Although Apatow's name is slathered all over the cover, I think it's mostly just clever marketing - I'm not sure how one "edits" a collection... outside of selection... regardless the proceeds for this book go to a good 'cause and not his wallet, so it's all well and good!
I have a love and hate relationship with short fiction. When it's good it's absolutely phenomenal, but I'm also a person who likes to be told a story, and there are many a short fiction writer who just likes to play around with tangential material in short fiction, and I find myself skimming that stuff. This collection was a little from column A and a little from column B in that regard. I won't go into details on them, but below are the ones that really stood out for me in the collection:
Judd Apatow - How I Got Kicked Out of High School: a Freaks and Geeks Diary
Raymond Carver - Elephant
Dave Eggers - Your Mother and I
Paul Feig - And Now a Word from the Booth
Jonathon Franzen - Two Ponies
Ian Frazier - Coyote v. Acme
Jack Handey - My First Day in Hell
Simon Rich - Six Selected Pieces
Rodney Rothman - Vivian
Paul Simms - For Immediate Release
Robert Smigel - & Conan O'Brien - Lockwell: a TV Pilot
Jon Stewart - Lenny Bruce: The Making of a Sitcom
The collection is a nice mix bag of different styles as well. In addition to the above there are some pretty fantastic cartoons in there as well.
If you like to laugh, or read intelligent funny writing, I'm sure that there's something in here for you.
No comments:
Post a Comment