Patton Oswalt reading Zombie Spaceship Wasteland at BookPeople! [Reading Preview]

Patton Oswalt

Patton Oswalt at BookPeople!
Saturday, January 15
BookPeople (603 N. Lamar)
2pm, bracelets at 9am
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Holy crap, Patton Oswalt is coming to BookPeople tomorrow. BookPeople? What? That’s right, ye near-illiterate fans of comedy, Oswalt has written a BOOK of comedy, mostly! You have to read it! Or more accurately you did have to read it, before we found out that PATTON OSWALT IS READING HIS NEW BOOK AT BOOK PEOPLE. It’s hard to tell if this enthusiasm is infectious or obnoxious, but it CANNOT BE CONTAINED PATTON OSWALT IS COMING!

Oswalt’s comedy has always relied heavily on his skill to meticulously craft language. Many of his “punchlines” are knotty, relentless screeds about one of his mortal enemies or, sometimes, idols. More than his contemporaries, one gets the feeling that his comedy is composed, and Zombie Spaceship Wasteland is like a huge Patton Oswalt comedy special with a lot more sincere introspection and real, honest-to-goodness feelings. The inhabitants of Oswalt’s wastelands are made heartbreakingly sympathetic at the same time as they are being mocked relentlessly. Oswalt is a master of making the bizarre and tragic painfully funny.

Wristbands for the event go out at 9am. You will be so mad if you miss this.

Patton Oswalt: [website]