Last week we predicted the future of Harry Potter and this week I thought we’d tackle more of the same.
The reason: Michael Phelps.
Last night there was an interview in which Spitz was asked who was the best swimmer/Olympian of all time.
It got a bit awkward when Phelps thought the question was for him and started to answer, but that’s beside the point.
So here’s my question: Who is the best author of all time?
It’s not like we can measure it in seconds or even pages, but I figure if we can judge gymnastics, ice skating, and diving and award gold, silver, bronze accordingly, we can take a stab at figuring out who the best author is, right?
And since we had to suffer through the uncomfortable responses of both Phelps and Spitz as to who the best swimmer was, I have another question: Which author thinks they are the best writer of all time?
Ok, I have a couple responses in my head, but hopefully you guys will have some interesting ones first. Predict away and Happy Olympics!
Status: Still getting moved in, but I’m not going to lie I’m getting sucked in by Eclipse! I’ll review it as soon as I’m done!
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Why Americans think that there is “the best of everything?” I find kind of ridiculous those list of the “most beautiful people,” “the best cities to live,” “the best car in the world,” etc. It really dependes on each person. You can ask for the fastest runner on 100 mts. or the tallest person, etc. but when you talk about art, you are talking about something subjective and what’s the best for you may not be the best for me. I guess it would be different if you ask what is the author that you like the most? In that case every bodt is entitled to her/his opinion and nobody can argue against that. I’m sorry i got carried away but…
Your question is fun to think about. Carlos spoke the truth but got carried away. There are measurements of success in every field. Some people are one time greats and few people have lasting greatness. I look forward to you sharing your thoughts.
Stephenie Meyer is selling a lot of books! She may be feeling the gold right now. (I’m not talking money. I’m talking accomplishment.)
Michael Phelps is, without a doubt, the face of his sport just like Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Muhammad Ali, Brett Favre, Roger Federer and Babe Ruth. However, for all that he accomplished in this years Olympic games, I still don’t think he ranks in the top 5 of all-time Olympians.
Here is my TOP 5 All-Time Olympians:
http://kowalkerjourney.com/2008/08/17/michael-phelps-greatest-olympian/
Correction: I said MY top 5 All Time Olympians. I should have said HIS (the L.A. Times writers Philip Hersh’s) top 5. My bad. Enjoy your blog. Keep up the insightful posts.