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Eating the Dinosaur

By Chuck Klosterman

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Q: What is this book about? A: Well, that’s difficult to say. I haven’t read it yet—I’ve just picked it up and casually glanced at the back cover. There clearly isn’t a plot. I’ve heard there’s a lot of stuff about time travel in this book, and quite a bit about violence and Garth Bro Continue


Q: What is this book about? A: Well, that’s difficult to say. I haven’t read it yet—I’ve just picked it up and casually glanced at the back cover. There clearly isn’t a plot. I’ve heard there’s a lot of stuff about time travel in this book, and quite a bit about violence and Garth Brooks and why Germans don’t laugh when they’re inside grocery stores. Ralph Nader and Ralph Sampson play significant roles. I think there are several pages about Rear Window and college football and Mad Men and why Rivers Cuomo prefers having sex with Asian women. Supposedly there’s a chapter outlining all the things the Unabomber was right about, but perhaps I’m misinformed. Q: Is there a larger theme? A: Oh, something about reality. "What is reality," maybe? No, that’s not it. Not exactly. I get the sense that most of the core questions dwell on the way media perception constructs a fake reality that ends up becoming more meaningful than whatever actually happened. Also, Lady Gaga. Q: Should I read this book? A: Probably. Do you see a clear relationship between the Branch Davidian disaster and the recording of Nirvana’s In Utero? Does Barack Obama make you want to drink Pepsi? Does ABBA remind you of AC/DC? If so, you probably don’t need to read this book. You probably wrote this book. But I suspect everybody else will totally love it, except for the ones who totally hate it. 

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  • Eating the Dinosaur By Chuck Klosterman

    In an early chapter of Eating the Dinosaur, author Chuck Klosterman ruminates on whether he has a favorite guitarist. “That’s more a question of virtuosity versus feel,” he writes. “Jeff Beck has a high level of both, I suppose, but sometimes that wo ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

  • Bookreporter.com - EATING THE DINOSAUR by Chuck Klosterman

    On the back of EATING THE DINOSAUR, a question is posed: "Should I read this book?" The answer really does sum up what you will find between these covers: "Probably. Do you see a clear relationship between the Branch Davidian massacre and the recordi ... (read full critics)

    bookreporter published on Mon, 30 Aug 2010

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  • English Books
  • eBook 256 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 1439168482
  • ISBN-13: 9781439168486
  • Publisher: Scribner
  • Pub date: Oct 20, 2009
  • Also available as: Hardcover and Others
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