| Apocalypse How: Turn the End-Times into the Best of Times! | 
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Sales Rank: 393830
Category: Book
Author: Rob Kutner
Publisher: Running Press
Studio: Running Press
Manufacturer: Running Press
Label: Running Press
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0762432330
Dewey Decimal Number: 808
EAN: 9780762432332
ASIN: 0762432330
Publication Date: May 12, 2008
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Product Description
People have been predicting the end of the world since...well, the beginning of it. Oh, the form it takes may vary-firestorm, earthquake, plague, new ice age, alien invasion, nuclear cloud, or the rise of our machines-but everyone who survives will be starting over at Square One. Your needs won?t be that different from today?s: food, shelter, work, finances, relationships, 24-hour cable.... But you?ll have more raw materials to deal with. Apocalypse How is the humorous how-to-guide to living your best life possible (after the Apocalypse renders your current quality of life null and void.) Organized like a travel or lifestyle guide, the book tells you all you need to know in order to fend off zombies, forge for non-radioactive food, and make the most of your new dwelling (while ignoring the ash outline of its previous occupants on the far wall.)This handy volume includes such essential sections as: What to Expect When We?re Exploding Before We Blow: Your Essential To-Hoard List Should You Stay or Should You Flee? Questionnaire Sex, Love, and Dating: What if You Are the Last Man on Earth? The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Petty Tyrants The Apocalyptic Aptitude Test Apocalypse How is guaranteed to be of use in the world to come. It also makes a handy defense weapon if thrown, and firestarter if needed.
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 The Days After July 28, 2008
Rob Kutner, writer for the Daily Show, sets forth to humor us with this text on how to make the best of times for the end of times. You learn how to deal with the apocalypse and aftermath but don't let it drag you down, here's how you can make the best of things. He covers topics from dressing, home defense, new foods to try (mmm rock soup), dating & repopulating, recreational activities, and more. Overall, there are some fairly funny parts but I didn't find it laugh-out-loud funny, but rather some good strong smirks. Some jokes got a bit repetitive and even as a humor book it lacked some fleshing out in areas that would have improved the text. Worth reading and the illustrations are equally amusing. There are bits that you'll miss the first time through so it is certainly re-readable.
Dark humor for dark times June 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Do you fear the end of the world? Rob Kutner's new book makes it seem like it will be as fun as a trip to Disneyland!
Apocalpyse How presents many ways that the world as we know it might end: nuclear holocaust, robot revolt (a la Flight Of The Conchords' song "The Humans Are Dead"), alien invasion, global warming. And it gives some really funny advice about how we can not just survive, but thrive in the new world order.
There are perhaps one too many references to cannibalism for my taste, but Kutner's clever writing and sharp wit makes up for it. My favorite part was the "Fun & Games" chapter near the end of the book.
The book does not give enough credit to illustrator Joshua McDonnell. His drawings, photographs and collages are superb, and are as strong of a presence as the writing itself.
The end comes too soon. May 26, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
You'll regret the coming of the end of "Apocalypse How" almost as much as you'll regret the coming of the end of the actual world (next week). Fortunately, the book is packed with so much verbal and visual humor, you'll need to read it at least twice to wring all the laughs from it... much as you'll want to wring all the potable, nutritious juices from whatever minimally-irradiated flora, fauna, and Frankenfoods you can find when the end-times arrive. You'll want to read the acknowledgments three times.
Apt Advice for Armageddon May 26, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is the way the world ends, not with a bang...but a howl of laughter! Who knew that the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse is a brilliant satirist by the name of Rob Kutner? With a gift of prophecy that Cassandra would envy and the swiftness of a Sidewinder missile, Kutner has beaten the likes of those esteemed self-help gurus Heloise, Bob Vila, Dr. Phil, Martha Stewart, Dear Abby, et al. in fulfilling an unrecognized need: an ironic handbook for coping with nearly all aspects of the Last Days. "Apocalypse How" is highly entertaining and may even be useful. I liked it so much I bought copies for my family and closest friends.
Laughter for the Left Behind! May 25, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Even more so than the average election year, 2008 feels like the end of the world. For those who don't miraculously ascend to a better place--and let's face it, that's a lot of you--this book might just keep you alive (or at least, keep your hideous demise from being needlessly depressing). With the ability to get a laugh even from a blank page, Rob Kutner is truly humanity's best hope for survival.
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