Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apocalypse Wow! | 1997 | James Finn Garner | Buy |
| 2 | Recut Madness | 2007 | James Finn Garner | Buy |
| 3 | The Politically Correct Movie Guide | 2007 | James Finn Garner | Buy |
James Finn Garner’s non-fiction output applies his satirical eye to pop culture and current events. Apocalypse Wow!, subtitled “A Memoir for the End of Time,” came out in 1997 as millennium fever was building. Garner took on the full range of late-90s anxieties: UFOs, numerology, New Age spirituality, the early internet, and the widespread conviction that the year 2000 would bring some kind of reckoning.
A decade later, Garner published two film-related humor books in 2007. Recut Madness reimagines classic movies for partisan audiences, and The Politically Correct Movie Guide extends the PC treatment from fairy tales to Hollywood. Both books show Garner working in the same satirical mode that made his name, applying absurd ideological filters to familiar cultural material.