Oswalt - Zombie Spaceship Wasteland

PATTON OSWALT has released four TV specials and four critically acclaimed comedy albums, including the Grammy-nominated My Weakness Is Strong. He put together the Comedians of Comedy tour and television series. Oswalt has also appeared on many television shows and in more than twenty films, including Young Adult, Big Fan, and Ratatouille. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

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Praise for Zombie Spaceship Wasteland

Patton Oswalt... is one of those rare performers whose material translates into any medium without losing its sharpnessincluding, for the first time, print.... It is well worth it to join him on his odyssey.

The Washington Post

A believable portrait of a witty, vulnerable funnyman. The autobiographical passages... have the detail and emotional nuance of fine short stories.

Entertainment Weekly

[Oswalt] brings that postmodern sensibility to his debut book, a wildly diverse collection of essays that careens from sincere introspection to inventive comedic material that would fit seamlessly into one of his sets.... The humor comes from his 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.

The Boston Globe

A thoughtful, hilarious, quasi-memoir that puts the standard-issue comedy-routine-in-book-form to shame.

SPIN

The book echoes Steve Martins memoir, Born Standing Up.... Oswalt is trying to convey his own path into comedy without navel-gazing or falling back on tropes.

Los Angeles Times

[Oswalt] proves he can pen a compellingly entertaining fast read.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Hilarious.

Lincoln Journal Star

[Oswalt] brings insight and passion to his subjects that lift the book above hipster snark to the level of something youll want to reread and savor.... He also shines a light on a side of Los Angeles that you dont often see or hear about, but that youll want to visit after devouring this hilarious, incisive read.

Penthouse

To delve into this book is to take a tour of Oswalts delightfully offbeat mind.... Oswalt is a wonderfully descriptive writer.

Booklist

Funny and occasionally heartbreaking... a cerebral and somewhat surreal tour through the thought processes of Patton Oswalt. It is an inspired and unique work, operating well outside the realm of the disposable comedy memoir.

AintItCool.com

Zombie Spaceship Wasteland is very much a memoirand a subtly haunting one at that.... Thoughtful, poignant prose evoke an aura of loss that permeates the entire collection.

Splitsider.com

Alternately revealing, hilarious, and livid, a description that would seem to apply equally to [Oswalts] work as a stand-up comedian.

Hitfix.com

Further proof that Patton Oswalt is way funnier than I am, which is either high praise or an insult. Your call.

Judd Apatow

Patton Oswalt is a brilliant rarity: a relentlessly creative and original comic who is also a superb writer. If you dont buy this book you are a fool and I will, I swear, fight you.

Conan OBrien

Funny, thoughtful stuff. Patton alternates the spit-take hilarity of a great stand-up with the quiet, mordant insight that clearly helped make him one. Which is amazing, cause hes an idiot.

Joss Whedon

Fans of Patton Oswalts stand-up comedy have always known he was a born writer at heart, and now heres the proof. This is a surprisingly affecting, sincere, and I daresay, vulnerable collection of essays, all keenly observed, always very funny.

Dave Eggers

I dont know whats sharper, Oswalts brains or Oswalts tongue.

Sarah Vowell

I have impeccable taste, and I only converse with the following three: God, the Devil, and Patton Oswalt. All three have opened for me. This book is a funny tragedy. Youll laugh, youll cry, youll convert to Pattonism. If you do not love this book, remember, I know where you live in your mothers basement.

Harlan Ellison

PerfectI can describe Pattons book the same way I describe his stand-upbrilliant and prolific. I am slackjawed, amazed, and left feeling both inspired and fraudulent.

Sarah Silverman

Patton Oswalt is among the funniest onstage talking humans I am aware of, so it annoys me deeply that he is also an incredibly talented writer. It annoys me, but it does not surprise me. Every sentence in this book is funny (except for the sad ones), but it also brims with Oswaltian smarts and surprising poignancy.

John Hodgman

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The Nothing Ray
Song of the Cyrus-5 Dream Hunters
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Andro-Borg-Bot
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