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People: The Most Intriguing People of the Century
Collects and celebrates ten decades of intriguing celebrities with photographs and biographical portraits
160 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1998
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May 17, 2020
Very interesting and nice to know.
April 4, 2018
I think they were reaching to make 100 with some of the people they included.
January 29, 2014
This is a dumpster book. One day my roommate and I were taking out the trash when we discovered someone had thrown out a bunch of books. My roommate climbed in the dumpster and read off titles to me, passing me the ones I was interested in. I figured this one might be kind of a cool coffee table book.
"People Weekly's" The Most Intriguing People of the Century is really kind of silly.
It's not that it's outdated, although it is: the century in question is the 20th, and the publication year is 1997. It's actually a bit fun to see how celebrities who were revered in the late nineties have fared since then. For instance, Mel Gibson is panted over for his good looks and complimented on his sobriety; now, he's known as a drunken anti-Semite.
Back to what makes the book silly: well, it's by "People" magazine. Their idea of "intriguing" is mostly actors, singers, and musicians. I'm not putting down those professions, as there are many amazingly talented people out there who work in those fields. I just think the magazine would do better to expand their section on pilots, astronauts, and scientists (Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, the Wright brothers, John Glenn, Stephen Hawking, et al). I believe these are the people who really paved the way to the future, and are pretty freaking "intriguing" while they're at it. But again, it's "People," and "People" is a magazine about celebrities, so what did I expect?
It was worth my roommate's dumpster dive, but I don't know if he would agree.
"People Weekly's" The Most Intriguing People of the Century is really kind of silly.
It's not that it's outdated, although it is: the century in question is the 20th, and the publication year is 1997. It's actually a bit fun to see how celebrities who were revered in the late nineties have fared since then. For instance, Mel Gibson is panted over for his good looks and complimented on his sobriety; now, he's known as a drunken anti-Semite.
Back to what makes the book silly: well, it's by "People" magazine. Their idea of "intriguing" is mostly actors, singers, and musicians. I'm not putting down those professions, as there are many amazingly talented people out there who work in those fields. I just think the magazine would do better to expand their section on pilots, astronauts, and scientists (Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, the Wright brothers, John Glenn, Stephen Hawking, et al). I believe these are the people who really paved the way to the future, and are pretty freaking "intriguing" while they're at it. But again, it's "People," and "People" is a magazine about celebrities, so what did I expect?
It was worth my roommate's dumpster dive, but I don't know if he would agree.
September 15, 2014
Great pictures and interesting comments
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