# Maddox has a book coming out...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maddox-has-a-book-coming-out/350381>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 29, 2006, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maddox-has-a-book-coming-out/350381 "2006-03-29T07:12:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maddox-has-a-book-coming-out/350381/1 "2006-03-29T07:12:25Z")

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[The Alphabet of Manliness](http://www.alphabetofmanliness.com)

I’m actually looking forward to it.

I think it’ll be hilarious… though given that it’s only 204 pages and on amazon for like ten bucks on preorder in hardcover… I don’t expect it to be very substantial.  
Should be great bathroom reading.

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**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maddox-has-a-book-coming-out/350381/2 "2006-03-29T09:34:46Z")

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Maddox is quite entertaining, but not that much that I would buy his book. There are numerous funnier websites on the net.

For instance, contrast [this guys](http://www.juliussharpe.com) concentrated humor, with Maddox’s 1 or 2 funny things per article.

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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maddox-has-a-book-coming-out/350381/3 "2006-03-29T09:51:04Z")

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> [@mr. jp](#):
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> Maddox is quite entertaining, but not that much that I would buy his book. There are numerous funnier websites on the net.
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> For instance, contrast [this guys](http://www.juliussharpe.com) concentrated humor, with Maddox’s 1 or 2 funny things per article.

Bah. I get a chuckle or two from that Julius Sharpe but otherwise it’s rather unintresting to me. Maddox is a great storyteller, and despite the fact that his site has sort of gone downhill, his writing has a distinct personality.

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**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maddox-has-a-book-coming-out/350381/4 "2006-03-29T10:42:59Z")

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> [@mr. jp](#):
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> For instance, contrast [this guys](http://www.juliussharpe.com) concentrated humor, with Maddox’s 1 or 2 funny things per article.

Damn. I’m 75% sure you’re actually a Maddox fan making a joke… but…

… I can’t even compare the two. A string of one liners? This has to be joke.

Maddox would eat that guy alive.

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**Author:** ![beergeek279](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@beergeek279](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beergeek279)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maddox-has-a-book-coming-out/350381/5 "2006-03-29T19:47:00Z")

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Whew!!! For a minute, I’d thought that **Tommy** Maddox had written a book, but we’re safe from a crime against humanity on that scale!