Patton Oswalt

**Prepare yourself for a journey through the world of Patton Oswalt, **one of the most creative, insightful, and hysterical voices on the entertain­ment scene today. Widely known for his roles in the films *Big Fan *and *Ratatouille, *as well as the television hit *The King of Queens, *Patton Oswalt—a staple of Comedy Central—has been amusing audiences for decades. Now, with *Zombie Spaceship Wasteland, *he offers a fascinating look into his most unusual, and lovable, mindscape.

Oswalt combines memoir with uproarious humor, from snow forts to Dungeons & Dragons to gifts from Grandma that had to be explained. He remem­bers his teen summers spent working in a movie Cineplex and his early years doing stand-up. Readers are also treated to several graphic elements, includ­ing a vampire tale for the rest of us and some greeting cards with a special touch. Then there’s the book’s centerpiece, which posits that before all young creative minds have anything to write about, they will home in on one of three story lines: zom­bies, spaceships, or wastelands.

Oswalt chose wastelands, and ever since he has been mining our society’s wasteland for perversion and excess, pop culture and fatty foods, indie rock and single-malt scotch. *Zombie Spaceship Wasteland *is an inventive account of the evolution of Patton Oswalt’s wildly insightful worldview, sure to indulge his legion of fans and lure many new admirers to his very entertaining “wasteland.”