Books The Future Dictionary of Right Now
posted by November 5 at 12:29 PM
onSlog tipper Maggie informs us that today, to celebrate the election, McSweeney’s is offering up The Future Dictionary of America for free.
The Dictionary was produced as a fundraiser for the election in 2004. It’s a collection of short dictionary entries written by authors like Ryan Boudinot, Stephen King, Jonathan Safran Foer, Kurt Vonnegut, Sarah Vowell, Colson Whitehead, Paul Auster, Dave Eggers, and Aimee Bender. And there’s also a CD in the book, with songs by Elliott Smith, Death Cab for Cutie, and Tom Waits, among others. It was an entertaining, if uneven book, but it is totally worth the freeness. Maybe also you should give McSweeney’s a little bit of love by picking up a few other titles, too.
Comments
Thanks!
I have the dictionary, Its pretty good, but its been tragic reading it during the last couple years especially given all the references to bush/cheney as a single term adminsitration.
The CD that comes with is super-sick though
Do they pay for shipping? This book isn't worth any amount of money.
Awesome!! Thanks for the tip!
Awesome!! Thanks for the tip!
Mr. Poe, media mail shipping is $5.58. Not free enough for me.