Name: Zombie Spaceship Wasteland
Rating: 3.666666666666667 (6 reviews)
ISBN: 9781439149096

Patton Oswalt

The comedian known for roles in such films as Ratatouille shares observations on such topics as Edgar Allan Poe, paying dues in the stand-up comedy circuit and the inevitable milestones of young creative minds. Reprint.

A Book by Patton Oswalt

Zombie Spaceship Wasteland

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.”

Patrick Book

Patton Oswalt is a very funny fellow and he manages to avoid the typical stand-up-routine transcription you see when a lot of comedians write a book. He definitely has a skewed view of the world and a uniquely academic sensibility about nerd minutiae. The mix of memoir pieces with graphic novel, skit-like comedy pieces, and meditations on themes (quirky greeting cards, justifications for why his grandma gave him certain birthday presents) can be a bit jarring at times but it's never dull.

Zombie Spaceship Wasteland A Book by Patton Oswalt

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