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Subterranean Books opened in 2000 on the Delmar Loop and has been a haven for book lovers ever since. We’re proud to have been selected Best Bookstore by the Riverfront Times five times, and we continue to offer the unusual, the classic, and the subversive to our customers. And hey, we’re independent, friendly, and growing. Check us out! The store can be contacted at 314.862.6100 or info (at) subbooks.com.

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

John Hodgman : Areas of My Expertise


John Hodgman is hilarious. Lately he’s been everywhere (he plays the PC in those Mac commercials for instance). The You Tube below is from one of my favorite appearances by him on the Daily Show.




His book Areas of My Expertise (now out in paperback) is the next on my “to read” shelf. What are his areas of expertise? “Matters historical, matters literary, matters cryptozoological, hobo matters, food, drink & cheese (a kind of food), squirrels & lobsters & eels, haircuts, utopia, what will happen in the future, and most other subjects.” Of these, he’s particularly fixated on hobo matters. Hodgman’s book includes a history of a failed hobo rebellion, which was put down by FDR (who had developed a polio WMD to inflict on hobo jungles) and anti-hobo spy Walker Evans, and a list of 700 hobo names including the once Secretary of the Treasury Hobo Joe Junkpan.

--Jason

8 Comments:

Blogger hodg-man said...

Hello.

Thank you exceedingly for the nice words.

I really regret that Coulton and I will be coming nowhere near St. Louis on our book tour, because your store sounds very nice indeed.

Perhaps, I hope, for the next one. Until then, I say: THANK YOU.

That is all.

4:23 PM  
Blogger Jason said...

Crap! If I had known real authors read this thing I would’ve been more giving of praise…and perhaps asked for an autograph. We’d love to see you in the store sometime Mr. Hodgman.

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