How to Take Over the World: Practical Schemes and Scientific Solutions for the Aspiring Supervillain

North, Ryan

ISBN 10: 059319201X / ISBN 13: 9780593192016

Published by Riverhead Books, 2022

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Hardcover. Publisher overstock, may contain remainder mark on edge.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How to Take Over the World: Practical Schemes and Scientific Solutions for the Aspiring Supervillain
• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 059319201X
• ISBN 13: 9780593192016
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

NAMED A BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE

“Comic book fans will fall hard for this delightfully daffy guidebook. . . . Exuberant, optimistic, and just plain fun, How to Take Over the World will both surprise and delight.” —Esquire

A book this informative should be a crime!

Taking over the world is a lot of work. Any supervillain is bound to have questions: What’s the perfect location for a floating secret base? What zany heist will fund my wildly ambitious plans? How do I control the weather, destroy the internet, and never, ever die?

Bestselling author and award-winning comics writer Ryan North has the answers. In this introduction to the science of comic-book supervillainy, he details a number of outlandish villainous schemes that harness the potential of today’s most advanced technologies. Picking up where How to Invent Everything left off, his explanations are as fun and elucidating as they are completely absurd.

You don’t have to be a criminal mastermind to share a supervillain’s interest in cutting-edge science and technology. This book doesn’t just reveal how to take over the world—it also shows how you could save it. This sly guide to some of the greatest threats facing humanity accessibly explores emerging techniques to extend human life spans, combat cyberterrorism, communicate across millennia, and finally make Jurassic Park a reality.

About the Author

Ryan North is a New York Times–bestselling author whose books include How to Invent Everything, Romeo and/or Juliet, and To Be or Not To Be. He's the creator of Dinosaur Comics and the Eisner Award–winning writer of Adventure Time, Jughead, and The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl for Marvel Comics, and he has a master's in computational linguistics from the University of Toronto. Ryan lives in Toronto with his wife, Jenn, and their dog, Noam Chompsky.