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    Strange Planet
    Strange Planet
    Strange Planet
    Ebook142 pages3 minutes

    Strange Planet

    By Nathan W. Pyle

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    Straight from the mind of New York Times bestselling author Nathan W. Pyle, Strange Planet is an adorable and profound universe in pink, blue, green, and purple, based on the phenomenally popular Instagram of the same name!

    Strange Planet covers a full life cycle of the planet’s inhabitants, including milestones such as:

    The Emergence Day

    Being Gains a Sibling

    The Being Family Attains a Beast

    The Formal Education of a Being

    Celebration of Special Days

    Being Begins a Vocation

    The Beings at Home

    Health Status of a Being

    The Hobbies of a Being

    The Extended Family of the Being

    The Being Reflects on Life While Watching the Planet Rotate

    With dozens of never-before-seen illustrations in addition to old favorites, this fixed-format e-book offers a sweet and hilarious look at a distant world not all that unlike our own.

    I feel more attractive.

    Honestly, you are.

    It’s the star damage.

    I CRAVE STAR DAMAGE.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateNov 19, 2019
    ISBN9780062998019
    Strange Planet
    Author

    Nathan W. Pyle

    Nathan W. Pyle is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Strange Planet, Stranger Planet, NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette, and 99 Stories I Could Tell. He is a former staff writer and illustrator for BuzzFeed. He is based in New York City but travels the country speaking about creativity and storytelling. 

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    • 4/5
      Intriguing.
      A very different yet reasonable outlook, maybe an alien would describe our lifestyle like this.
      I would love to refer this one to my people.
    • 5/5
      Very good, creative, and funny. It is awesome, take it for what it is and you will enjoy reading this book.
    • 4/5
      I starting with no expectation, but this book really good!
    • 4/5
      Very cute! Lots of funny cartoons to point out the silliness of humanity.
    • 3/5
      This is awesome! I was able to talk about the book after I read it. You did well! ... If you have some great stories like this one, you can publish it on Novel Star, just submit your story to hardy@novelstar.top or joye@novelstar.top
    • 5/5
      Pyle's characters (the "beings," that is) and drawings are both super charming.
    • 4/5
      A quick fun read that had me LOL a couple of times.
    • 4/5
      Strange Planet
      Strange Planet, Book 1

      I Picked Up This Book Because: I am a fan of the author's artwork.

      Media Type: Digital Book
      Source: Scribd
      Dates Read: 1/5/21 - 1/7/21
      Stars: 4

      The Story:

      A seriously cute comic about a group of beings and their experiences on this strange planet. I love their point of view and their quirky vocabulary. My only fault with the book, which may not really be a fault but just the way I’m used to seeing it presented, is it was kind of overwhelming reading it all straight through. I’m used to seeing them shared by the artist daily on his Instagram page and I think that is what I prefer. This would make an excellent coffee table book as I feel it could start many enjoyable conversations.

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    • 5/5
      The best humor book I've read. I wonder how people are so smart with their words.
    • 3/5
      Aufgrund der Goodreads Choice Awards gelesen. Ist ganz nett, aber irgendwie nicht meins. Zumindest konnte mich das Buch nicht überzeugen. Zu Beginn dachte ich noch, dass mir die Comics zusagen könnten, da sie doch viele Punkte vereinen, die mir persönlich zusagen. Doch je mehr ich blätterte, desto bewusster wurde mir, dass der Funke nicht springen wird...
    • 5/5
      Cute and funny! A great collection of this comic. Made me laugh out loud a few times
    • 5/5
      I really loved the book. I really liked how the characters talked in ways that were entertaining and strange.
    • 4/5
      Lool very nice book a new idea about a graph book .. it’s so simply idea about how to look or variable the things about us or daily life .. very adult and funny .
    • 3/5
      This is a short book of ironic humor. The author provides a common sense point of view of common experiences. The terminology and explanations provide insight into some of our illogical activities. Moderately humorous.
    • 5/5
      Many of these little comics make me smile.
    • 4/5
      My introduction to the Strange Planet comics and I loved it! Interpreting the formal alien dialogue was half the fun: "Imagine pleasant nonsense" for "sweet dreams"; "may we initiate obscure and pursue" for "can we play hide and seek?"; "sustenance preserver" for "refrigerator; 'mouthpush" for "kiss." Outrageous and hilarious!
    • 5/5
      Strange Planet is funny. I think this is how Sheldon would talk to his child if he and Amy produced a being.

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    • 5/5
      it was funny and now i will talk wierd for all of my life spane hope they make mor books

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    • 5/5
      This is definitely my kind of humor. I read it in the voices of the Coneheads on SNL.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book. I love the idea of someone else trying to explain things that we do everyday. It really made me laugh out loud. I could read one aloud to a co-worker and he/she will totally know what I am talking about without even seeing the pictures. This really is a fun read.
    • 5/5
      Straight from the mind of New York Times bestselling author Nathan W. Pyle comes an adorable and profound universe in pink, blue, green, and purple. Based on the phenomenally popular Instagram of the same name, Strange Planet covers a full life cycle of the planet’s inhabitants.This is a fun look at everyday life through the eyes of a family of aliens. I love the super-literal language the beings in this book use, from mouthstones for teeth to lifegiver for parent to two-wheeled foot pusher for bicycle. The humor is layered from basic to an underlying cynicism. There is also an undeniable kindness in these aliens. I have become addicted to them.
    • 3/5
      I loved these comics, which show how absurd, when you stop to think about it, some of our practices and customs are. It does this mostly by giving things names which are perhaps more descriptive of their reality. Some examples: "tanning"= star damage; "sunglasses"= personal star dimmers; "coffee"=jitter liquid; "cut flowers"=dying plants; "vase"=death cylinder for dying plants; "necktie"=seriousness cloth.And so on. Lots of sorely needed chuckles here.3 stars
    • 5/5
      Wonderful dry humor.
    • 5/5
      This ones a collection of cartoons featuring the grey aliens. The schtick is that the aliens are living typical American lives and talking about them with descriptive phrases instead of the typical words. For example, the Sun is referred to as "the Star" and people are routinely called "beings". The strips are amusing and the art is cute. I don't know why I like them so much--maybe it's a break from more cynical or sarcastic humor. Whatever the reason, it's on my shelf.--J.
    • 5/5
      Strange Planet is a comic based around a simple concept, the retelling of everyday events on a strangle planet. Yet, despite being such a simple concept it's the execution that makes it hilarious. The wording combined with the little alien facial expressions when relaying ordinary events such as when the parent alien is sitting at the dining table with the child alien and there is salad left on the dinner plates and the parent alien tells the child alien to 'ingest your leaves' the child replies 'I do not desire leaves' to which the parent replies 'put the leaves in your mouth' to which the child replies 'it is an unpleasant sensation'. The parent then states 'life will be full of unpleasant sensations, you need to experience a wide range so you can properly gauge which ones are worst' and ends with the child alien banging his head on the dining table. Vastly better with the illustrations, trust me.
    • 5/5
      Odd blue beings with a distinctive speech pattern live on a planet eerily similar to ours. Their observations of everyday life and customs highlight the humor and absurdity of our human existence.If you've never encountered these beings, or if you've seen a few comics here and there, but would like to see more, this book is an excellent c o m p e n d i u m (as the beings' creator might say). If you've a big fan (as I am), the book is fun to have, but there's not a huge amount of new content, and none of the new comics was an immediate favorite for me. The book is worth getting, just know that much of it is content that is already available online.
    • 5/5
      A collection of Nathan W. Pyle's charming comics of aliens experiencing life on Earth. I find constant delight in how the alien's phrase their observations and highly recommend checking out his stuff if you haven't before.
    • 5/5
      Superb!If you've never read Nathan W. Pyle's "Strange Planet" strip you should look it up online today.If you've seen it you know what you'll be getting. This book is nicely bound, printed in colour and features some new and revised content.Highly recommended.
    • 5/5
      Simple concept, huge laughs. Pyle has aliens re-enact/experience everyday human activities to expose the hilarious craziness of things we accept as perfectly normal.
    • 5/5
      Superb!If you've never read Nathan W. Pyle's "Strange Planet" strip you should look it up online today.If you've seen it you know what you'll be getting. This book is nicely bound, printed in colour and features some new and revised content.Highly recommended.

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