Flame Tiger Throwdown

[kateorman]

Dear Cracked.com,

Regarding your recent item, The Best (Worst) Fantasy & Science Fiction Book Covers1. The war between jocks and nerds is over. The nerds won. Try to keep this in mind

Comments

[antikythera]

The MMORPG ads at the bottom are the icing on the cake.

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.

[kateorman]

He simply doesn't know the material. No excuse when Google will regurgitate a billion insane covers at the mere touch of a button.

[kateorman]

Who the Cracked team think is running their Web site is beyond me.

[swiftangel]

I actually like the one with the polar bears.

I got a couple pages in and was just far too amused by the title for Jack Vance "Servants of the Wankh". In my defence, I've not been well and have had very little sleep over the past week and a bit (and it is currently after midnight here). :)

[kateorman]

Yeah, I reckon Cracked can have that one as a free throw. :)

[brewsternorth]

Pfui. I imagine if Cracked had wanted to spread the sporkage, they could have cast their net to include every conceivable book cover. Regular fiction turns out some fairly chunder-inducing designs, and as to academic textbooks...

[puppetmaker40]

The sad thing for me is how many of those authors are either authors I have worked with as an editor or friends. I will say that I had NOTHING to do with any of those covers.

[kateorman]

No comment, lol

[hexacontium]

lol!
Um...I thought about making a custom Ace action figure based on that cover.

[dulcinbradbury]

I recently saw a post of yours recommended in the comments of another post I was reading. As I'm interested in both SF/F & gender studies, I decided you were worth continuing to read. Just thought I'd say hello. :)

[kateorman]

O HAI and welcome. :D