That Is All - John Hodgman

How does the world end? Widespread economic collapse leading to a breakdown to society, forcing us to form post-industrial tribes that compete for dominance in  the Thunderdome? Environmental upheaval that melts the polar ice caps, causing the oceans to rise and forcing the remnants of humanity to live on floating cities? How about the Jock/Nerd convergence, combined with the awakening of the Unspeakable Ones and the awakening of the Century Toad that lives in the centre of the earth?

The third, and final, book in the series of world knowledge, That Is All details the end of the world, scheduled for Dec 21, 2012 (the Mayans were right, after all), which Hodgman, now a Deranged Millionaire from his work as a minor television personality, witnessed as visions one night under the influence of his albuterol asthma inhaler.  There's also some helpful tips on wine, cruise ships and how to become a Deranged Millionaire.

The most amusing part is the page-a-day calendar that runs across the top of the book, outlining how the world will end. (It includes Oprah's Space Ark, Stephen King's additional 700 pages of the Stand, The Dogstorm and the Singularity) It's a specific type of humour, one aimed at the kids who read McSweeney's for the pictures, who fast-forward the podcast of The Best Show to get the Philly Boy Roy call and laugh at the bits on The Daily Show that no one else does.