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Little Green Men
Little Green Men | Christopher Buckley
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In 1994, Christopher Buckley published one of the most acclaimed and successful comic novels of the decade, Thank You for Smoking. Now Buckley returns to the strange land of Washington, D.C., in Little Green Men, a millennial comedy of manners about aliens and pundits . . . and how much they have in common. The reluctant hero of this hilarious novel is John Oliver Banion, a stuffy Washington talk-show host, whose privileged life is thrown into upheaval when aliens abduct him from his exclusive country-club golf course. But were his gray-skinned captors aliens . . . or something far more sinister? After Banion is abducted again--this time in Palm Springs--he believes he has been chosen by the extraterrestrials to champion the most important cause of the millennium, and he embarks on a crusade, appearing before a convention of UFO believers and demanding that Congress and the White House seriously investigate UFOs. His friends and family suspect that Banion is having some kind of manic-depressive midlife crisis and urge him to seek therapy before his credibility as a pillar of the punditocracy is ruined. So John Oliver Banion must choose: keep his establishment status or become the leader of millions of impassioned and somewhat scruffy new friends who want to expose the government's secret alien agenda. Little Green Men proves once and for all that the truth is out there. Way out there. And it reaffirms Christopher Buckley's status as the funniest humanoid writer in the universe.
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keithmalek
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Elizabeth2
Little Green Men | Christopher Buckley
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Mehso-so

This novel focuses on a successful Sunday morning news talk show host at the top of his game, who is abducted by aliens. It‘s political satire, and is entertaining enough. It does have its slightly funny, over the top moments, but it never made me laugh out loud. There is one problem: the author uses footnotes to explain things that are mostly very well known. It felt pompous, like he thinks his readers are dumb. I couldn‘t get past it. ⭐️⭐️.5/5

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Elizabeth2
Little Green Men | Christopher Buckley
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Tagged. Satire is not usually my cup of tea. I know of Buckley‘s books because he‘s a favorite of a long time friend of mine, but our reading tastes are very different, so I‘ve never sought out to read his books. But when my son‘s GF and I discovered that we both love to read, we exchanged some favorite books. This one she loaned to me from her mom, who is also an avid reader and this is one of her favorites.

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dariazeoli
Little Green Men | Christopher Buckley
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Anyone have a UFO story? 👽

wanderinglynn I don‘t. But I love to hear/read about them! 6y
zsuzsanna_reads Not really a UFO story, but my huge dog is terrified of aliens on television. Especially x-files. 😂 6y
Slajaunie No but I have ghost stories!😱 6y
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dariazeoli @Slajaunie Ooh, share! 👻 6y
dariazeoli @zsuzsanna_reads Awww! Commence reassuring cuddles 🐶 6y
Slajaunie I have several ghost stories. I will give you the creepiest. When I was about 12, my mom and dad were next door on the porch of my aunt‘s house. I went into our house to go to the restroom. I heard my mom calling me so I walked down the hall responding but she did not say anything. She called me twice more and I responded. She never said anything. The final time my name was called in a lower creepier voice. 6y
Slajaunie I walked straight to the front door and outside. My mom was still on the porch with my dad at my aunt‘s house. 6y
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youngreadrshelf
Little Green Men | Christopher Buckley
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Starting this one tonight. It's supposed to be funny. Could use a little funny with politics.

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