''That Is All'' is a
2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
satirical
Satire is a genre of the visual arts, visual, literature, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently Nonfiction, non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ...
almanac
An almanac (also spelled almanack and almanach) is a regularly published listing of a set of current information about one or multiple subjects. It includes information like weather forecasting, weather forecasts, farmers' sowing, planting dates ...
by
John Hodgman
John Kellogg Hodgman (born June 3, 1971) is an American author, actor, and humorist. In addition to his published written works, such as his satirical trilogy '' The Areas of My Expertise'', '' More Information Than You Require'', and '' That Is ...
. It is the follow-up to Hodgman's 2008 book ''
More Information Than You Require''. It was released November 1, 2011.
''That Is All'' is the third and final part of a trilogy of "COMPLETE WORLD KNOWLEDGE".
The trilogy is a collective whole, featuring continuous page numbering – that is, the last page of ''The Areas of My Expertise'' is page 236,
and the first page of ''More Information Than You Require'' is page 237.
"That Is All" starts at page 607.
One of the book's topics is preparation for the upcoming end of the world. Each page includes a fictionalized calendar of events leading to the end of the world on
December 21, 2012. Hodgman refers to this time as
Ragnarök
In Norse mythology, (also Ragnarok; or ; ) is a foretold series of impending events, including a great battle in which numerous great Norse mythological figures will perish (including the Æsir, gods Odin, Thor, Týr, Freyr, Heimdall, a ...
.
The book's other topics include sports,
[John Hodgman speaking at Town Hall Seattle, November 7, 2011] wine, and a list of seven hundred ancient and unspeakable gods.
References
External links
Author siteNY Journal of Books ReviewKirkus ReviewMental Floss Review
2011 non-fiction books
Dutton Penguin books
Books by John Hodgman
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