More Information Than You Require

By: John Hodgman

Narrated by: John Hodgman

Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

Welcome to the paperless (or "audiobook") edition of More Information Than You Require, a further compendium of COMPLETE WORLD KNOWLEDGE assembled and illumined by John Hodgman, a Famous Minor Television Personality. It contains all of the half-truths, fake trivia, amazing made-up facts, and molemanic lore as the paper edition, narrated here almost entirely by Resident Expert John Hodgman, occasionally interrupted by this veritable extravaganza of illustrious and sometimes presumptuous guests: Dick Cavett, Jonathan Coulton, Zach Galifianakis, Ricky Gervais, Ira Glass, Robin Goldwasser, Rachel Maddow, Paul Rudd, Paul F. Tompkins, and Sarah Vowell.

PLUS: This recording includes ALL 700 MOLE-MAN NAMES as they were written and subsequently performed LIVE BEFORE A STUDIO AUDIENCE in an underground lair in Brooklyn, N.Y.

©2008 John Hodgman (P)2009 Penguin Audiobooks

Critic reviews

"In every way a continuation of Areas of My Expertise, except in the ways it's clearly superior....More Information Than You Require is exactly the tonic for these truth-challenged times: a transformation of pedestrian reality through the enlightened power of imagination and insatiable list-making." (The Onion A/V Club)
"I love this book so much I nearly read it." (Justin Long)

Better buy than the book? Definitely.

With all of the hilariousness this book contains, there is no better person to recite the absurd, beautifully crafted non-knowledge and anti-trivia within it than (world-renowned Judge) John Hodgman himself.

He makes it funny, his special guests make it incredible, and the extra content makes it indispensable to anyone who finds themselves with too much time and REAL knowledge and trivia in their heads. This will force your dendrites to be regenerated anew with less useful, almost ridiculously impossible “knowledge”, all for the sake of an endless supply of hardy gut chuckles and cheek busting smiles and uproars.

Must have for any listener of any age

I knew this was a good purchase the minute I played the audio book. Hodgman's tongue-in-cheek humor throughout the book will make people around you stare at you as you laugh out loud as if you're crazy. There is so many content and little things in just one sentence, that you can listen to it time after time and still find it interesting. Including the added bonus of Coulton and others, this is more then just some guy reading a book to you, but an actual performance. I would recommend this book to anyone.

More Than an Audiobook

Even if you've read the physical copy of the book, this audiobook gives so much more. John Hodgman and a number of celebrity guests narrate - and seemingly improvise - their way through Hodgman's second book. It is half audiobook, half podcast, and all hilarious.

I really enjoyed it.

I was surprised by some of the negative reviews! I've loved both of John Hodgman's books and the audio versions are even better! I especially like the banter with guests, even Rachel Maddow (surprised even me!).
John Hodgman may not be *your* style, but he kills me! I loved every minute. Definitely worth it!

Ok

I really like John Hodgman, and this was ok. I'm not sure what I didn't like about it. It amused me and killed the time.

Great comedy routine, but tedious towards the end

I enjoyed the first part of this book, and the banter between Hodgman and his feral companion. Hodgman's humor does well to have a straight man to Play off. The second part of the book is a historical timeline full of fake facts - this was much less entertaining than the main part of the book.

charming but not laughing.

I love johns tv appearences. the book is very well performed and is packed with extra features, but I just didnt laugh as much as i expected to. the appendixes get rather dull as the same joke gets stretched for 2 to 4 hours.

I've never had so much fun being lied to.

These are one of those books that are better when the author reads them to you. John Hodgmans narration is brilliant and adds a lot when you can hear his inflection and his sense of humour, not to mention all the little banter between him and his co-narrators.

HIlaarious--If you have a sense of humor.

John Hodgman, and his companions on this audio, deliver an amazing performance of dry wit. Hodgman's satiric fake trivia book is only heightened when delivered in this easy-going performance, seeming more like an episode of This American Life than an audiobook reading. If you are a fan of the dry humor of The Office you will very much enjoy this audiobook.

as good as a "non-book" can ever be.

Where does More Information Than You Require rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I hope Hodgman won't be offended by calling this a "non-book." That's the term we used 40 years ago for books that weren't fiction & didnt fit the category of standard non-fiction. The man is witty, and because he is a natural performer, missing the audiobook is missing half the fun. I habitually buy both his print & audio editions