If you've been wondering what might possibly be the worst science fiction novel of the 19th Century, io9 suggests that it might be the one that includes this paragraph:
The horses ran furiously away; Victor sprang back to the coach, and with the strength of a giant rolled the equipage aside, which relieved the sire; but, Oh! Horror, there was the most gloriously beautiful daughter, for whom the sire prayed for a safe deliverance, dead to all appearances; quickly Victor Juno raised her to his arms, and being a physician, took a small vial from his pocket, and placed to her lips a few drops of unfermented vegetable liquid, which immediately caused slight signs of life!
Wow. That's... something. Actually, if you look at it closely, it may in fact be one single sentence. It's hard to tell.
And we haven't even gotten to the plot yet.
Check out Jess Nevins's The Worst Science Fiction Novel of the 19th Century.
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