea," bless his nonexistent little heart, is the umbrella pseudonym of a group of professional authors and editors, mostly drawn from the SF and fantasy field, who each wrote a chapter or two in order to produce a book that superficially resembles a plausible novel, but gets worse the longer you look at it. The finished work was launched in the direction of Frederick, Maryland, where it successfully completed its mission of eliciting an offer of publication from a "traditional publisher."

Now, through the miracle of the Internet plus digital offset printing, this unique and cherished work can be yours.

The prose is an education all by itself. The chapter numbering has to be seen to be believed. Watch out for the two wildly disparate chapters written by two different authors who were independently working from the same segment of plot outline. Then there are the characters who die in one chapter and wander back into the action in a later one, and the characters that idly change race, gender, and motivation (it was a very sparse plot outline). Space, time, and causality are trifled with shamelessly. The especially beloved and completely incoherent Chapter 34 was written by a text generator that had been fed some earlier chapters.

But the book's moment of true genius comes, not when one of the characters wakes up and realizes that all of the foregoing chapters were a dream, but when that happens AND THEN THE BOOK CONTINUES ANYWAY.

(Kudos to author James D. Macdonald, wicked mastermind of this group writing project, for coming up with a plot twist that's even more appalling than the "it was all a dream" ending.)

Buy this book, and guarantee yourself hour upon hour of innocent and educational fun.

You have to read this to believe it. After a certain traditional publisher stated that they reject lots of manuscripts, a group of authors got together to find out. This book was the result, and is it hilarious. Mistakes are littered throughout the book, characters change gender, chapter numbering mistakes abound, it is just a true classic. Buy this, as it will definitely be a collector's item one day. And if you're a writer, be careful about submitting your manuscript to any "traditional" publishers operating over in the state of Maryland - the publisher in question offered a publishing contract for this book.