Noisy outlaws, unfriendly blobs, and some other things that aren't as scary, maybe, depending on how you feel about lost lands, stray cellphones, creatures from the sky, parents who disappear in Peru, a man named Lars Farf, and one other story we couldn't quite finish, so maybe you could help us out / [stories by Nick Hornby and others] ; edited by Ted Thompson with Eli Horowitz ; [with an introduction & almost half a story by Lemony Snicket].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Thompson, Ted.

Horowitz, Eli.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, American--21st century.

Short stories, American.

Horror stories.

Short stories.

Genre:

Short stories, American.

Short stories.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

202 pages : color illustrations, 1 folded out color map ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Outlaws, blobs, & other things

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : McSweeney's Books, [2005]

Summary:

A collection of scary, bizarre stories includes previously unpublished tales from Jon Scieskza, Kelly Link, George Saunders, Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Safran Foer, Nick Hornby, and others. The collection includes previously unpublished children's stories from Jonathan Safran Foer (Everything is Illuminated), Nick Hornby (High Fidelity), Neil Gaiman (Sandman), George Saunders (CivilWarLand in Bad Decline), Kelly Link (Stranger Than Fiction), and Jon Scieskza (Stinky Cheese Man). The dust jacket folds into a unique aerogram, which factors into a special contest involving a story written partly by Lemony Snicket, partly by thousands of children. Annotation. Interspersed with charts, graphs, and various crossword puzzles, A Book of Noisy Outlaws, Evil Marauders, and Some Other Things ... features some of today's best authors spinning new tales ranging from the spooky to the strange. George Saunders tells the story of a father who takes caution to dangerous extremes in "Lars Farf, Excessively Fearful Father and Husband." In "ACES by Phone," a small boy finds a cell phone that lets him listen in on the thoughts of dogs, and in "Small Country," Nick Hornby introduces a country too small for a postal system but, unfortunately for one bookish boy, just big enough for a football team. Each story features full-color illustrations by artists including Barry Blitt, Lane Smith, David Heatley, and Marcel Dzama. The collection includes previously unpublished children's stories from Jonathan Safran Foer (Everything is Illuminated), Nick Hornby (High Fidelity), Neil Gaiman (Sandman), George Saunders (CivilWarLand in Bad Decline), Kelly Link (Stranger Than Fiction), and Jon Scieskza (Stinky Cheese Man). The dust jacket folds into a unique aerogram, which factors into a special contest involving a story written partly by Lemony Snicket, partly by thousands of children.

Contents:

Introduction / Lemony Snicket

Small country / Nick Hornsby

Lars Farf, excessively fearful father and husband / George Saunders

Monster / Kelly Link

The contests at Cowlick / Richard Kennedy

Each sold separately / Jon Scieszka

Seymour's last wish / Sam Swope

Grimble / Clement Freud

Spoony-E & Spandy-3 vs. the Purple Hordes / James Kochalka

Sunbird / Neil Gaiman

The Aces phone / Jeanne DuPrau

The sixth borough / Jonathan Safran Foer.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Other Format:

Online version: Noisy outlaws, unfriendly blobs, and some other things that aren't as scary, maybe, depending on how you feel about lost lands, stray cellphones, creatures from the sky, parents who disappear in Peru, a man named Lars Farf, and one other story we couldn't quite finish, so maybe you could help us out.

ISBN:

1932416358

9781932416350

OCLC:

61856702

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