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Summary: I will never leave my house again...
Review: ...without laughing, reminising about the fact that there is someone more paranoid than me out there. The book was humorous, yet frightening all at the same time. It was the definition of sweet and sour sause...and personally it is now on my shelf of favorite works of literature.
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Summary: They're out to get you, yes YOU!
Review: A super little book by Cameron Tuttle. All your favorite phobias in 144 pages and as the back cover says...carry it at all times. What I particularly liked about the book was the excellent design by Martine Trelaun. Normally this kind of title would look deadly dull but Trelaun has used creative typography to make the whole thing sparkle.When you get your copy don't forget to fill in the IF FOUND panel on the inside of the cover with your name, address, social security number, mother's maiden name, credit card numbers, ATM number and PIN for the ATM! To quote Alfred E Neuman ''What, me worry?''
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Summary: They're out to get you, yes YOU!
Review: A super little book by Cameron Tuttle. All your favorite phobias in 144 pages and as the back cover says...carry it at all times. What I particularly liked about the book was the excellent design by Martine Trelaun. Normally this kind of title would look deadly dull but Trelaun has used creative typography to make the whole thing sparkle. When you get your copy don't forget to fill in the IF FOUND panel on the inside of the cover with your name, address, social security number, mother's maiden name, credit card numbers, ATM number and PIN for the ATM! To quote Alfred E Neuman ''What, me worry?''
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Summary: Poking fun at paranoya--has frightening facts!
Review: If there was a disease you could catch by refusing to get up out of bed in the morning, this book would list it! There are many interesting facts, as well as a lot of information you'd rather not know. A truly paranoid person would freak out reading about all of the possibilities to die an untimely death. -- I had a lot of laughs reading this book, but some of the facts stated are gross and I would have rather continued in my ignorance than receive such information. -- Give this book to a practical joker, or some other "happy" person, NOT someone who is serious and rarely smiles, much less laughs out loud. It's a neat concept, but sometimes the author overstepped the boundaries of good taste.
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Summary: Poking fun at paranoya--has frightening facts!
Review: If there was a disease you could catch by refusing to get up out of bed in the morning, this book would list it! There are many interesting facts, as well as a lot of information you'd rather not know. A truly paranoid person would freak out reading about all of the possibilities to die an untimely death. -- I had a lot of laughs reading this book, but some of the facts stated are gross and I would have rather continued in my ignorance than receive such information. -- Give this book to a practical joker, or some other "happy" person, NOT someone who is serious and rarely smiles, much less laughs out loud. It's a neat concept, but sometimes the author overstepped the boundaries of good taste.
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Summary: It was one of the funniest yet scariest books I ever read.
Review: It was a great book. There were parts of it that made me laugh and others that made me want to hide under the bed and never come out. It had a great way of tying in stuff that probably would never happen to you ( or would it) with factual stuff. I would definatly recomend buying it. Regardly of how many times you read it, it will still amaze you.
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Summary: If you want to see something really scary...
Review: The Paranoid's Pocket Guide is a quick and easy read, and Tuttle should be congratulated for both her in-depth research into matters of trivial paranoia and her clever presentation of same. Besides the straightforward presentation of factual statements, generally one to four on a page, Tuttle has a stream-of-consciousness list of basic paranoid fears running in a continuous line along the bottom of every page. Tuttle's Guide is more about clever presentation than it is about clever writing, but she gets full marks for creating an interesting book which is both informative and fun. And terrifying. I dare you to read it without suffering at least a few jarring re-evaluations of the world around you.
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Summary: Hilarious, but spooky. Genius.
Review: This book sits in a conspicuous semi-hidden drawer in my living room coffee table. I'm always hoping someone will open the drawer and start reading it... I think they would become completely engrossed, but would also start looking out the corner of their eyes for what might get them! Some of MY friends might break out in a cold sweat, throw down the book and go running out the door! The pages of the book are multi-dimensional... it is designed to "trip you out." The little factoids come in fonts of multiple sizes, which is not really similar to ransom notes clipped from newspapers but elicits the same type of feeling. One of the best things about the book are the photos... even everyday objects like sponges and treadmills are made to look like fearsome devices of evil... and the captions to the pictures help. Offset well below the image as if to stand it's distance, the caption speaks out as if to whisper the name of the object in the simplest possible way: [ A SPONGE ]. Heh. There is also what appears to be the ramblings of a hyper-paranoid person scrawled along the bottom of the pages. You have to read the book twice... once to follow that rambling from cover to cover, and once to read all the factoids. But when you are reading the factoids, you sometimes get a glimpse of the rambling. The oddness of it adds to the whole creepiness of the book. The atmosphere of the book is similar in some respects to what a crazed private-eye type, or government agent type, would write.
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Summary: The laughs are well worth the price
Review: What do you say about a book that encourages people to get wierded out about more than they need to? Tuttle's effort is completely unlike the other things she has written, and I have to say I read the whole thing in one segment of a plane trip. Nonetheless, it kept me very entertained, and I have shared this book with several people. I banned one person from reading any further because of their reactions, but all in all, very funny to see that some people have such a good imagination.
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Summary: The laughs are well worth the price
Review: What do you say about a book that encourages people to get wierded out about more than they need to? Tuttle's effort is completely unlike the other things she has written, and I have to say I read the whole thing in one segment of a plane trip. Nonetheless, it kept me very entertained, and I have shared this book with several people. I banned one person from reading any further because of their reactions, but all in all, very funny to see that some people have such a good imagination.
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