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false <![CDATA[Eating the Dinosaur]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255630460m/6386555.jpg 6386555 2 Chuck Klosterman is the author Of Fargo Rock City; Sex, Drugs, And Cocoa Puffs; and Killing Yourself To Live. He is a columnist for Esquire and has written for GQ, Spin, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The Believer, and ESPN. 6574787 20 10 2009 Eating the Dinosaur total:195|5:28|4:96|3:50|2:17|1:4| 195 712 765 56 3 0 true false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 18 16:59:06 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 17:18:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 18:54:49 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 19:13:04 -0800 2009 After the unexpected brilliance of "Downtown Owl," it seemed like Klosterman could do no wrong. With "Eating the Dinosaur," everything comes crashing down.

It opens with a borderline pointless discussion of why interviewees answer questions. Next is a discussio...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 17:47:06 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 18:36:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 20:20:01 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 19:17:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Oct 21 19:39:30 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 23:07:23 -0700 2009 Q: What is this book about?
A: Well, that's difficult to say. I haven't read it yet - I've just clicked on it and casually glanced at this webpage. There clearly isn't a plot. I...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 30 10:17:55 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 14 14:53:29 -0800 2009 about Kurt Cobain (Oh, the Guilt) and Garth Brooks (The Passion of Garth) to be really interesting. Also, th...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 31 16:30:49 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 24 16:41:53 -0800 2009
First off, somehow I failed ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 17 11:26:44 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 08 19:09:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 13:09:08 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 13:09:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 05 13:37:28 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 13:44:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 08:32:17 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 09:07:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 15:06:51 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 22:18:51 -0700 2009 Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs should make you a prime candidate for enjoying this; on the other hand, I think the range of the essays starts to feel unnaturally stretched towards the end ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 16:43:45 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 15:35:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 18:04:30 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 07:45:48 -0800 2009 Eating the Dinosaur, unlike Chuck's other books, has pretensions to very lofty roots. He latches overarching philosophical concepts (although only frequently naming his souces) to the same kinds of things he has previously written about. He namedrops Schopenhaur a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 17:01:16 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 17:01:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 18:37:04 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 18:37:04 -0700 2009
Also, this book accidentally proved that "Beaver" is a better word than "Bat" wh...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 09:58:31 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 23:24:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Oct 28 15:32:15 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 15 06:44:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 09:02:44 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 09:04:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 03 18:05:24 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 27 13:38:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6386555