{"product_id":"2940170435678","title":"Zombie Spaceship Wasteland: A Book by Patton Oswalt","description":"\u003ci\u003eA hilarious memoir from one of the most creative, insightful, and hysterical voices on the entertainment scene today.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBest known for his roles in the films \u003ci\u003eBig Fan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRatatouille\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the television hit \u003ci\u003eThe King of Queens\u003c\/i\u003e, Patton has been amusing audiences for decades. Now, with \u003ci\u003eZombie Spaceship Wasteland\u003c\/i\u003e, he offers a fascinating look into his most unusual and loveable mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOswalt combines memoir with uproarious humor, from his childhood obsessions with Dungeons and Dragons, Edgar Allan Poe, and gifts from Grandma that had to be explained to a pitch-perfect depiction of an adolescence spent reading everyone from Beverly Cleary to Anthony Burgess. He remembers his teen summers spent working in a movie Cineplex and his early years doing standup. Listeners are also treated to several graphic short stories and the book's centerpiece, which posits that before all young creative minds have anything to write about, they will all hone in on one of three storylines: zombies, spaceships, or wastelands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOswalt chose wastelands, and ever since he has been mining our society's wasteland for perversion and excess, pop culture and fatty foods, indie rock and single malt scotch. \u003ci\u003eZombie Spaceship Wasteland\u003c\/i\u003e is an inventive account of the evolution of Patton Oswalt's wildly insightful worldview, sure to delight his legion of fans and lure many new admirers to his very entertaining \"wasteland.\"","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47099917730032,"sku":"2940170435678","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170435678_p0.jpg?v=1763802091","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170435678","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}