More Top Ten
Amazon's Top Ten "Most Polarizing Books of 2008" has a puzzling entry. Here's the top three:
- 1. The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore by Deepak Chopra
- 2. Dungeons and Dragons Player's Handbook: Roleplaying Game Core Rules, 4th Edition by Wizards RPG Team
- 3. The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality by Jerome R. Corsi
I guess the rankings are based on Amazon sales so maybe I should be happy that less people purchased "Obama Nation" than a D&D handbook (the 4th edition!) but it's hard to imagine that being more polarizing--not to mention consequential.
Sadly, Deepak Chopra blasted away the nerds and conservatives in sales to take the #1 spot. Another score for New Age nonsense!
posted by Matt Bors at
3:33 PM
2 Comments:
Obviously you have never witnessed an argument among gamers over the rules. Don't get in the middle; observe from a remote distance, preferably behind bullet-proof glass.
The glass is more important to keep regular people safe from the stench of basement-dwelling D&D types.
It's a little unfair to expect 'Obama Nation' to sell better than it did - most conservatives don't get big words like 'abomination', especially wrapped in such a delicious pun.
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