Comments on: Creationists Can be So Funny

By: HP

HP — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:02:25 +0000

For what it's worth, I was one of the editors of the original Idiot's Guides, back when the imprint was still published out of Indianapolis and the titles exclusively dealt with computers and home technology.There was a lot of heated discussion at the time about whether we wanted to go head-to-head with IDG's Dummies series, but the decision came down from the top and we tried to make the best of it. One of my unofficial jobs was writing humorous titles and sidebars, and punching up the text when it got too dry. That was fun.I'm still particularly proud of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Computer Jargon, which I copyedited when it was still called The Plain-English Computer Dictionary. That was a good book. It may still be in print, but I don't know that any of my work survives.When the books started to sell well, the parent company moved the imprint to New York and put a whole different crowd in charge. So I know nothing about those people and their motivations, except that some friends and colleagues who did good work had the rug yanked out from under them.

By: G Felis

G Felis — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:24:53 +0000

I will avoid the incredibly obvious jokes about The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding Intelligent Design and just point out the merely obvious: See the academic qualifications of the primary author for the real basis of “Intelligent Design Theory” – example #97,459,070 and counting of why anyone who says ID is science must be either a transparent liar or a fool who believes transparent lies.

By: Anne Gilbert

Anne Gilbert — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:59:51 +0000

I have read The Complete Idiot's Guide to Human Prehistory, and it's not bad. It's not great, but it's not bad. You can pick this book up in just about any bookstore, if you're interested. You don't have to go through Amazon.com. And I'm sorry to hear you didn't write it, but that's the way things go. As for The Complete Idiot's Guide To Intelligent Design<, I haven't read that, nor do I intend to waste my time and money, both of which are precious. But I've seen it in bookstores. Hint: When I first saw it, I thought it was some kind of joke.Anne G