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James Finn Garner

    January 1, 1960

    James Finn Garner is an American writer and satirist celebrated for his sharp, humorous commentary on social and political currents. His work is known for its keen wit and ability to expose the absurdities of contemporary attitudes through ironic and funny retellings of familiar narratives. Garner explores themes that highlight the clash between tradition and progressive ideas, often aiming to provoke thought about societal norms and the language we use to define them. His satirical approach offers a refreshing and provocative lens through which to view the world.

    Gute- Nacht- Geschichten. Politically correct.
    Politically Correct
    Politically Correct Holiday Stories
    Apocalypse WOW!
    Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
    Once Upon a More Enlightened Time
    • 1998

      Politically Correct

      The Ultimate Storybook

      James Finn Garner wowed the world when he wrote Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, which sold nearly 2 million copies, and then followed it up with two books with the same theme, Politically Correct Holiday Stories and Once Upon An Enlightened Time; the three books together sold nearly 3.5 million copies in the U.S. and were translated into 20 languages. Garner's incisive and hilarious books took age-old bedtime and holiday stories and made them into politically correct tales of our day. His original humor, filled with social commentary, is well-known by readers around the country -- most recently in his new book Apocalypse Wow!

      Politically Correct
    • 1997

      The author of the multi-million-copy bestselling Politcally Correct books now turns his jaundiced eye to the eschatalogical--and generates big yucks at what he sees. Lampooning everything from Mad Max to the Rapture to 666, the Number of the Beast, James Finn Garner launches an assault on UFO conspiracies, numerological calculations of the last days, harmonic convergences, and other millennial prophecies.

      Apocalypse WOW!
    • 1995

      Politically Correct Holiday Stories

      For an Enlightened Yuletide Season

      • 116 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      A collection of Christmas stories, retold for readers of evolved consciousness, liberated from archaic, sexist, ageist, classist, lookist and other environmentally unsound prejudices.

      Politically Correct Holiday Stories
    • 1994

      Politically Correct Bedtime Stories

      • 79 pages
      • 3 hours of reading
      3.6(6475)Add rating

      Once upon a time, in the olden days, heavy-set middle-aged men would congregate in their elitist clubs, sit in over-stuffed leather chairs, smoke air-choking cigars, and pitch story ideas and plots to each other. Problem was, these stories, many of which found their way into the general social consciousness, reflected the way in which these men lived and saw their world: that is, the stories were sexist, discriminatory, unfair, culturally biased, and in general, demeaning to witches, animals, goblins, and fairies everywhere. Finally, after centuries of these abusive tales, which have been handed down--unknowingly--from one male-biased generation to the next, James Finn Garner has taken it upon himself (that's right, yet another man) to enlighten and liberate these classic bedtime stories and retell them in a way that is much more in keeping with the society in which we live today. Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, then is the fruit of Garner's labors. We'd like to think that future generations of fairy-tale fans will see this as a worthy attempt to develop meaningful literature that is totally free from bias and purged from the influences of a flawed cultural past. --front flap

      Politically Correct Bedtime Stories