More Information Than You Require
Author: Hodgman, John
ISBN: 9781594483646
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 03 Nov 2009
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback / softback
b>The i>New York Times/i> bestseller by Famous Minor Television Personality John Hodgman-i>The Daily Show'/i>s "Resident Expert" and the "PC" in the iconic Apple ads-picks up exactly where his first book left off. In fact, "the new volume is in every way a continuation of i>Areas of My Expertise/i>, except in the ways it's clearly superior." (i>The Onion AV Club/i>)/b>br>br> In 2005, John Hodgman published his first compendium of Complete World Knowledge, i>The Areas of My Expertise/i>, a handy volume of fake trivia and made-up facts. Hodgmania was born. Virtually overnight, John Hodgman was whisked from tweedy obscurity to the high ether of minor celebrity. And from his strange new vantage point as a Famous Minor Television Personality, Hodgman realized that there is some world knowledge yet to be documented. And so he returned to exactly where he had left off-namely, page 256 of the paperback edition of i>The Areas of My Expertise/i>. And he brought with him- i>MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE./i> Which, naturally, begins on page 257. Like its predecessor,i> More Information Than You Require/i> consists of brief articles, overlong lists, frighteningly complex charts, and beguiling narratives on new and familiar themes such as-br>br> THE PAST (because there is always more of it) br>THE FUTURE (because they say there is still some left) br>MOLE-MEN (including a list of 700 Mole-man names) br>GAMBLING, THE SPORT OF THE ATHSMATIC MAN (including hermit crab racing) br>CRYPTOGEOGRAPHY (including Canada) br>HOW TO BE A FAMOUS MINOR TELEVISION PERSONALITY (Hint- Go on television) br>br>AND NOW, the relatively pocket-sized and inexpensive paperback edition includes even i>more.br>br>MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE/i>, updated to include the very latest in implausibility.br>br> PLUS!- This paperback edition includes a special self-expanding fold-out edition of THE TAXONOMY OF COMPLETE WORLD KNOWLEDGE, which you have probably never seen before because it has been carefully hidden. UNTIL NOW.br>br>b>Look out for John Hodgman's latest book,i>Vacationland/i>, available from Viking in Fall 2017./b>
ISBN: 9781594483646
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 03 Nov 2009
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback / softback
b>The i>New York Times/i> bestseller by Famous Minor Television Personality John Hodgman-i>The Daily Show'/i>s "Resident Expert" and the "PC" in the iconic Apple ads-picks up exactly where his first book left off. In fact, "the new volume is in every way a continuation of i>Areas of My Expertise/i>, except in the ways it's clearly superior." (i>The Onion AV Club/i>)/b>br>br> In 2005, John Hodgman published his first compendium of Complete World Knowledge, i>The Areas of My Expertise/i>, a handy volume of fake trivia and made-up facts. Hodgmania was born. Virtually overnight, John Hodgman was whisked from tweedy obscurity to the high ether of minor celebrity. And from his strange new vantage point as a Famous Minor Television Personality, Hodgman realized that there is some world knowledge yet to be documented. And so he returned to exactly where he had left off-namely, page 256 of the paperback edition of i>The Areas of My Expertise/i>. And he brought with him- i>MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE./i> Which, naturally, begins on page 257. Like its predecessor,i> More Information Than You Require/i> consists of brief articles, overlong lists, frighteningly complex charts, and beguiling narratives on new and familiar themes such as-br>br> THE PAST (because there is always more of it) br>THE FUTURE (because they say there is still some left) br>MOLE-MEN (including a list of 700 Mole-man names) br>GAMBLING, THE SPORT OF THE ATHSMATIC MAN (including hermit crab racing) br>CRYPTOGEOGRAPHY (including Canada) br>HOW TO BE A FAMOUS MINOR TELEVISION PERSONALITY (Hint- Go on television) br>br>AND NOW, the relatively pocket-sized and inexpensive paperback edition includes even i>more.br>br>MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE/i>, updated to include the very latest in implausibility.br>br> PLUS!- This paperback edition includes a special self-expanding fold-out edition of THE TAXONOMY OF COMPLETE WORLD KNOWLEDGE, which you have probably never seen before because it has been carefully hidden. UNTIL NOW.br>br>b>Look out for John Hodgman's latest book,i>Vacationland/i>, available from Viking in Fall 2017./b>
