A Fine Line Between Oblivious and Inanity

by David Thorne

Steven the pufferfish returns in his biggest adventure yet. Can he rescue Geoff the crab and Sonia the prawn from the clutches of evil Dr Starfish before dinner time? Geoff needs to take his behavioural medicine with a meal and Sonia will miss Jeopardy if she’s not home by 7.30pm. And what secret does the magic kelp hide?

Genres: Humor

290 pages, Paperback

Published May 8, 2021

About the author

David Thorne is an Australian humourist, satirist, Internet personality and New York Times best-selling author. His work has been featured on the BBC, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Thorne gained public recognition in late 2008 for an email exchange in which he attempts to pay an overdue bill with a drawing of a seven-legged spider. The exchange spread virally via email and social networking sites, leading to a surge of visitors to his website 27b/6 (27bslash6). 27b/6 features a collection of humorous emails and articles from Thorne's life. These and additional essays appear in Thorne's book, The Internet is a Playground. Published by Penguin Group and released on 28 April 2011, the book debuted at number four on The New York Times Best Seller list.

Reviews

[jv poore · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even if some of the stories are the same, you can always count on the "About the Author" to be completely different.

[Kimmy C · Rating 4 out of 5]

An easy and amusing book of anecdotes in the style we’ve come to expect from David Thorne. Ranging from a few paragraphs to a few pages, these snippets are often amusing, ranging from smile to snort/snigger, but also sometimes thought-provoking. I didn’t come her for sad mental images of baby birds! But the gamut of emotions is life, so here it is, proudly presented by Steven the Pufferfish.

[Victoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Learning the fate of Kimberley from Diff’rent Strokes and going back to threatening to douse houseboats in gasoline and light aflame, David Thorne continues to entertain in his 12th book which doesn’t actually have 350 pages. Hopefully Thorne doesn’t get stabbed from going to a bbq that has a guy named TNT.


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[Ron · Rating 3 out of 5]

Normally David Thorne books rate a solid 4 stars but since this is mostly rehashed material it loses a star.

[Andrew Dun · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just "snippets" of previously published content, but entertaining nonetheless.

[Darcy · Rating 5 out of 5]

As all of his limited releases seem to be, it was a bit repetitive of older books (as I assumed it would be). The content is still just as fire! I have yet to be let down by one of his books.