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Author:

Klosterman, Chuck, 1972-

Title:

Eating the dinosaur / Chuck Klosterman.

Edition:

1st Scribner hardcover ed.

Publisher:

Scribner,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

vii, 245 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Popular culture--United States.
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects--United States.
Sports--Social aspects--United States.
United States--Civilization--1970-

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Something instead of nothing -- Oh, the guilt -- Tomorrow rarely knows -- What we talk about when we talk about Ralph Sampson -- Through a glass, blindly -- The passion of the Garth -- "The best response" -- Football -- ABBA 1, World 0 -- "Ha ha," he said, "Ha ha" -- It will shock you how much it never happened -- T is for true -- FAIL.

Summary:

The best-selling author of Downtown Owl and Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs takes a humorous look at expectations versus reality in pop culture, sports, and media, in a book that explores such questions as: Why is pop culture obsessed with time travel?; What do Kurt Cobain and David Koresh have in common?; and much more.

ISBN:

1416544208
9781416544203

OCLC:

(OCoLC)317923385

LCCN:

2009018719

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

LTAX046 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Centerville (Centerville)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)