{"id":38405,"date":"2021-04-30T22:14:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T02:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38405"},"modified":"2021-04-30T22:14:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T02:14:53","slug":"review-of-stranger-planet-by-nathan-w-pyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38405","title":{"rendered":"Review of Stranger Planet, by Nathan W. Pyle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Stranger Planet<\/em><\/p>\n

by Nathan W. Pyle<\/p>\n

Morrow Gift (HarperCollins), 2020. 144 pages.
\nReview written September 21, 2020, from a library book
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a second volume of cartoons<\/a> from Nathan Pyle\u2019s webcomic about alien beings who do the things that earthlings do \u2013 but talk about them in a straightforward manner that\u2019s hilarious.<\/p>\n

I follow Nathan Pyle on Facebook, so I already had many favorite cartoons from this book. For example, there are a few rewritten songs that fit perfectly in the tune of the original. I\u2019m thinking about trying \u201cThe Small Eight-Legged Creature\u201d during Storytime at the library.<\/p>\n

The author\u2019s insights are devastating. The purpose of board games is: \u201cFor the group: Entertainment. But individually: Domination.\u201d And there\u2019s even a Library cartoon!<\/p>\n

This structure is full of texts.
\nFor us to purchase.
\nNo, we simply take.
\nThis is incredible, by which I mean difficult to believe.
\nObserve this: I briefly possessed this though I did not read it.
\nThere is no shame.
\nThere are no expectations.
\nThey expect you to return them.
\nIt is the core concept.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One thing I love about these beings is that gender is not obvious or indicated by their words. So the transgender friends I have wouldn\u2019t have to worry about what their kids should call them. In fact, I\u2019m thinking of asking my own offspring to call me \u201cLifegiver.\u201d<\/p>\n

This book delightfully points out the amusing aspects of everyday existence by showing us how they\u2019d look if aliens did them.<\/p>\n

nathanwpyle.art<\/a>
\nharpercollins.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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