Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Influential non-people

From USA Today:

Allan Lazar, Dan Karlan and Jeremy Salter — have ranked the 101 "most influential people." (...) [that] exist only in the imagination. (...) The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived (Harper, $13.95, paperback original)

Some from the list:

1. "The most famous killer of the last two hundred years," The Marlboro Man.
2. "Big Brother" of George Orwell's 1984
4. Santa Claus
18. Mickey Mouse
26. Cinderella
43. Barbie
44. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
48. G.I. Joe
51. Bond, James Bond, 007
55. The Ugly Duckling
60. Batman
85. Luke Skywalker

More at 101influential.com (official *cough* sucks *cough* site).

I don't know... GI Joe? Buffy? I don't have the full list, but here are some suggestions:
Spock, Michael Valentine Smith (Stranger in a Strange Land), Prof. Langdon (Davinci Code),... any suggestions?

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