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Patton Oswalt has released three TV specials and three critically acclaimed comedy albums, including the Grammy-nominatedMy Weakness Is Strong. He put together the Comedians of Comedy tour and television series. Oswalt has also appeared on many television shows as a recurring character and in more than twenty films.He lives in Los Angeles, California. Now in paperback, theNew York Timesbestselling "thoughtful, hilarious, quasi-memoir that puts the standard-issue comedy-routine-in-book-form to shame" (Spin) from one of the most creative, insightful, and sharpest voices on the entertainment scene today. Widely known for his roles in the filmsBig FanandRatatouille, as well as the television hitThe King of Queens, Patton Oswalta staple of Comedy Centralhas been amusing audiences for decades. Now, he offers a fascinating look into his most unusual and lovable mindscape. InZombie Spaceship Wasteland, Oswalt combines memoir with uproarious humor, from snow forts to Dungeons & Dragons to gifts from Grandma that had to be explained. Then there's the book's centerpiece, which posits that before all young creative minds have anything to write about, they will hone in on one of three story lines: zom?ies, spaceships, or wastelands. Oswalt chose wastelands, and ever since he has been mining our culture for perversion and excess, pop culture and fatty foods, indie rock and single-malt scotch. An inventive account of the evolution of Patton Oswalt's wildly insightful worldview, this incisive bookfeatured everywhere fromThe Daily ShowtoThe Huffington Post, fromLate Night with Jimmy Fallonto NPRis an open invitation to a very entertaining "wasteland." Prepare for a journey through the world of one of the most creative, insightful, and hysterical voices on the entertainment scene today. Oswalt offers a fascinating look into his most unusual, and lovable, mindscape. He combines memoir with uproarious humor in an inventive account of the evolution of his wildly insightful worldview, sure to indulge his legion of fans. 288 pp. 75,000 print. "A thoughtful, hilarious, quasi-memoir that puts the standard-issue comedy-routine-in-book-form to shame." SPIN "A very funny book by the Funniest Man Alive." --GQ "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." Washington Post "Patton Oswalt...is one of those rare performers whose material translates into any medium without losing its sharpness--including, for the first time, print. . . . It is well worth it to join him on his odyssey."-- Washington Post "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." Boston Globe ??harp 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.??Boston Globe