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George Saunders
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born
December 02, 1958
in Amarillo, Texas, The United States
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"Ask the Optimist!" – A (completely insane) puppet-performed excerpt from The Braindead Megaphone, featuring the vocal stylings of John Hodgman, Andy Daly, and an even more star-studded cast. Brought to you by The Sound of Young America.
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Pastoralia
  4.14 avg rating — 3,825 ratings
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2000
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Civilwarland in Bad Decline
4.23 avg rating — 3,345 ratings
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1996
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In Persuasion Nation
4.02 avg rating — 2,158 ratings
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2006
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The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil
  3.59 avg rating — 1,719 ratings
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2005
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The Braindead Megaphone
3.85 avg rating — 1,479 ratings
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2007
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The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
by George Saunders, Lane Smith 4.07 avg rating — 791 ratings
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2000
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A Bee Stung Me So I Killed All the Fish
4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
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2006
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Downtrodden Mary's Failed Campain of Terror
4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
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De zeer volhardende Gappers van Frip
by George Saunders, Lane Smith , Ineke Lenting 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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2000
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Bilingual Children: From Birth To Teens
5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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1982
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“Humor is what happens when we're told the truth quicker and more directly than we're used to.”
― George Saunders, The Braindead Megaphone
― George Saunders, The Braindead Megaphone
“Fuck concepts. Don't be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible. Stay open, forever, so open it hurts, and then open up some more, until the day you die, world without end, amen.”
― George Saunders
― George Saunders
Topics Mentioning This Author
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
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| Bookish: Short Stories | 2 | 40 | Apr 18, 2010 12:30pm | |
| Reading with Style: RwS Completed Tasks - Winter | 715 | 275 | Mar 01, 2011 09:19am | |
| Romance Readers R...: colleen's 2011 Reading List | 42 | 75 | Aug 31, 2011 01:20pm | |
| readers advisory ...: Something funny, but not quirky. | 49 | 128 | Oct 14, 2011 07:06pm | |
| Bookish: * The Possibilities | 3 | 59 | Nov 10, 2011 01:20am | |
| Romance Readers R...: Read-the-Month Italian Edition: GENNAIO (January) Challenge | 273 | 225 | Dec 16, 2011 01:39am | |
| readers advisory ...: try... | 15 | 169 | Dec 17, 2011 04:46pm | |
| The Book Addicts!: EllieNYC 200 Books to Love! | 390 | 232 | Dec 29, 2011 12:43pm | |
| Romance Readers R...: 2011 Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge | 245 | 531 | Feb 13, 2012 01:09pm |
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