The Satirist – America’s Most Critical Book (vol. 1)
“The Satirist is a great book to pick up for an hour every other day. It’s also a great to read aloud to your friends, lover or housemates.” – Amsterdam Book Center
Geddes’s prose is witty, persuasive and rocks the proverbial boat. His book helps us shed light on issues that have become such a normal part of capitalist society that we often fail to see the obscurity or the solutions therein. Geddes’s book leaves the reader chuckling to him or herself and questioning, ‘just what if things do go that far?’ – Amsterdam Book Center
Since 1999, millions of readers and web crawlers have read The Satirist online.
Now fifty-eight of the funniest pieces have been collected in this classic volume of satire.
Learn how to start your own religious cult in “The Seven Habits of Highly Efficient Cult Leaders”! Read Swiftian satire such as “A Modest Proposal to Convert Shopping Malls into Prisons”. Take the hilarious conspiracy theory test, or the Myers-Briggs like personality test (“Are you an AEIOÜ?”).
Enjoy short biographies of “lost geniuses,” such as Claire Hoyt, the “shrink to the stars,” who openly gossiped about Hollywood’s leading celebrities! Or the prolific French philosopher, Claude Roger, who was caught plagiarizing from his own students.
Laugh at reviews of imaginary movies by Disney and Quentin Tarantino, as well as reviews of imaginary books by John Irving and Thomas Pynchon! Satirical news, satirical poems, and humorous short stories about living “lost in Florida” round out this long-awaited first volume of The Satirist!
Author/comedian Paul Krassner, wrote of The Satirist:
“The more blandness and repression there is in any society, the more need there is for irreverence toward those who are responsible for that blandness and repression. The Satirist serves such a purpose with imagination and style.”
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“Sail into 2014 with laugher and understanding! The Satirist: America’s Most Critical Book is a fun read. Take it with you whever you go and enjoy your spare moments.” –Marvin
“A very enjoyable read. In the same vein as The Onion but more intellectual. You may not read it all in one sitting but it’s nice to pick up from time to time and muse on the seven habits of highly effective cult leaders or the merits of converting shopping malls into prisons. I recommend picking up a copy.” –Peter
“Dan Geddes humorous satire entertains while challenging the status quo. This collection of short stories covers a wide array of topics ranging from tax returns to zen masters….The essays are important and timely….In “The Satirist”, politicians, corporations, pop stars, governments and yes, even zen masters, are called on the carpet for their shenanigans.” –Patrick
“Dan Geddes’s The Satirist: America’s Most Critical Book (Volume I) collects fourteen years (1999 – 2012, inclusive) of his satirical essays, news reports, reviews of films and books, profiles of famous people, and short fiction. It is an hilarious and very readable collection. With sly humor and considerable craft, Geddes pokes well-deserved fun at greedy corporations, hamhanded Hollywood, and venal government….The duty of satire is to remind the reader of human failures that do harm to us as a society, but which have become so commonplace that we overlook and accept them. Geddes submits his first volume having performed that duty with humor, perspicacity, and love.” –Eric
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The Satirist: America’s Most Critical Book – Table of Contents
Satires
Efficient Cult Leaders
Shopping Malls into Prisons
Cultural Literacy
the Test!
Critics
Imaginary News
U.S.
“Basic Human Right”
Republican
“Almost Handicapped” Parking Spot
to Be a Millionaire? Man March
9/11 Testimony
Saudi Arabia’s Oil Now or Later
Anonymous”
Women Not “Excessive Force”
Care, Social Security, and Public Water
Libya
Classic™
Life Still the Same
Save Historic Coffeeshop
“Capitalist Overlord Day”
Being Obama”
Income Tax
for Feeding 5,000 Homeless People
Lost Geniuses
Poet?
Stars”
Psychic
Gate
Reviews of Imaginary Movies
Disney Movies
The Movies of Jake Steiger
Quentin Tarantino Movies
Banknote
Reviews of Imaginary Books
Leg
Poems
Return
Lost in Florida
The Satirist Online and The Satirist: America’s Most Critical Book (Vol. 1) Compared
The Satirist (online) is as well-known for book reviews as for satire. The site contains more than two-hundred and forty articles.
Fifty-eight of the best articles from the satires, news, and fiction sections have been collected as The Satirist: America’s Most Critical Book (vol. 1) (paperback, Kindle).
The book also includes never-before published pieces, including the Zen Master satire, two hilarious poems, and the poignant story, “Last Night in Deerwood”.
Published by: Omin Press, Amsterdam
Pages: 180
BISAC Categories: Fiction; Humor / Form / Parodies
ISBN: 978-9081999700