More Information Than You Require

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In 2005, The Daily Show's 'resident expert' published his first volume of fake trivia and made up facts, The Areas of My Expertise (Riverhead, 2007). Virtually overnight, John Hodgman was whisked from tweedy obscurity to the high ether of minor celebrity. Like its predecessor, More Information That You Require consists of brief articles, overlong lists, frighteningly complex charts and beguiling narratives on new and familiar themes.

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There's just enough true in the book to be very alarming.
RACHEL MADDOW
Fascinating!
JON STEWART
Hodgman is funny, clever, and has the face of a giant baby.
RICKY GERVAIS
I love this book so much I nearly read it.
JUSTIN LONG (Mac in the Apple ads)
Hodgman has forged his own tradition hereone that I expect will be imitated widely in the future, though probably not with success. An imagination like this is not so easily duplicated. For now, then, let us just enjoy the real thing.
ELIZABETH GILBERT, #1 "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF "EAT, PRAY, LOVE"
John Hodgman is funny in this way where sometimes I just stare at the paragraphs trying to figure out how he's doing it. Like there's some hidden trick in his brave, deadpan sentences that makes them funnier than they have a right to be.
IRA GLASS
"More Information than You Require" is exactly the tonic for these truth- challenged times: a t
"There's just enough true in the book to be very alarming."
-RACHEL MADDOW
"Fascinating!"
-Jon Stewart
"Hodgman is funny, clever, and has the face of a giant baby."
-Ricky Gervais
"I love this book so much I nearly read it."
-Justin Long ("Mac" in the Apple ads)
"Hodgman has forged his own tradition here-one that I expect will be imitated widely in the future, though probably not with success. An imagination like this is not so easily duplicated. For now, then, let us just enjoy the real thing."
-Elizabeth Gilbert, #1 "New York Times" Bestselling author of "Eat, Pray, Love"
"John Hodgman is funny in this way where sometimes I just stare at the paragraphs trying to figure out how he's doing it. Like there's some hidden trick in his brave, deadpan sentences that makes them funnier than they have a right to be."
-Ira Glass
""More Information than You Require" is exactly the tonic for these truth- challenged times: a t

Author Bio

John Hodgmanis a writer, comedian, and actor. He is the author of threeNew York Timesbestselling books-The Areas of My Expertise,More Information Than You Require, andThat Is All.After an appearance to promote his books onThe Daily Show, he was invited to return as a contributor, serving as the show's "Resident Expert" and "Deranged Millionaire." This led to an unexpected and, frankly, implausible career before the camera. He has performed comedy for the president of the United States, at a TED conference, and in a crypt in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. Finally, he is the host of the popularJudge John Hodgmanpodcast, in which he settles serious disputes between real people, such as "Is a hot dog a sandwich" and "Should we tell our children the TRUTH about Santa Claus" He also contributes a weekly column under the same name forThe New York Times Magazine. He is currently working on a memoir,Vacationland, which will be published in October 2017.