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That Is All: An Evening with John Hodgman
Subterranean Books is excited to welcome JOHN HODGMAN to St. Louis. Doors at 6:00pm, event starts at 7:00pm
**Just added** John Roderick and Jonathan Ramsey--both on guitars.
So many John's.
Day of Show tickets are available at the door at Mad Art or at Subterranean Books (6275 Delmar in the Loop, 63130).
There are two ticket types. "General Ticket" is $25.00 and gains one person admittance and one copy of "That is All". There is also a "Couple Ticket" that is $30.00 and gains two people admittance and one copy of "That is All".
You will collect your books at check-in at Mad Art. BRING YOUR TICKET WITH YOU. Mr. Hodgman will be signing at the event.
John Hodgman-bestselling author, The Daily Show's "Resident Expert", minor television celebrity, and deranged millionaire-brings us the third and final installment in his trilogy of Complete World Knowledge.
In 2005, Dutton published The Areas of My Expertise, a handy little book of Complete World Knowledge, marked by the distinction that all of the fascinating trivia and amazing true facts were completely made up by its author, John Hodgman. At the time, Hodgman was merely a former literary agent and occasional scribbler of fake trivia. In short: a nobody.
But during an interview on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, an incredible transformation occurred. He became a famous minor television personality. You may ask: During his whirlwind tornado ride through the high ether of minor fame and outrageous fortune, did John Hodgman forget how to write books of fake trivia? The answer is: Yes. Briefly. But soon, he remembered!
And so he returned, crashing his Kansas farmhouse down upon the wicked witch of ignorance with More Information Than You Require, a New York Times bestseller containing even more mesmerizing and essential fake trivia, including seven hundred mole-man names (and their occupations).
And now, John Hodgman completes his vision with That Is All, the last book in a trilogy of Complete World Knowledge. Like its predecessors, That Is All compiles incredibly handy made-up facts into brief articles, overlong lists, and beguiling narratives on new and familiar themes. It picks up exactly where More Information left off-specifically, at page 596-and finally completes COMPLETE WORLD KNOWLEDGE, just in time for the return of Quetzalcoatl and the end of human history in 2012.
John Hodgman lives in New York City, where he curates and hosts "The Little Gray Book Lectures," a monthly colloquium of readings, songs, and dubious scholarship. He is a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine and a frequent voice on public radio's This American Life. Further fiction, nonfiction, and genres in between have appeared in The Paris Review, McSweeney's, One-Story, and The Believer. He has performed at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, as well as on the great stages of Chicago, Philadelphia, and London's Barbican.
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2727 S. 12th (in Soulard)
St. Louis, MO 63118
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