Chuck Klosterman Knihy

Bolo to dávno, no akoby sa to stalo včera: spadol Berlínsky múr a zrútili sa Dvojičky. Deväťdesiate roky boli silne medializované a sebavedomé, no bez skreslenia internetu a sociálnych sietí. Ich trajektóriu dokážeme presne odsledovať. Po väčšinu desaťročia bol Seinfeld najpopulárnejším a najvplyvnejším televíznym seriálom, ktorý zmenil jazyk a cit pre komédiu. Mnohé polarizujúce témy, ktoré dnes dominujú diskusiám, sa už vtedy objavovali, ale vnímali sa skôr ako akademické experimenty. Existovali jadrové zbrane, ale vojna sa nechystala. Internet prichádzal, aj keď neochotne. Deväťdesiate roky dvadsiateho storočia pôsobia ako obdobie, keď sa svet zbláznil, ale nie natoľko, aby to nebolo zvládnuteľné. Autor prináša panoramatický pohľad na koniec dvadsiateho storočia a obdobie, keď sme ešte ovládali technológie. Opisuje vzostup internetu, popkultúrne fenomény ako film Titanic či seriál Priatelia, a spoločenské zmeny týkajúce sa rasy, triedy a sexuality. Analyzuje politické škandály, ako Clintonovu aféru s Monicou Lewinskou a predvolebnú kampaň Rossa Perota, ale aj masaker na strednej škole v Columbine a proces s O. J. Simpsonom. Kniha je nostalgickou prehliadkou dekády, ktorá sa odohrala dávno – hoci nie až tak dávno, ako sa môže zdať.

„Jako většina lidí, i já s oblibou považuji sebe sama za skeptika. Přesto do značné míry nepochybuji o gravitaci. Moje důvěra v koncept gravitace je bezvýhradná a naprostá; jsem přesvědčen, že bude platný i v den mého odchodu z tohoto světa (a že moje mrtvé tělo, pokud by ho někdo vyhodil z okna, bude padat se zrychlením 9,8 m/s2). A nejspíš se pletu. Možná ne zcela, ale částečně. Možná ne dnes, ale nakonec tomu tak bude,“ říká autor knihy Chuck Klosterman. Mimořádně vtipně a čtivě napsaná kniha nám na mnoha příkladech ukazuje, jak jepičí život mají „věčné pravdy“ a jak často vycházíme při svých úvahách z předpokladů, které jsou od začátku chybné. Všichni, které baví přemýšlet, tady najdou spoustu potravy pro svůj mozek, a ještě se u toho dobře pobaví.

For 6,557 miles, from New York to Mississippi to Seattle, Chuck Klosterman decided to chase rock n roll and death across a continent.

Explores a range of modern cultural phenomenon, including Internet pornography, tribute bands, baseball rivalries, and reality television.

Bestselling author Chuck Klosterman returns with his fascinating and often hilarious musings on pop culture and sport

What if everything we are most certain about turns out to be totally wrong?

A man flying first class discovers a puma in the lavatory. A new coach of a small-town Oklahoma high school football team installs an offense comprised of only one, very special, play. A man explains to the police why he told the employee of his local bodega that his colleague looked like the lead singer of Depeche Mode, a statement that may or may not have led in some way to a violent crime. A college professor discusses with his friend his difficulties with the new generation of students. An obscure power pop band wrestles with its new-found fame when its song 'Blizzard of Summer' becomes an anthem for white supremacists. A couple considers getting a medical procedure that will transfer the pain of childbirth from the woman to her husband. A woman interviews a hit man about killing her husband but is shocked by the method he proposes. A man is recruited to join a secret government research team investigating why reality is mathematically unraveling. A man sees a whale struck by lightning, and knows that everything about his life has to change. A lawyer grapples with the unintended side effects of a veterinarian's rabies vaccination

Admittedly, the Advanced Theory had unpretentious beginnings; Jason Hartley and Britt Bergman invented the concept in 1990 at a Columbia, South Carolina, Pizza Hut. From those fast-food ruminations, however, grew a great hypothesis, perhaps best expressed by Chuck Klosterman, who wrote the foreword for this book; "When a genius does something that appears idiotic, it does not necessarily mean he suddenly sucks. What it might mean is that he's doing something you cannot understand, because he has Advanced beyond you." With that insight, you can take the great leap forward into this provocative and (let's admit it) extremely entertaining paperback original. Editor's recommendation.

Critically explores various aspects of postmodern America, including reality TV, internet porn, breakfast cereal, serial killers, Pamela Anderson, literary Jesus freaks, and the distinctions between apples and oranges.

Coming off the breakthrough success of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and Killing Yourself to Live, bestselling pop culture guru Chuck Klosterman assembles his best work previously unavailable in book form—including the groundbreaking 1996 piece about his chicken McNuggets experiment, his uncensored profile of Britney Spears, and a previously unpublished short story—all recontextualized in Chuck’s unique voice with new intros, outros, segues, and masterful footnotes. Chuck Klosterman IV consists of three parts: Things That Are True—Profiles and trend stories: Britney Spears, Radiohead, Billy Joel, Metallica, Val Kilmer, Bono, Wilco, the White Stripes, Steve Nash, Morrissey, Robert Plant—all with new introductions and footnotes. Things That Might Be True—Opinions and theories on everything from monogamy to pirates to robots to super people to guilt, and (of course) Advancement—all with new hypothetical questions and footnotes. Something That Isn’t True At All—This is old fiction. There’s a new introduction, but no footnotes. Well, there’s a footnote in the introduction, but none in the story.