Zombie Spaceship Wasteland - by Patton Oswalt (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Prepare for a journey through the world of one of the most creative, insightful, and hysterical voices on the entertainment scene today. Oswalt offers a fascinating look into his most unusual, and lovable, mindscape. He combines memoir with uproarious humor in an inventive account of the evolution of his wildly insightful worldview, sure to indulge his legion of fans.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Now in paperback, from a "multi-faceted, medium-hopping, culture skewering performer" (<i>SPIN)</i>, this is a journey through the world of Patton Oswalt, best known for his roles in film (<i>Big Fan</i> and <i>Ratatouille</i>) and television (<i>The King of Queens </i>and <i>The United States of Tara</i>)<i>, </i> but also beloved for his ascerbic, highly eloquent, and wildly funny standup comedy.</b> <p/>Prepare yourself for a journey through the world of Patton Oswalt, <b> </b>one of the most creative, insightful, and hysterical voices on the entertain-ment scene today. Widely known for his roles in the films <i>Big Fan </i>and <i>Ratatouille, </i>as well as the television hit <i>The King of Queens, </i>Patton Oswalt--a staple of Comedy Central--has been amusing audiences for decades. Now, with <i>Zombie Spaceship Wasteland, </i>he offers a fascinating look into his most unusual, and lovable, mindscape. <p/> Oswalt combines memoir with uproarious humor, from snow forts to Dungeons & Dragons to gifts from Grandma that had to be explained. He remem-bers his teen summers spent working in a movie Cineplex and his early years doing stand-up. Readers are also treated to several graphic elements, includ-ing a vampire tale for the rest of us and some greeting cards with a special touch. Then there's the book's centerpiece, which posits that before all young creative minds have anything to write about, they will home in on one of three story lines: zom-bies, spaceships, or wastelands. <p/> Oswalt chose wastelands, and ever since he has been mining our society's wasteland for perversion and excess, pop culture and fatty foods, indie rock and single-malt scotch. <i>Zombie Spaceship Wasteland </i>is an inventive account of the evolution of Patton Oswalt's wildly insightful worldview, sure to indulge his legion of fans and lure many new admirers to his very entertaining "wasteland."<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A very funny book by the Funniest Man Alive. --GQ<br><br>Patton Oswalt...is one of those rare performers whose material translates into any medium without losing its sharpness--including, for the first time, print. . . . It is well worth it to join him on his odyssey.--<i>Washington Post</i><br><br>"Patton Oswalt is one of those rare performers whose material translates into any medium without losing its sharpness--including, for the first time, print.... It is well worth it to join him on his odyssey." --<i>Washington Post</i><br><br>"Sharp storytelling and sardonic wit.... Oswalt populates these stories with expertly drawn characters, and infuses them with a limitless supply of cultural references and deft turns of phrase." --<i>Boston Globe</i><br><br>"A thoughtful, hilarious, quasi-memoir that puts the standard-issue comedy-routine-in-book-form to shame." --SPIN<br>
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