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Zombie Spaceship Wasteland
Patton Oswalt
A Book by Patton Oswalt
Simon and Schuster
January 2011
On Sale: January 4, 2011
208 pages ISBN: 1439149089 EAN: 9781439149089 Hardcover
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Prepare yourself for a journey through the world of Patton
Oswalt, one of the most creative, insightful, and hysterical
voices on the entertainment scene today. Widely known for
his roles in the films Big Fan and Ratatouille, as well as
the television hit The King of Queens, Patton Oswalt—a
staple of Comedy Central—has been amusing audiences for
decades. Now, with Zombie Spaceship Wasteland, he offers a
fascinating look into his most unusual, and lovable, mindscape. Oswalt combines memoir with uproarious humor, from snow
forts to Dungeons & Dragons to gifts from Grandma that had
to be explained. He remembers his teen summers spent
working in a movie Cineplex and his early years doing
stand-up. Readers are also treated to several graphic
elements, including 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: zombies, spaceships, or
wastelands. 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.
Zombie Spaceship Wasteland 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.”
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