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Title: Disalmanac: A Book of Fact-Like Facts
Author: Scott Bateman
Genre: Novelty/humor
Thingummies: 3
Synopsis: A fake almanac.
Thoughts: I'll admit, I was drawn in because this promised contributions from a list of people whose work I enjoy, including Neil Gaiman and Wil Wheaton. Unfortunately, their contributions are limited to a sentence apiece. So if that's your motivation, don't bother.
It's still an entertaining book, though. We have collections of completely untrue “facts” about every day from 2012, major US cities, countries of the world, sports, and more. They're genuinely funny, if extremely topical—this is based on a website and it shows. I doubt many of the jokes will even make sense in five years when we've all forgotten the particular memes and random minor events they reference. But for a bathroom reader-style humor book for the next year or two, it delivers about what you might expect.
Author: Scott Bateman
Genre: Novelty/humor
Thingummies: 3
Synopsis: A fake almanac.
Thoughts: I'll admit, I was drawn in because this promised contributions from a list of people whose work I enjoy, including Neil Gaiman and Wil Wheaton. Unfortunately, their contributions are limited to a sentence apiece. So if that's your motivation, don't bother.
It's still an entertaining book, though. We have collections of completely untrue “facts” about every day from 2012, major US cities, countries of the world, sports, and more. They're genuinely funny, if extremely topical—this is based on a website and it shows. I doubt many of the jokes will even make sense in five years when we've all forgotten the particular memes and random minor events they reference. But for a bathroom reader-style humor book for the next year or two, it delivers about what you might expect.
