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Title: RIP Donald J. Sobol
Post by: 1995hoo on July 17, 2012, 09:33:33 AM
Who? I imagine most of you probably read the Encyclopedia Brown books at some point when you were growing up (http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/donald-j-sobol-dies-author-wrote-popular-encylopedia-brown-series/2012/07/16/gJQAumxdpW_story.html?hpid=z3). Sobol was the author.

I loved those books when I was a little kid–well, the first 13 of them. I see from an online listing that a bunch more were published after I had outgrown them.
Title: Re: RIP Donald J. Sobol
Post by: Special K on July 17, 2012, 12:56:33 PM
I think I had a perfect record for solving each mystery.  I don't think I've ready every book, though.
Title: Re: RIP Donald J. Sobol
Post by: NE2 on July 17, 2012, 02:19:29 PM
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ConvictionByCounterfactualClue
Title: Re: RIP Donald J. Sobol
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 17, 2012, 02:24:08 PM
ah, TV tropes.

if no one hears from me for a week, send a search party.
Title: Re: RIP Donald J. Sobol
Post by: Scott5114 on July 17, 2012, 04:57:18 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 17, 2012, 02:24:08 PM
ah, TV tropes.

if no one hears from me for a week, send a search party.

xkcd named it a "browser narcotic". Seems like an apt description.
Title: Re: RIP Donald J. Sobol
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 17, 2012, 05:43:42 PM
I've heard the term "supercritical": for every page you visit, you will open, on average, more than one link in a new tab for future reading.
Title: Re: RIP Donald J. Sobol
Post by: formulanone on July 17, 2012, 08:40:50 PM
Bonus points if you inadvertently open the same TV Tropes link in two different tabs in your browser.

The monomyth opened up my world to movies, and TV Tropes killed it, leaving a beautiful corpse. Can't watch anything new anymore...
Title: Re: RIP Donald J. Sobol
Post by: Darkchylde on July 18, 2012, 12:49:29 AM
TV Tropes ruined my life! It's true. :P