December 19, 2007 5:58
re: Worst "Best of" Of 2007
Enthouse is effing genius. Also Letters to Enthouse.
I'm having a recovered memory of passing off as my own, in a letter to my friend Matt (different Matt) when I was around 11, the parody of "Norwegian Wood" in Larry Niven's Dream Park:
I once had a sword. Or should I say, it just had me.I just picked it up. Oh, what a sword: it was +3!
Etc. He never busted me on it. But somehow I sensed that he knew.
p.s. Dude, Oscar Wao is way better than Cloud Atlas
p.p.s. @ commenter O, I don't get the Clarke thing either
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Reader Comments (9)
I was going to make a "wood" joke, but I decided to write some fanfic about Bilbo's cousin "T" instead.
Posted by Church | December 19, 2007 6:11 PM
The Worst of 2007 is naming Putin "Man of the Year"!!!!???
What the hell is TIME thinking!?
Will next year be Chavez, Ahmadinejad, or even Bin Laden!
Yes- Lets reward a dictator who supports Irans nuclear policy and thumbs his nose at the US...do you really think he is helping his people!? Get real! Sadam was helping his people!
I will NOT buy 1 magazine from you guys the next year, nor will anyone I know...just plain stupid!
Posted by chek | December 20, 2007 11:24 AM
Take it to Swampland, chek.
Here at Nerd World, we don't so much think of Russia in terms of politics; we think of Russia in terms of how many Soviets we can nuke in C&C.
Posted by Dave | December 20, 2007 11:41 AM
Your "best of" graphic novels list is stirring up talk at the Comics Journal message board.
http://www.tcj.com/messboard/viewtopic.php?t=3457
Posted by Lyle | December 20, 2007 12:27 PM
Letters to Enthous is not genius, "Enthouse Letters" would have been genius, but sadly there is a shortage of genius on this blog.
Putin is a dictator, he has people killed publicly and rubs the west's nose in it. I mean come one, wack some poor ex-spy dude with an isotope of unobtainium? give me a break. Was Hitler man of the year? You can do him next year, make it retroactive.
And Russian Politics is the domain of the nerds. A leader of the opposition in Russia is Gerry Kasparov, best Chess player ever. If anyone was a Nerds's Nery, it would be Gerry. He's a real genius
Posted by tuco | December 20, 2007 4:46 PM
Putin is Voldemort.
Posted by Church | December 20, 2007 5:44 PM
If we're going to be political, here's my 2 cents on why Putin was named Person of the Year. After making George W. Bush Person (of 2003?), they've had to cheapen it to make it look like they weren't actually praising Bush, but rather showing he was the biggest newsmaker, even if he was a big meanie like Putin.
But then again, who would expect that from a moderate, middle-of-the-road news organization :)
Posted by Dave | December 21, 2007 12:14 AM
@tuco:
Hitler was indeed TIME's Man of the Year, for 1938. Check it out here:
http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19390102,00.html
TIME's Man/Person of the Year is not about "Nicest Person of the Year" or "Person Who's Had the Greatest Positive Impact on the World of the Year." It is, instead, the person who's had the biggest impact on the world stage in the past year. If you don't understand why Putin is a reasonable choice for this, try following some press from outside of the US bubble for a while.
Posted by Mercutio42 | December 21, 2007 11:23 AM
hehe tuco owned himself. I love it
Posted by Oreo | December 27, 2007 11:09 AM