Homeland Insecurity: The Onion Complete News Archives, Volume 17 (Onion Ad Nauseam) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Series: Onion Ad Nauseam | Publication Date: October 31, 2006

Hot off the reprint presses!

Onion fans hear this! Homeland Insecurity is the largest collection of award-winning journalism from America’s Finest News Source ever released, and that means you must buy it! Featuring every brilliantly biting article printed in The Onion between November 2004 and December 2005, a time in our country’s history ripe for further examination by America’s Finest News Source, Homeland Insecurity collects all the news reporting you were too lazy to read when it first appeared, now delivered in a handy single volume that will fit perfectly on the bookshelf of your dorm, ward, or cell. Homeland Insecurity is Volume 17 in the always bestselling and always entertaining Onion series.

The Onion is the world’s most popular humor publication, with more than 3.8 million weekly visitors to its website (theonion.com) and a print circulation of more than 500,000. More than a million copies of its various books have been sold to date, beginning with Our Dumb Century, which was a #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

The Onion's claim to being America' Finest News Source may have its tongue pressed firmly in cheek, but it is certainly America's most wryly ludicrous and, at times, the most honest. As expected, the usual stuffed shirts are given their fair share of lampooning ("Bush Vows to Eliminate U.S. Dependence on Oil by 4920," "Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity with New 'Intelligent Falling' Theory"), but where the Onion really excels is in exposing the inner hilarity of your average nincompoop ("Investigators Blame Stupidity in Area Death," "Area Man Looking for Whatever the Hell Is Beeping"). The finest material comes from simply pointing out how a lot of people are really dumb, pathetic, and not at all heartwarming. Which is itself oddly reassuring. The fake news phenomenon has never been more culturally popular, and nearing its twentieth year, the Onion still ranks among its foremost stalwarts. This collection features the entire archive from November 2004 to December 2005, and while devotees will have already read most of the content, newcomers will be thrilled to titter over these headlines. Ian Chipman
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About the Author

The Onion is the world’s most popular humor publication, with more than 3.8 million weekly visitors to its website (theonion.com) and a print circulation of more than 500,000. More than a million copies of its various books have been sold to date, beginning with Our Dumb Century, which was a #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press (October 31, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 030733984X
• ISBN-13: 978-0307339843
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 0.8 x 10.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #565,094 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Scott Dikkers as written or co-written several bestselling books. He co-wrote and edited The Onion's Our Dumb Century, which has sold more than a half-million copies and was awarded the Thurber Prize for American Humor. His other books include The Onion's Finest News Reporting, which topped 200,000 in sales, the self-help parody You Are Worthless, and the "unauthorized autobiography" of George W. Bush, Destined for Destiny.

The #1 New York Times best-selling author also created the comic strip Jim's Journal, which is syndicated daily:

http://www.gocomics.com/jimsjournal

An accomplished filmmaker, Dikkers executive produced and directed The Onion News Network and the critically acclaimed independent feature Spaceman, as well as several award-winning short films.

His animation company, Dikkers Cartoon Company, features animated cartoons, games and other fun:

http://www.dikkers.com/index.php

Customer Reviews

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beats Watching the News!, November 2, 2006

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Loyd E. Eskildson "Pragmatist" (Phoenix, AZ.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Homeland Insecurity: The Onion Complete News Archives, Volume 17 (Onion Ad Nauseam) (Paperback)

Headlines include "Oprah Celebrates Losing 20,000 Pound" (after about 467 different diets), "Ashcroft Loses Job to Mexican," "Bankrupt U.S. Sold to China," "Cost of Living Now Outweighs Benefits," and "Local Fox Affiliate Debuts Terror Alert Van" (flashes current Terror Alert color for Murfreesboro, TN., equipped with English-Arabic phrase book for translating any intercepted al-Qaeda correspondence).

Other stories include how the Swift Boat Vets intend to continue hounding Sen. Kerry (currently questioning whether he had really earned a free cup at Starbucks), a detailed story behind a project manager leaving behind a suicide power-point presentation (how he had used its full multimedia capabilities, along with the outline of his material), and V.P. Cheney's problems after being dropped by his HMO for pre-existing conditions.

Lots more fun that watching the news!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious, December 9, 2006

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Scott A. Luke (Northbrook, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Homeland Insecurity: The Onion Complete News Archives, Volume 17 (Onion Ad Nauseam) (Paperback)

The Onion presents Homeland Insecurity is yet another edition of this spoof news series. The Onion is a free publication that is available mostly in college towns. This book just lumps the past year's articles into a bound edition.

Every article is rip-roaring hilarious. Nothing is sacred. It rips on anything and everything. Great stuff. I recommend it to anyone with at least a mild sense of humor.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tears (of Laughter) Will Develop in Your Eyes as You Peel the Layers (Turn the Pages) of the Onion, June 10, 2007

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James N Simpson (Gold Coast, QLD Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Homeland Insecurity: The Onion Complete News Archives, Volume 17 (Onion Ad Nauseam) (Paperback)

The excellent news parody The Onion has bound together another collection of their weekly newspaper, telling us their readers stories the main networks don't seem to want to tell us. The Onions inside are from the editions published online and in print between the 18th of November 2004 and the 14th December 2005. Some of the stories within are a bit shorter as they are incomplete than their original online format but the humour happens in what is there along with the headlines.

Whilst the Onion has a huge cult following, not everyone has heard of it. If you've enjoyed parody news TV shows such as CNNN or its still going spin off The Chaser then this is the book for you. Also if you're still unsure about buying this book you can just type in the onion dot com into your computer see the latest Onions and you'll know what your getting.

Other great parody fiction is out there but to name three you may be interested in if you enjoyed this book are Where's Bin Laden? by Daniel Lalic which is an excellent parody of the Where's Wally (Waldo in North America) series. 101 Places Not to Visit: Your Essential Guide to the World's Most Miserable, Ugly, Boring and Inbred Destinations by Adam Russ which is an excellent parody of those travel books that only mention the good things about destinations. The Self-Destruction Handbook: 8 Simple Steps to an Unhealthier You is an excellent and extremely funny parody of all those annoying self help books that want to make you a better you.