kinovore:

This is back in print, and on Kindle as well. I remember my dog-eared copy that I quietly bought read when I was way, way, way too young, like 11 or 12 in the early ’90s - a very, very dark and unsanitized piece of spinoff material from when the show was the biggest thing on mainstream network TV. It is in fact canon as Laura’s diary, the same crucial one seen on the show, and written by David Lynch’s talented daughter, Jennifer, who’s gone on to make her own crazy films.

It’s definitely worth a read for any TP fan. Now all they have to do is re-issue the other excellent and canon spinoff book, The Autobiography of F.B.I. Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes, which dealt with Cooper’s past dating back to Windom Earle and Caroline, all the way back to childhood. 

(Tagged for Jeff where he can’t avoid it when he’s sober)

Must-read.

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theleatherette:

I just wrapped up Zombie Spaceship Wasteland by Patton Oswalt, and hoo boy it was one of the better reads I’ve encountered this year. It was kind of jarring reading something that hits rather close to home— the feeling of semi-kinship crept over me that always pops up when I meet someone else who’s an escapee of the burbs. 

I think my favorite thing about this book isn’t just Oswalt’s trademark biting wit. I expected the story to be pretty linear: childhood, adolescence, college, stand-up, etc etc. But happily, this text zigs and zags in awesome ways. Chapters are told in forms like a diary account, a documentation of growing up written as a wine list, and a straight-up delightfully explained example of contributing to a screenplay. At least that’s how I interpreted it, I could be totally off the mark. 

There’s a lot of books out there by comedians that have a strict agenda solely made of laughs. (Judah Friedlander’s How to Beat Up Anybody is a good example and always makes me spit my midday wine break everywhere) A bunch of them are great. Zombie Spaceship Wasteland isn’t one of those. Trust me, there are tons of funny moments but I think what Oswalt is trying to get across is how his intense love of film, books, music and an incredible depth of pop culture wisdom has made him who he is as a person and a comedian. 

I remember how I felt this first time I read Harlan Ellison—Love Ain’t Nothing But Sex Mispelled, which if I remember correctly, kicks off with a short story about all-American teenagers and abortions in Tijuana. Or cracking open Phillip K. Dick or Thomas Pynchon. Or the first time I saw Divine declaring that she better get them cha-cha heels for Christmas in Female Trouble. Fierce images and stories that made me want to say YES, this is what I need to absorb to make the banality of the cracked sidewalks and strip malls of my hometown bearable. And Zombie Spaceship Wasteland is a testament to all that good stuff.

So whether you’re a comedy fan or not, check it out. Plus there’s a handy dandy three-part personality portion, where you can figure out what Oswaltian category you happen to fall into. Turns out I’m a Zombie who’s growing up to be a Wasteland. 

I completely forgot this book existed. Need to read it.

the-absolute-best-gifs:

This is a perfect example of why I didn’t like movie Dumbledore.

Things I got at work today: last edition.

I got all these amazing art books for $.50 each. Yep. Most of them are marked as costing $75 and one is $150. I am awesome at thrifting.

I remember this book from childhood! And we also get it semi-regularly at my job. It is awesome.

popquizkid:

jaimealyse:

rachelfershleiser:

23 out of 24! Hot damn, bookselling is good for something!

21/24 and I haven’t worked in a bookstore since I was 19!

I got 20. I’m pretty proud of that, considering.

18, three that I’m totally ashamed that I didn’t get.

carlesjo:

The magnificent Swedish Harry Potter covers.

These are beautiful! Wanttt. Look how beautiful Buckbeak is!

Lookie what I got at work for $.40. :D