Dead Men Scare Me Stupid
9 best books like Dead Men Scare Me Stupid (John Swartzwelder): Spin, But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, Welcome to the Monkey House, The Shining Girls, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto, American Rust, What I'd Say to the Martians and Other Veiled Threats, How I Escaped My Certain Fate
| Author | Robert Charles Wilson |
One night in October when he was ten years old, Tyler Dupree stood in his back yard and watched the stars go out. They all flared into brilliance at once, then disappeared, replaced by a flat, empty black barrier. He and his best friends, Jason and Diane Lawton, had seen what became known as the Big Blackout....
But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
| Author | Chuck Klosterman |
| ISBN | 0399184120 |
We live in a culture of casual certitude. This has always been the case, no matter how often that certainty has failed. Though no generation believes there’s nothing left to learn, every generation unconsciously assumes that what has already been defined and accepted is (probably) pretty close...
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
In an age of confusion, fear, and loss, Hanif Abdurraqib's is a voice that matters. Whether he's attending a Bruce Springsteen concert the day after visiting Michael Brown's grave, or discussing public displays of affection at a Carly Rae Jepsen show, he writes with a poignancy and magnetism that resonates...
Welcome to the Monkey House
| Author | Kurt Vonnegut |
| ISBN | 0385333501 |
Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut is a collection of short stories from the 50s and 60s and demonstrates Vonnegut’s tremendous range as a writer.
I have read one critic who did not like Vonnegut, saying that all of his novels are essentially the same, with his voice and tone narrating...
| Author | Lauren Beukes |
| ISBN | 0316216852 |
In Depression-era Chicago, Harper Curtis finds a key to a house that opens on to other times. But it comes at a cost. He has to kill the shining girls: bright young women, burning with potential. Curtis stalks them through their lives across different eras until, in 1989, one of his victims, Kirby Mazrachi,...
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
| Author | Chuck Klosterman |
| ISBN | 0743236017 |
Countless writers and artists have spoken for a generation, but no one has done it quite like Chuck Klosterman. With an exhaustive knowledge of popular culture and an almost effortless ability to spin brilliant prose out of unlikely subject matter, Klosterman attacks the entire spectrum of postmodern...
| Author | Philipp Meyer |
| ISBN | 0385527519 |
Set in a beautiful but economically devastated Pennsylvania steel town, American Rust is a novel of the lost American dream and the desperation--as well as the acts of friendship, loyalty, and love--that arises from its loss. From local bars to train yards to prison, it's the story of two young men,...
What I'd Say to the Martians and Other Veiled Threats
| Author | Jack Handey |
| ISBN | 1401322662 |
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One of my fondest childhood memories is spending Saturday night at Grandma and Grandpa’s house and staying up late to watch Saturday Night Live. A million few years later, I remain loyal to SNL – I’m just old now, so the correct...
How I Escaped My Certain Fate
| Author | Stewart Lee |
| ISBN | 0571254802 |
The Goodreads Censorship Fiasco of 2013 has got a lot of people considering works by Adolph Hitler, convicted sex offenders, and flagrant P2P artists. I have found myself repeatedly thinking of a particular routine from 90s stand-up comedian Stewart Lee.
If you don't know Lee, his style...
