Allan Lazar

This was rather amusing all together. I'm giving it a three, because I'm much rougher and tougher on my non-fiction than I am on my Fiction. Fiction can get me so much more moved and passionate. (So think of this maybe as a 4 Star when only counting my Non-Fictions)

This was a glorious little romp through a whole lot of people I agree in large part did change or influence my life. I'd suggest it to anyone who wants to spend a good ninty percent of the books going "Oh, wow, I remember this" the whole way through. The history is wonderful as are the trite and glorious little in jokes and puns and literary lincences taken.… (plus d'informations)

i have a feeling i'm going to hate this. the writers are waaay too big for their britches. but i'm curious enough about some of their choices to keep reading. for a little while ...

yeah, couldn't be bothered. i don't need to know about this particular set of people's ideas of who was and wasn't influential. this list is not objective at all, so it's just like being forced to listen to these people talk about things they like. they don't seem like the kind of people i want to listen to talk for very long. and their reasons for listing characters as influential are sometimes vague and include nothing more than the retelling of a story with no commentary. no thanks.… (plus d'informations)

I have been looking forward to reading this one for quite some time. I expected to like it but thought that it might be a little dry in places. It exceeded my expectations. Each entry was of a fictional character, and the characters were grouped together into such topics as Folktales, Monsters, Literature, Movies, Commerce, Propaganda, etc. The background of the fictional character was discussed and why it was important. Lots of humor as well. I was familiar with 98% of the characters; here are a few: the Marlboro Man, Rosie the Riveter, Big Brother, Scrooge, HAL 9000, Godzilla. The book included a list of those that didn't make the list, and there were amusing interludes as to how the authors came up with the list, how they wrote the individual entries, etc.… (plus d'informations)