The Areas of My Expertise
by John Hodgman
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Author: John HodgmanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2006-09-05
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
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Book Review: The Cover says it all...
Summary: 2 Stars
The Introduction (Which is reproduced on the dust jacket) is the most amusing portion of this rather dull book. It seems that the author once read "1066 and All That" and believed that he could recreate a similar work of nonsensical ramblings out of whole cloth. While I admire the effort, Hodgman falls very, very short of the goal.
What makes works such as "1066" so amusing is not that they are a collection of nonsense, but that they reflect our sometimes twisted view of the world. "1066" is brilliant because it captures that sense of thinking that you know it all, when you in fact do not. Hodgman's work boils down to a man with too much time on his hands who has convinced himself that he is really quite clever.
Summary of The Areas of My Expertise
Borges meets the bathroom book in John Hodgman's bestselling almanac of complete (and fabricated) world knowledge.Abridged CDs - 4 CDs, 5 hours
With his Daily Show appearances and his "I'm a PC" Apple ads, John Hodgman has only become more famous since the hardcover edition of his all-you-need compendium of facts, The Areas of My Expertise was released. He has also become smarter. To reflect this, the paperback edition of The Areas of My Expertise has been expanded to include 100 new hobo names and new, additional complete world knowledge. John Hodgman and his fur-hatted associate, Jonathan, have prepared an exclusive video for Amazon customers explaining the above.
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