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Eating the dinosaur / Chuck Klosterman.

by Klosterman, Chuck, 1972-

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New York : Scribner, 2009.

Popular culture -- United States.

Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects -- United States.

Sports -- Social aspects -- United States.

United States -- Civilization -- 1970-

9781439168486 (ebook)

1439168482 (ebook)

vii, 245 p. ; 22 cm.

1st Scribner hardcover ed.

Something instead of nothing -- Oh, the guilt -- Tomorrow rarely knows -- What we talk about when we talk about Ralph Sampson -- Through a glass, blindly -- The passion of the Garth -- "The best response" -- Football -- ABBA 1, World 0 -- "Ha ha," he said, "Ha ha" -- It will shock you how much it never happened -- T is for true -- FAIL.

The best-selling author of Downtown Owl and Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs takes a humorous look at expectations versus reality in pop culture, sports, and media, in a book that explores such questions as: Why is pop culture obsessed with time travel?; What do Kurt Cobain and David Koresh have in common?; and much more.

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