Satire Books

I met the artist at a book convention, and he lived up to everything I had imagined. A charming, witty person, a fitting genius to have rendered this beautifual trip into a dark and wonderfully convoluted fantasy. Sloane , a captain and starfarer shines brighter in Druillet's adaptation of Flaubert's Salammbo, but the voyages stand on their own as wonderful, tought provoking reading

I'm getting married in December and when Jenna Bush got married I saw this author on the CBS Early Show, he wrote the book "8 Simple Rules for Marrying My Daughter" (same as the TV show I think) and I bought it to give to my dad, since I'm getting married in December!

I know he's going to love it because I already read it and it's funny, but kinda sweet. Lots of stuff in there about how if the groom doesn't treat you right the dad can have him shot, etc. which is totally my Dad's opinion. But in the end it made me cry, because it's really all about how dads think no man is good enough for their little girl. So true!

It's really cute! My dad is so hard to buy for, and I didn't want to get him another military or golf book, because I don't know if he even reads them, but I can never think what else to get!

Ahh, the 1980s. Those, my friend, were good times. Correction. Great times. Remember in 1982,when Disney bought the UK and opened the United Magic Kingdom theme park? Or the oil glut, when the trillion gallons of heretofore undicovered crude under Kansas assured America that "We're Eating More Oil Than Ever Before!" Or in 1984, when the movie musical extravaganza "Rats!" took the work of George Orwell, the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, and created something so good, so powerful, that we were all forced to stop watching "Hello, Larry" for two glorious hours?

Christopher Cerf and Tony Hendra do.

Written in 1979 by some of the more important supporting cast of the oringional National Lampoon, this book was both a hilarious work of satire and a totally inaccurate guide to the future. Not since Vietnamization has the future been so completely mispredicted.

It is probably one of the last entries into that giddy generation of printed satire that began with the Lampoon in the 1970s. Evil, cruel and ridiculous humor met on the printed page with a ferocity and accuracy that Lewis Grizzard never quite could get down pat. Erma Bombeck, though...that's and entirely identical story.

If you find it, get it. If you can't, sit shivering alone in the dark, watcing Falco, eating Jelly Shoes, listening to your cassettes of Tip and the O'Neils, and wondering where it all went so terribly right.

I supplied the issues of Life Magazine to Dover that was used to produce this book. Carol did a fine job of selecting the illustrations used in this clip art book. They depict the age of the 20's and 30's nicely. I was pleased with the results.

Finished the book in no time and was smiling all the way. Good, clean country humor.

My grandmother had the calendar when I was growing up. I still love the product to this day and have passed it on to my kids.

This book's great. It presents a very pragmatic way of getting around, and teaches you how to undermine the system.

Phillip Freeman's book is a collection of his "talks" at the local psychoanalytic society in which he is an esteemed member and teacher. They're about psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic politics, contemporary culture, and human foibles. Freeman manages to weigh in against the trend to make psychoanalysis more "relevant" to today's culture by pillorying that culture in various ways, importing stories and concepts from archeology, neurobiology, and the shtetl to show that the heart and soul of Freud's contribution shouldn't be diluted by pandering to popular trends. The book comes with a CD which has 4 of his performances recorded so that readers can see that he is not only an intellectual, but a stand-up comedian and story-telling humorist--think Robin Williams meets Spaulding Gray. As someone who came from the psychoanalytic tradition, I was delighted, amazed, and ultimately touched by Freeman's passion and wit.

It is rather strange how differently comics are seen in different countries, in Japan and continental Europe comics are for children AND adults but the main image of comics in the USA and UK (And Iceland too) is that it is just crap for kids, but thankfully things are sloooooovly changing thanks too more and better comics for the adult market (and I'm Not talking about X-rated comix here) and books like this by Roger Sabin which is an excelent introduction to this genre.

His book start with a general intoduction and definiton of comics and some general terms then in part one he focuses on Britain, part two is about the United States and part three is about different aspects like Women in comics, world comics and comics and the media.

The book is informative, interesting and great fun too read, I would also like to recomend another book by Sabin which could be seen as a companion volume to this one, a coffe table book called Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels, A history of Comic Art, full of colour illustrations and interesting articles.

Great Fun For Grownups.

I am an avid reader of many genres, and when it comes to humor or satire I will occasionally find myself grinning at the text, but French's efforts had me laughing out loud a number of times. A great satirical overview of the restaurant industry, combined with the bite of an expose amid the unfolding of an autobiography. Perhaps too "colorful" for prudes, it is satire at its finest. At least on par, if not better than, Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential", which is written from the back-of-the-house perspective. Well done!