Moving Foreword, Rainn Wilson
Moving Foreword, Rainn Wilson
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Moving Foreword
Real Introductions to Totally Made-Up Books

Author: Rainn Wilson, Jon Chattman

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Unabridged: 6 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/23/2019


Synopsis

A great foreword is more than just a few pages of self-indulgent frippery that comes before a book. A great foreword adds zest. It sets the stage for the page turner you're about to open, and perhaps even puts you in the locked room where a mystery happens or in the high-button shoes of a year gone by.

A great foreword—sometimes—is even better than the book it precedes.

So why not skip the boring actual-book part?

Moving Foreword is a collection of introductions to imaginary books, written by real celebrities, comedians, musicians, and other writers with something to say. With a real foreword by Rainn Wilson, this book offers a no-holds-barred cacophony of laugh-out-loud funny, poignant, and thought-provoking writing that tackles everything from politics to pop culture, true crime to trout fishing, and Star Wars to skin flicks.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nathan

A fantastic premise—a collection of fake forewords for fake books. Simple, yet unique and fertile ground for creativity. The topics range across a great amount of popular genres (true crime, science, biographies, sports) and the contributors writing in as either themselves or in character. It’s not......more

Goodreads review by Kris

The main reason I picked up this book is because Chris Cain and Keith Murray (from one of my favourite bands, We Are Scientists, and coincidentally some of my favourite people in the world) wrote one of the forewords in this book. This book was definitely a particular sort of satire, which I apprecia......more

More of 3.5 but good enough to round up. This book was downright hysterical. It takes a look at a part of books that is oft-times overlooked, skipped and otherwise ignored... the Foreword. So rather than to continue to let this bit of literary monotony linger in obscurity, the editor Jon Chattman has......more

Goodreads review by Sydney

Interesting concept, but I just couldn't stay interested to save my life. There were some really good shorts here, I just couldn't help feeling like I was reading something I should skip to get to the actual book (which might be the point?). There were also some not so good ones, but that's to be ex......more