false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166673961m/15591.jpg 15591 2 <div>Interspersed with charts, graphs, and various crossword puzzles, <i>A Book of Noisy Outlaws, Evil Marauders, and Some Other Things . . .</i> features some of today's best authors spinning new tales ranging from the spooky to the strange. George Saunders tells the story of a father who takes caution to dangerous extremes in "Lars Farf, Excessively Fearful Father and Husband." In "ACES by Phone," a small boy finds a cell phone that lets him listen in on the thoughts of dogs, and in "Small Country," Nick Hornby introduces a country too small for a postal system but, unfortunately for one bookish boy, just big enough for a football team. Each story features full-color illustrations by artists including Barry Blitt, Lane Smith, David Heatley, and Marcel Dzama. <br><br>The collection includes previously unpublished children's stories from Jonathan Safran Foer (<i>Everything is Illuminated</i>), Nick Hornby (<i>High Fidelity</i>), Neil Gaiman (<i>Sandman</i>), George Saunders (<i>CivilWarLand in Bad Decline</i>), Kelly Link (<i>Stranger Than Fiction</i>), and Jon Scieskza (<i>Stinky Cheese Man</i>). The dust jacket folds into a unique aerogram, which factors into a special contest involving a story written partly by Lemony Snicket, partly by thousands of children.</div> 17439 1 10 2005 Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things That Aren't as Scary, Maybe, Depending on How You Feel About Lost Lands, Stray Cellphones, ... Quite Finish, So Maybe You Could Help Us Out total:255|5:41|4:103|3:88|2:19|1:4| 255 923 482 61 1 1 false false Fri Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 09:20:32 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 25 15:25:40 -0800 2008
Small Country by Nick Hornby: This ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Jan 15 15:10:42 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 15:11:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Aug 22 04:19:38 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 07:56:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 17:53:27 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 11:39:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 14:45:14 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 15:09:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 15:54:11 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 16:03:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 23:49:50 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 00:01:45 -0700 2009
The quirky, off beat and NEVER "tedious" short stories are a bonus. Some of them are horrific, funny, a...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Oct 10 07:47:14 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 09 11:30:15 -0800 2008 once more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 25 05:38:25 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 05:50:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Oct 31 09:46:05 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 20 20:39:57 -0800 2007



This book was like the other book I read"In the land of the lawn ween...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 09:41:04 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 12:03:02 -0700 2007 Noisy Outlaws (and a lot of other words included in this lengthy book title) is a collection of short stories gathered up by the McSweeney's publishing group. If the title does not reveal that this is anything but a typical book of short stories then the monster on the cover with the words 'hold me'...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Nov 30 00:09:52 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 00:11:15 -0800 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 01:37:16 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 01:38:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 21 12:56:42 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 12:56:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 0 true false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 15:11:32 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 10:40:15 -0700 2009
The only parts that I really enjoyed were the introduction and the short story Monster. The rest were okay,...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 06:29:55 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 11:30:43 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 14:33:48 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 22:49:34 -0800 2009
On my list of top 5 favorite short stories, The Sixth Borough is now number five, with a bullet. ]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 26 05:37:12 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 05:37:12 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri May 15 15:05:06 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 15:05:06 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 12:38:27 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 04 09:16:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=15591