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Unnovations [Illustrated] (Paperback)

by Charlie Brooker (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd; illustrated edition edition (4 Nov 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1841157309
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841157306
  • Product Dimensions: 19 x 13.3 x 0.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 409,772 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Praise for TV Go Home * 'TV GO HOME, one of the angriest and funniest websites ever.' ESQUIRE * 'This is the comedy book of the year.' HEAT * 'Read it and weep.' GQ


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Tomorrow's outmoded artefacts today. From the makers of "TV Go Home" comes a comic spoof of the consumer-product catalogues that arrive like an unwanted rash from newpapers and magazines. Modelled on those catalogues that are so welcome as they spill unwanted from your weekend newspapers in a magfall of bizarre information, this is a celebration of triumphantly useless and inappropriate consumer choices. Illustrated throughout in the shape and style of catalogues that offer you the chance to buy machines that stamp your initials onto golf balls or allow you to warm you slippers electronically before putting them on. An array of toys, gadgets, handy-helps and objects the like of which haven't been seen since Inquisitional torture went out of fashion: it's a modern vision of a consumer paradise gone very weird indeed.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An essential purchase for the amoral, 9 Sep 2003
By Drewly (Leeds, West Yorks United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Having previously read some of Charlie Brooker's work before, I thought I knew what limits he'd go to in Unnovations. How wrong could I be?
From cover to cover, this book contains wonderful products that I never knew I wanted until I read about them (especially the "Baker-Infuriating Hat" - designed solely to insult bakers and their ilk). If you're offended by anything at all then don't bother with this, but if you're open minded about it you'll probably find this to be the funniest thing you'll have ever read.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Quick, Funny, Evil, 30 Jul 2003
This will make you soil yourself at least once, it's so darkly funny.

Basically an Avon catalogue for the criminally deranged, it's full of stupid and evil gadgets that will generally cause the user great harm or embarassment.

Pretty throwaway really, but worth keeping around if you throw a party where sensitive types might stumble across it!

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Where can I order one?, 13 May 2003
Dark, twisted, brutal, evil, and sometimes even funny.

Some of the unnovations are so ingenious you'll wonder how you never thought of it before. Like the "As The Crow Flies" in-car navigation system, a large red arrow that conveniently always points forwards...

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3.0 out of 5 stars Sick and surreal, but spoiled by corner-cutting graphic design
If you enjoy sick/surreal humour of the Nathan Barley variety, this will do it for you.

Many hilarious and bizarre ideas, mostly taken from Charlie Brooker's... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Brennan Young

2.0 out of 5 stars A little dissapointed
I'm a big fan of Mr Brookers work, and had previously seen the Unnovations TV show on Satellite. I was expecting something quite special. Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars Sick Minds - But I Like It
I picked this up largely due to having been hugley entertained by "TV Go Home", and partly because I used to work for Innovations, so the daft products in the Unnovations... Read more
Published on 30 Jul 2003 by David Atherton

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