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That Is All [Hardcover]

John Hodgman (Author)
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November 1, 2011

John Hodgman-bestselling author, The Daily Show's "Resident Expert", minor television celebrity, and deranged millionaire-brings us the third and final installment in his trilogy of Complete World Knowledge.

In 2005, Dutton published The Areas of My Expertise, a handy little book of Complete World Knowledge, marked by the distinction that all of the fascinating trivia and amazing true facts were completely made up by its author, John Hodgman. At the time, Hodgman was merely a former literary agent and occasional scribbler of fake trivia. In short: a nobody.

But during an interview on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, an incredible transformation occurred. He became a famous minor television personality. You may ask: During his whirlwind tornado ride through the high ether of minor fame and outrageous fortune, did John Hodgman forget how to write books of fake trivia? The answer is: Yes. Briefly. But soon, he remembered!

And so he returned, crashing his Kansas farmhouse down upon the wicked witch of ignorance with More Information Than You Require, a New York Times bestseller containing even more mesmerizing and essential fake trivia, including seven hundred mole-man names (and their occupations).

And now, John Hodgman completes his vision with That Is All, the last book in a trilogy of Complete World Knowledge. Like its predecessors, That Is All compiles incredibly handy made-up facts into brief articles, overlong lists, and beguiling narratives on new and familiar themes. It picks up exactly where More Information left off-specifically, at page 596-and finally completes COMPLETE WORLD KNOWLEDGE, just in time for the return of Quetzalcoatl and the end of human history in 2012.


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About the Author

John Hodgman lives in New York City, where he curates and hosts “The Little Gray Book Lectures,” a monthly colloquium of readings, songs, and dubious scholarship. He is a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine and a frequent voice on public radio’s This American Life. Further fiction, nonfiction, and genres in between have appeared in The Paris Review, McSweeney’s, One-Story, and The Believer. He has performed at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, as well as on the great stages of Chicago, Philadelphia, and London’s Barbican.


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  • Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  • Hardcover: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Dutton Adult (November 1, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0525952446
  • ISBN-13: 978-0525952442
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,691 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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If you haven't read his previous works "Areas of My Expertise" and "More Information Than You Require", be prepared to be driven down into a dark, bottomless pool of non-fact: the final inclusions on his work of complete world knowledge and a day-by-day break down of the end times. Do not be frightened by sporadic subject matter and frequent callbacks to his previous books, you can pick up the series here as a new reader and follow the excellent story of a deranged millionaire staring into the spectacular, terrifying void.

If you're already familiar with John Hodgman's series then you may be like me: I was going to hold out until Hodgman and Jonathan Coulton got back into a studio to record the audiobook, but I couldn't hold out. Neither should you. There's too much good stuff here, and after multiple listens of hobo names and molemen it's easy to hear the author's voice and the troubadour's guitar as you read.

In addition, the predictions he makes start by December 2011. You won't be able to hear an audiobook version before Ragnarok does or doesn't begin, and reading Hodgman's advice for an apocalypse yet-to-be has a unique value that you'll only be able to cash in on for the next month or so. Additionally, trying to speed read to the end before the blood-red sea devours your home and family may also prove cumbersome.

Worth your money and time, as if you'll have either when the supercollapse begins and the Ancient and Unspeakable Ones return.
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Sit in public laugh out loud smile to yourself funny literature. Still so insightful and meditative. The pleasure of reading this book is almost of the same quality as getting a cast off after months and finally being able to really scratch your wrist. I certainly can't recommend it to anyone because that is just too big of a gamble at this stage of the game, but John Hodgman is my kind of prophet. If the World doesn't end on 21, Dec.2012 I will give him another chance to call it for sure. That is All.
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A new classic of comedy January 24, 2012
By Trichy
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Comedy is one of the hardest genres to get right. If the author stumbles in the least, the book becomes a painful experience. Fortunately, John Hodgman not only succeeds, he puts on a clinic on how to create a world.

"That Is All" is the third and final book in a trilogy by John Hodgman which details a bizarre and insanely detailed world, one where the Mall of America hides a secret underground compound, the Elder Gods are joined by a pantheon of hundreds of bizarre gods, and the Washington Monument launches into orbit leaving a raging inferno behind. After the first two books established this vivid and realized world, "That Is All" looks at the collapse and apocalyptic end of the world. It's hilarious, detailed and rich.

What I didn't expect was how moving the conclusion of this book would be. At the end of all this silly anarchy, Hodgman forges a fairly profound reflection that genuinely surprised me. We knew Hodgman was a brilliant comedian. "That Is All" shows us something more: he's a remarkably talented author who can write some shockingly effecting prose. This is one of the best works of comedy I've ever read, and one of the best books of 2011.
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Make ready for the coming GLOBAL SUPERPOCALYPSE!
This book is the third in the now complete compendium of world knowledge masterfully compiled by John Hodgman, rendering the internet OBSOLETE. Read more
Published 19 days ago by Jamil Bhatti
We Are Only Meat That Dreams*
As a savvy consumer, I want the most for my humor dollar. I want a high laugh count. Return on investment is important to me. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Chris Ward
This book rules me, others
I love the two Hodgman books before this one and I love this one. I am even listen as an ancient and unspeakable one, which is great for me.
Published 2 months ago by david c hill
Give me back the minutes
This book was given to my husband by a conference. We like John Stewart. We like John Hodgman. This book is terrible. Read more
Published 2 months ago by schoolswap
This book will change, but not save, your life.
This trilogy could not have been more epic had it featured enchanted jewelery and little people with a penchant for lava-wrestling.

Read That is All. Read more
Published 4 months ago by JoePub
sadly unfunny
I really looked forward to some snarky leisure reading in this book and all I got was a rambling, incoherent and sadly, unfunny text. Read more
Published 4 months ago by dsch
The Completion of Hodgmaniac Knowledge
This is the third and final volume of Complete World Knowledge by John Hodgman. Hodgman is most familiar as the resident expert on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and as the PC... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Gorgo
In which a demented, hilarious genius brings his world to an end
Over the course of his first two books (The Areas of My Expertise and Even More Information Than You Require), John Hodgman did more than just compile piles of odd, entirely... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Joshua Mauthe
not a great read
thought this book would be more interesting, pretty boring, not funny or amusing, very confusing and would not purchase it again, not worth the money or time
Published 5 months ago by Tina Holloway
And I thought Ragnarok was just a dragon I used to wipe on
You need the hard copy to understand what will happen to Steven King. Can't wait for the audio version, to me that is the format where this type of comedy shines. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Karen
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