num_pages: 191
description: 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 Oswalta staple of Comedy Centralhas 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 &amp; 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 theres the books 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 societys 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 Oswalts wildly insightful worldview sure to indulge his legion of fans and lure many new admirers to his very entertaining wasteland.
language: English
title: Zombie Spaceship Wasteland
publisher: Scribner