21st Century Dodos: A Collection of Endangered Objects (and Other Stuff)
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.38 (866 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1906321736 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2014-07-31 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
‘Chummy 1970s and 80s nostalgia’ GUARDIAN‘Best toilet book I’ve read in a while’ BEN HATCH, author of ARE WE NEARLY THERE YET?‘A very funny collection of things that have gone out of fashion’ JEN CAMPBELL, author of WEIRD THINGS CUSTOMERS SAY IN BOOKSHOPS
He has, under various names, written for The Times, Observer, Private Eye and The Guardian.. Steve Stack is the pseudonym of a well-known blogger and journalist
A fond farewell to the many inanimate objects, cultural icons and general stuff around us that find themselves on the verge of extinction.We’ve all heard of the list of endangered animals, but no one has ever pulled together a list of endangered inanimate objects.Until now, that is.Steve Stack has catalogued well over one hundred objects, traditions, cultural icons and, well, other stuff that is at risk of extinction.Some of them have vanished already.Cassette tapes, rotary dial phones, half-day closing, milk bottle deliveries, Concorde, handwritten letters, typewriters, countries that no longer exist, white dog poo……all these and many more are big a fond farewell in this nostalgic, and sometimes irreverent, trip down memory lane.
Nostalgia With a Twist The word "extinct" doesn't normally come to mind when thinking of inanimate objects, but Steve Stack has compiled a book of those "unsung cultural icons of society" that have gone the way of the Dodo bird -- from VHS tapes to cartoon characters. It is like having a small part of the Smithsonian (or, in the case, I should say: British Museum) right on your bookshelf. Along with a detailed summary, each item is given a Do. nostalgic fun Shelleyrae If you remember sliding your home made mix cassette tape, recorded in silence from the Radio Top 40, into your Walkman and strapping your calculator watch to your wrist before disappearing to play unsupervised in the local park until dinner time, then the nostalgic appeal 21st Century Dodos will be a source of nostalgic appeal.Subtitled "A collection of endangered objects (and other stuff)" this is a light and humourous. Betamax, Betamax wherefore art thou, Betamax? Shay VanZwoll The book is a memory, written by a person who wants us all to remember when we last dialed a rotary phone or had to listen to a modem. When the Marathon candy bar was renamed to Snickers, and when we last received a telegram if any of us are old enough to have received one. Full of extinct or near-extinct items that were once part of our every day lives, this is a memory worth sharing with others.While many of the items