Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things ... That Aren't As Scary, Maybe, Depending on How You Feel About Lost Lands, Stray Cellphones, Creatures from the Sky, Parents Who Disappear in Peru, a Man Named Lars Farf, and One Other Story We Couldn't Quite Finish, So Maybe You Could Help Us Out
| First published | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | McSweeney's Books |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Anthology |
| Cover art | Bruce Timm |
| Pages | 202+[3]+[6] |
| Price | $22.00 |
| ISBN | 1932416358 |
- Cover artist credited on copyright page.
- Publication date from Barnes & Noble.
- Back of dustjacket has partial story ("Snicket Starts. You Finish.") by Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler) which is to be finished by the purchaser and mailed in as a contest entry. Copies of the book for which the dustjacket was sent in will therefor not have this story fragment.
- Dustjacket is marked for folding and mailing.
- Contest deadline was April 1, 2006.
- Cover of book blind-stamped with "Hold me" on front and back.
- Green blob on cover of book is "Big Nazo."
- Proceeds of the book went to 826NYC to help students with writing skills.
- False title of the book reads "NO,UB&SOTTAaS,M,DoHYFALL,SC,CftS,PWDiP,aMNLF,&OOSWCQF,SMYCHUO."
- "Spoony-E & Spandy-3 vs. the Purple Hordes" is a comic story written and illustrated by Kochalka.
- One of the illustrations for "The Sixth Borough" is a three-page fold-out map bound in between pages 200 and 201.
- The "Excessively Difficult Crossword" beginning on page [304] consists of questions about the stories in the book.
- Pages [206] and [207] are author and artist biographies.
- Page [208] consists of questions and answers about the 826NYC charity and the solution to the crossword puzzle.
| Year | Reviewer | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Rich Horton | Locus, #540 January 2006 |
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Introduction (Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things That Aren't As Scary) | Lemony Snicket | Essay |
| 13 | Small Country | Nick Hornby | Novelette |
| 37 | Lars Farf, Excessively Fearful Father and Husband | George Saunders | Short Story |
| 47 | Monster | Kelly Link | Novelette |
| 73 | The Contests at Cowlick | Richard Kennedy | Short Story |
| 83 | Each Sold Separately | Jon Scieszka | Short Story |
| 87 | Seymour's Last Wish | Sam Swope | Short Story |
| 99 | Grimble | Clement Freud | Novelette |
| 137 | Spoony-E & Spandy-3 vs. the Purple Hordes | James Kochalka | Short Fiction |
| 149 | Sunbird | Neil Gaiman | Novelette |
| 177 | The ACES Phone | Jeanne DuPrau | Short Story |
| 193 | The Sixth Borough | Jonathan Safran Foer | Short Story |
| bp | Snicket Starts. You Finish. | Lemony Snicket | Short Story |
| [204] | Excessively Difficult Crossword | David Levinson Wilk | Essay |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
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| Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things That Aren't As Scary |
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2009 | Delacorte Press | Trade Paperback | Anthology | 208 |