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So, /lit/, have you read Seth MacFarlane's novel yet?

http://www.amazon.com/Seth-MacFarlanes-Million-Ways-West/dp/0553391674

>> No.4697958

God I hate that man

>> No.4697963

>There are some funny moments in the book but true to form MacFarlane resorts too gross-out and toilet jokes but since he has managed to make a very successful career from it why mess with the formula? Hopefully the good actors in the film will make the most of it.

Shan't be reading this, sorry.

Won't be anticipating the movie, either.

>> No.4697966

No, is it good?

>> No.4697967
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4697967

>when his girlfriend dumps him for the most insufferable guy in town, Albert decides to fight back—

>> No.4697973

Found a review. Not sure if The Guardian is reputable as far as reviews go, though.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/mar/21/million-ways-die-west-review-seth-macfarlane-first-novel

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4697976

>tfw Macfarlane is pro-organized labor so you can't hate him even though he annoys the shit out of you

>> No.4697980

>>4697966
It's Seth McFarlane.
What do you think?

>> No.4697981

>>4697973
>Basically, Stark is a modern guy teleported to 19th-century Arizona, coming up against the grim realities of the olden days and being all, like, "Eew".

i guess this passes for a review

>> No.4697989

>>4697936
hey, the first two pages show actual promise.

>One needed only to glance at the front page of any local newspaper to see the truth in such a point of view: Infant Trampled by Sickly Mare, Hundreds Parish in Late Spring Damp, Schoolmarm Felled by Tumbleweed Abrasion, Mass Hanging Goes Well, Mud Deaths Reach 30 Year High, Dutch Family Crushed by Falling Chinamen, Water Tower Contaminated by Bathing Negress, Black Bears Feast on Kindergarten Class, Hail Storm Drives Snakes Into Local Church - No Survivors

>> No.4697991

>>4697981
>and being all, like, "Eew".
fucking journalists

>> No.4697994

>>4697989
I don't understand how you can incorporate such low-brow humor into literature, but somehow Seth MacFarlane has managed to do it.

>> No.4698017

>>4697976
>pro-organized labor
All I needed to know.

>> No.4698019

>>4697994
>such low-brow humor into literature

You should take a look at this:
www.amazon.com/Stench-Honolulu-Tropical-Adventure/dp/1455522384/

>"A clever, absurd and fantastical adventure that could only have sprung from the hilarious-slash-lunatic mind of Jack Handey." --Jimmy Fallon

>"I don't remember Honolulu being remotely this disgusting." --Judd Apatow

If Jimmy Fallon and Judd Apatow endorse it, you know it's quality literature.

>> No.4698071

>>4697991
Sometimes I consider to become a journalist just for how fucking easy it seems.
And not they-make-it-look-easy easy, just a-monkey-could-do-a-better-job easy.

>>4697989
It's like he is trying to be Jon Ronson and flailing like a retard in the process.

>> No.4699108

>>4697936

I want to hate this man unabashedly but he's putting Cosmos back on the air.

>> No.4699134

>panacea
That word stuck out like a sore thumb in that review. I can't explain why, but I hate him for using it.

>> No.4699138

>>4697989

did the list need to be that long?

he won me and lost me in two pages?

>> No.4699313

Is it the book about the simpsons?