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Apocalypse Wow: A Memoir for the End of Time
Written by James Finn Garner
Narrated by James Finn Garner
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
As the year 2000 bears down, the best-selling author of Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, James Finn Garner, confronts a series of monumental questions: Will we remember to order new checks from the bank? Did our invitation to the Kennedy New Year's party get lost in the mail again? Are we all poised on the brink of worldwide enlightenment or complete planetary destruction? Should you really bother investing in that Five-Year CD?
"Tonight," in the unforgettable words of The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, "We're gonna party like it's 1999." The end is near...or at least nearer than it used to be, says Garner. Humanity is wracked by millennial panic and apocalyptic anticipation -- or if it isn't already, just wait until it reads Garner's latest (and last?). In it, he sets off on a slightly-to-the-South-of-skeptical pilgrimage in search of the truth behind the end times predictions."
"Tonight," in the unforgettable words of The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, "We're gonna party like it's 1999." The end is near...or at least nearer than it used to be, says Garner. Humanity is wracked by millennial panic and apocalyptic anticipation -- or if it isn't already, just wait until it reads Garner's latest (and last?). In it, he sets off on a slightly-to-the-South-of-skeptical pilgrimage in search of the truth behind the end times predictions."
Author
James Finn Garner
James Finn Garner was born in Detroit and attended the University of Michigan, where he won a Hopwood Award for one of his short plays. He performed comedy in Chicago nightclubs for a number of years and is the author of Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, Once Upon A More Enlightened Time and Politically Correct Holiday Stories. He lives in Chicago with his wife and children.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The author has us follow him on his satire filled journey to determine how to predict the future and the end-of-times. The book was released before the year 2000 to be perfectly marketed for the end of the millennium which I am sure was the inspiration for the book. He not only looks at the predictions new age groups and fundamentalist but also looks back in time at other who have shared their ‘wisdom’ with us; such as Nostradamus and Plato. This tongue in check approach is a light, fun and fast read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A hilarious nonfiction book about all the times in human history when we thought the end of the world was coming.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5While it's a funny, cleverly-written book, it tends to dismiss religious beliefs, which I have.