How to Take Over the World: Practical Schemes and Scientific Solutions for the Aspiring Supervillain
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- Create Date：2022-02-16 16:21:31
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Ryan North
- ISBN：B097XS5D6X
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Reviews
Enid Wray
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OK。 I tried。 I really tried。 I’ve been plugging away at this for four （4） days now… and I’m still only 50% of the way through it。 The universe is sending me a message… I am， finally， prepared to listen。This is not what I was expecting。。 But then again， I’m not entirely sure what I was expecting。 Certainly this is no Squirrel Girl… although there are a lot of similarities to Dinosaur Comics… but Dinosaur’s came in small bite sized chunks。。。 This is just too much。There’s lots to like about this ti OK。 I tried。 I really tried。 I’ve been plugging away at this for four （4） days now… and I’m still only 50% of the way through it。 The universe is sending me a message… I am， finally， prepared to listen。This is not what I was expecting。。 But then again， I’m not entirely sure what I was expecting。 Certainly this is no Squirrel Girl… although there are a lot of similarities to Dinosaur Comics… but Dinosaur’s came in small bite sized chunks。。。 This is just too much。There’s lots to like about this title。 It’s an ass-backward guide to saving the planet - pointing out our excesses， and showing us how to address climate change （while we still have a chance， small albeit）。 He does a good job of pointing out the interesting history of ridiculous behaviour and ideas that has gotten us to where we are in the present moment。I get that he writes super hero comics… so obviously adopting the concept of ‘Supervillains’ - who by the way， are all of us collectively - as a conceit is only logical。 But it is a conceit that wears thin very quickly。 The playful jabs at ‘we humans’ are cheeky， yes。 But… Would the book be as good and gain the same kind of traction if it were not couched in ‘comic’ terms？ That’s a good question。 I get that the ‘villainy’ angle makes what w/could otherwise be a very ‘heavy’ conversation a little more lighthearted and perchance palatable… But I also appreciate， very quickly， that I am clearly not the reader for this book。 This is a moment where I wish I wasn’t retired， and still had purchasing power to make sure that this book ended up on the shelf in my school library。 The kids will eat this up… like they did all his other work that I had in the collection。 I hope that my replacement already has this on order。Had this ended at page 150， I probably would have been cool with it （although I’d already taken multiple breaks from it by that point…）。 But at page 200， with the prospect of 200 more pages to go… I’m done。Be forewarned though… Even though I am choosing to DNF this title - too much else on my TBR pile - I couldn't keep myself from popping out and googling and reading about all the cool projects he talks about （many of which I’m， sadly， all too familiar with， but many that I’ve never heard of before）。 There is some really fascinating stuff here… it’s a truly laudable compendium of miscellany。 I finally stopped doing that though because it was just too time consuming… prolonging my reading time beyond all reasonableness。 Thanks to the publisher and Edelweiss for granting me access to an early digital ARC for review。 。。。more
Logan
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5 out of 5 stars contingent on the author keeping his promise in Chapter 6 -- I'll be checking。This was a fun read， and what I enjoyed about the book most was the practicality of it。 There were options for world domination that could fit nearly any budget depending on your goals。 Secret bases come in all sorts of shapes， sizes and locales after all。Some of it was sad and/or enraging， depending on your personal ability to accept that humans are causing an environmental collapse that will catastro 5 out of 5 stars contingent on the author keeping his promise in Chapter 6 -- I'll be checking。This was a fun read， and what I enjoyed about the book most was the practicality of it。 There were options for world domination that could fit nearly any budget depending on your goals。 Secret bases come in all sorts of shapes， sizes and locales after all。Some of it was sad and/or enraging， depending on your personal ability to accept that humans are causing an environmental collapse that will catastrophically impact the majority of life on the planet （but it's not like the sun isn't going to do the same in billion years or so）， as well as the fact that the exponentially widening wealth inequality gap is enabling the ultra-rich to not only live however they want but also dictate how everyone else must live。 Those of us not okay with this status-quo must， as dedicated supervillains， figure out a way to reign in this madness and save the world。But these facts are facts， it's not the author's fault the world is dominated by such an absurd species。 The illustrations are very humorous， the footnotes are fantastic， and overall the book is equal parts history and science lesson， so you'll have a much better understanding of where life's come from and where it's going （which is a future universe filled with black holes until even they collapse and the final effects of entropy rip everything else apart）。{note I received an advanced copy via a Goodreads contest} 。。。more
Geoffrey
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