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dreamer_easy) wrote2008-12-31 09:10 am
dreamer_easy) wrote2008-12-31 09:10 am
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Flame Tiger Throwdown
Dear Cracked.com,
Regarding your recent item, The Best (Worst) Fantasy & Science Fiction Book Covers:
1. The war between jocks and nerds is over. The nerds won. Try to keep this in mind.
2. Now, let me see. What section of your audience is most likely to be interested in an item on F&SF book covers? Could it be F&SF readers? The people you unimaginatively insult at the top of the article?
3. For an article about bad specfic book covers, surely a limitless source of material, you spend an awful lot of time making jokes about the titles, the taglines, the (presumable) content, etc. In fact, most of the covers are merely a bit crummy.
3a. Although the cover of Raven 3: The Frozen God deserves some sort of award for terribleness.
4. There are half a dozen genuine lols in the article, so it's still worth a glance, but geez. Must do better.
No love,
- Kate
Regarding your recent item, The Best (Worst) Fantasy & Science Fiction Book Covers:
1. The war between jocks and nerds is over. The nerds won. Try to keep this in mind.
2. Now, let me see. What section of your audience is most likely to be interested in an item on F&SF book covers? Could it be F&SF readers? The people you unimaginatively insult at the top of the article?
3. For an article about bad specfic book covers, surely a limitless source of material, you spend an awful lot of time making jokes about the titles, the taglines, the (presumable) content, etc. In fact, most of the covers are merely a bit crummy.
3a. Although the cover of Raven 3: The Frozen God deserves some sort of award for terribleness.
4. There are half a dozen genuine lols in the article, so it's still worth a glance, but geez. Must do better.
No love,
- Kate
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Parody and mockery are funnier when they're done by someone who actually likes the subject but can see the absurdity in it. This isn't any smarter or funnier than any old jock making fun of nerds.
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