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Evan Mandery
Goodreads author profile
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in Brooklyn, New York, The United States
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Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, Nelson Burton Jr.
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Q
— published 2011 — 7 editions |
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First Contact-Or, It's Later Than You Think
— published 2010 — 3 editions |
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Dreaming of Gwen Stefani
— published 2007 |
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The Campaign: Rudy Giuliani, Ruth Messinger, Al Sharpton, And The Race To Be Mayor Of New York City
— published 1999 — 2 editions |
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Capital Punishment in America: A Balanced Explanation
— published 2004 |
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The Atheist's Guide to Christmas
by Robin Harvie , Stephanie Meyers , Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author) — published 2009 — 11 editions |
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“Give up on trying to be original. Every song has been sung, every picture has been painted, and every story has been told. The best one can do is sing, draw, or tell it again well.”
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In Q, Mandery writes with equal measures of wit, irony, and poignancy--all tinged with a certain existential angst and philosophical reflection--that is characteristic of his other novels
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"Q" is really funny. And smart.
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“it has been my experience with literary critics and academics in this country that clarity looks a lot like laziness and ignorance and childishness and cheapness to them.”
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I found this book on the librarians recommended table at the central branch of my my local library system. I have picked many books from this selection and have most often found nothing to my liking, not to say there are not probably many good boo...
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“Give up on trying to be original. Every song has been sung, every picture has been painted, and every story has been told. The best one can do is sing, draw, or tell it again well.”
― Evan Mandery, Q
― Evan Mandery, Q
“I also believe, without any supporting evidence, that cats are evil.”
― Evan Mandery, First Contact-Or, It's Later Than You Think
― Evan Mandery, First Contact-Or, It's Later Than You Think
“I have no special desire to go crawl around in caves, but I really like the word [spelunking] and want to use it in conversation. I do a lot of things just to use words I like.”
― Evan Mandery, First Contact-Or, It's Later Than You Think
― Evan Mandery, First Contact-Or, It's Later Than You Think
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| Time Travel: June/July 2012: Book Club Nominations | 23 | 70 | 08 juin 04:51 | |
| The Seasonal Read...: Summer Challenge 2012: Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC | 2662 | 601 | 31 août 21:02 | |
| Crazy Challenge C...: Fall 2012 Seasonal Scavenger Challenge | 173 | 143 | 29 déc. 18:36 | |
| Gigi's Company: ABC | 1642 | 359 | 14 mai 15:52 | |
| Crazy Challenge C...: A-Z Location Challenge 2012 | 145 | 145 | 16 mai 18:45 | |
| Crazy Challenge C...: Zodiac challenge | 330 | 189 | 5 hours, 30 min ago |
“I also believe, without any supporting evidence, that cats are evil.”
― Evan Mandery, First Contact-Or, It's Later Than You Think
― Evan Mandery, First Contact-Or, It's Later Than You Think
“I have no special desire to go crawl around in caves, but I really like the word [spelunking] and want to use it in conversation. I do a lot of things just to use words I like.”
― Evan Mandery, First Contact-Or, It's Later Than You Think
― Evan Mandery, First Contact-Or, It's Later Than You Think
“We're about to live through history and it's incredibly exciting. But don't make the mistake of thinking life stops because of any of this.”
― Evan Mandery, First Contact-Or, It's Later Than You Think
― Evan Mandery, First Contact-Or, It's Later Than You Think
“Voters, like history, are under no obligation to make sense.”
― Evan Mandery, First Contact-Or, It's Later Than You Think
― Evan Mandery, First Contact-Or, It's Later Than You Think
“it has been my experience with literary critics and academics in this country that clarity looks a lot like laziness and ignorance and childishness and cheapness to them.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
― Kurt Vonnegut, Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
Evan Mandery Q&A
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A question an answer session of how to be funny in the face of overwhelming evidence of the pointlessness of everything.
