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Product details Hardcover Publisher: Ebury Press (2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 0091958482 ISBN-13: 978-0091958480 Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.8 x 8.2 inches Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 starsSee all reviews(25 customer reviews) Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #104,882 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support?

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5.0 out of 5 starsScarred by living in 1970s Britain? No? You can be!ByK. A. Laityon November 11, 2014Format: Hardcover|Verified PurchaseI can’t say when I first stumbled across Littler’s Scarfolk site. Probably one of the usual suspects (Brazill or Billson). I’m pretty sure it was on Twitter, but it doesn’t really matter. What I discovered was that I knew that place very well. A lot of my friends had been scarred by living in 1970s Britain which seemed to be a time and place determined to foist the uncanny onto all its citizens. People would speak in hushed tones with glazed eyes and trembling lips of that Donald Pleasance-voiced public information film, or the weirdness of all those various warnings to the curious that frightened them so badly as children. Television was full of unsettling stories from Penda’s Fen and The Owl Service or off-kilter programmes like The Tomorrow People (isn’t that the one, Mr. B?).

Imagine being held captive there forever.

Well, you don’t have to imagine it because Littler has created it through books, posters, pamphlets and brochures and now a creepy, amazing book that will delight and amuse and make you cringe and keep turning the pages while you shudder at some of the ideas. It’s all beautifully and convincingly rendered. Littler has a terrific eye for replicating those 70s design styles in a palette of colours that look just right for the time but aged as if they have lasted. Even the endpapers look well aged and wholly convincing, the WE WATCH YOU WHILE YOU SLEEP from the omnipresent Scarfolk Council Public Information Bureau, who warns “for further information please reread this poster” against the image of an all-seeing eye (in your face, T. J. Eckleberg!) and the line of gloomy row houses.

It would be enough if the images were simply entertaining — and they certainly are. The skill and the choices are so disturbing and well done that you cannot fail to be amused if you are of that sort of mind (deeply twisted and able to laugh at horrible things). More than mere amusement, however, Littler has put a finger on the pulse of how we make our horrors — how we create fear and things to fear. We’re in the midst of the worst Dark Ages now, a time when willful ignorance reigns, when we have the knowledge of history at our fingertips and communication with the world an instant away but use that to divide ourselves, torture our enemies and (especially in the United States) kill each other in the name of ‘rights’ that are deliberately misinterpreted.

I highly recommend this book. I know it will continue to amuse and unsettle me for a very long time — and I’m not saying that because I took my Lobottymed.Read more0Comment| 12 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you?YesNoReport abuse5.0 out of 5 starsThe funniest book since sliced bread. (And I'm not just saying that because they're watching)Byalex kimmellon February 19, 2016Format: Hardcover|Verified PurchaseIt's been ages since I've read a book that had me laugh so loud my family became worried about me. Maybe they're on the council too. I have to be careful. We all have to be careful.
If you are fond of sarcasm, surrealism, Orwellian oppressiveness, tacky 1970's stylishness, general creepiness and gut busting hysteria, this is a MUST read!
I love to highlight or put markers on pages of books that impact me in some way. Lines I want to remember or passages that uniquely effect my world view get a post-it note or a folded page. There are more pages marked in my copy of Discovering Scarfolk than not. The artwork is pure genius! The insights and scathing interpretations of modernity are spot on. This is a book that will remain in my collection forever. I absolutely loved every second reading it.Read more0Comment| 4 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you?YesNoReport abuse5.0 out of 5 starsA Nice Place to Visit...NOT!ByPope Melon December 2, 2014Format: Hardcover|Verified PurchaseWelcome to Scarfolk!

...where every day is Friday the 13th.

Scarfolk is just your ordinary town in Northwest England.

An ordinary town with electrified water and after-school activities for the kiddies like Thump-Chums. (The first rule of Thump-Chums is "you can talk about Thump-Chums to whoever you like as long as you thump them.")

This is a rather comprehensive tourist guide (for those tourists who have NOT been quarantined), featuring all of Scarfolk's attractions, such as the police flea market which sells forensic evidence, Scarpark, where all foliage is constructed of the finest British concrete, the Outsider's Zoo and Slaughter Gardens and the Scarfolk Drop, a popular destination for despondent visitors, it is open more than 7 days a week, 367 days a year. (Please avoid the Kill Bush underground station which was recently closed due to poltergeist activity.)

This book is a veritable laugh riot for those of you with the proper sense of humor AND for those of you who are chomping at the bit waiting for a 'Welcome to Night Vale' book.

For more information, please reread this review.Read more0Comment| 2 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you?YesNoReport abuse4.0 out of 5 starsA spot of dark British humourByBert Whetstoneon April 24, 2015Format: Hardcover|Verified PurchaseThere are two aspects to this book. One is the posters and informational leaflets, and the other is the story itself. It is possible to enjoy this book just by looking at the posters/leaflets. The story is a bit Lovecraftian with a good dose of fairly bent humor, but I get the impression that this whole project began with the posters and a backstory was added on later. It probably helps if you have had a good bit of exposure to British humor, I imagine if you grew up in Northern England this would really hit close to home. Taken as a whole I really appreciate this project but I don't expect that it's for everyone.Read more0Comment| 2 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you?YesNoReport abuse5.0 out of 5 starsI kept laughing with creeped-out delight as I read it -- kept the original copy ...ByQueechy3on May 19, 2015Format: Hardcover|Verified PurchaseThis is so damned odd, I kept laughing with creeped-out delight as I read it -- kept the original copy for myself and ordered two more to give to friends. I'm fairly confident in saying it's not for everybody; this snippet from the "Look Inside" sample, recounting the "guidebook" author's examination of a collection of papers he refers to as "the archive," will give you an idea of what you're in for:

"Only when I scrutinised the well-thumbed items did I discover that many were accompanied by often nonsensical annotations. For example, here is one of the first I encountered:
"[...] The many drinking straws protruding from the library walls are not art - they're for breathing - has Mrs. P imprisoned children in the walls? And does she hide [illegible words] inside her prosthetic leg?"

I love the spot-on (and delightfully twisted) recreations of 1970s ads and public-service posters, suitably yellowed, wrinkled and tattered; people who have vivid memories of those PSAs and health-class filmstrips are probably the ideal audience for this book. (And while waiting for it to arrive, be sure to visit the Scarfolk Council blog. You'll either love me for introducing you to it, or hate me forever if you can't get the images out of your mind.)Read more0Comment|Was this review helpful to you?YesNoReport abuseSee all verified purchase reviews (newest first)Write a customer review

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5.0 out of 5 starsHooked on ScarfolkAddictive. I just used to run into some of the PSAs on the net here and there, and now I have the book. See?Read morePublished 6 months ago by Mark J. Mchugh5.0 out of 5 starsRevealing History. Possibly.Not since Mrs Black and the Blip Men (almost all traces of whom have been edited from public records) has such an amazing report been compiled it reveals...Read morePublished 6 months ago by Corwin5.0 out of 5 starsFive StarsVery well written and very entertaining.Read morePublished 9 months ago by Kevin C. Turner5.0 out of 5 starsBeautifully put together bookDark and humorous. This work bends reality and takes you along for the ride. Beautifully put together book, too.Read morePublished 10 months ago by Alexander Field5.0 out of 5 starsFunnyVery humorous book. I loved it.Read morePublished 1 year ago by Phillip Porch4.0 out of 5 starsFour StarsThe execution is worth the price, but the plot gets a bit threadbare in places.Read morePublished 1 year ago by Ian Copp5.0 out of 5 starsFive StarsBrilliant.Read morePublished 1 year ago by Adam Weiss5.0 out of 5 starsIf you loved Horrorstor or are into transgressive or unconventional literatureSomebody spent waaay to much time digging through old parks a rec brochures from the 70s and lost their freakin' mind!Read morePublished 1 year ago by M. Abbott5.0 out of 5 starsA travel guide to your waking nightmares, assuming they involve creepy British towns stuck in the 70s.If you like your humor weird, surreal, and dry as a bone, this is the book for you. Ostensibly a travel book for the British town of Scarfolk, forever trapped in a nightmare...Read morePublished 1 year ago by B. McDonald5.0 out of 5 starsFive StarsThis is a very clever book.Read morePublished 1 year ago by Elizabeth Newcome

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Publisher: Ebury Press (2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0091958482
ISBN-13: 978-0091958480
Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.8 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
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Scarred by living in 1970s Britain? No? You can be!
ByK. A. Laityon November 11, 2014|Verified Purchase
I can’t say when I first stumbled across Littler’s Scarfolk site. Probably one of the usual suspects (Brazill or Billson). I’m pretty sure it was on Twitter, but it doesn’t really matter. What I discovered was that I knew that place very well. A lot of my friends had been scarred by living in 1970s Britain which seemed to be a time and place determined to foist the uncanny onto all its citizens. People would speak in hushed tones with glazed eyes and trembling lips of that Donald Pleasance-voiced public information film, or the weirdness of all those various warnings to the curious that frightened them so badly as children. Television was full of unsettling stories from Penda’s Fen and The Owl Service or off-kilter programmes like The Tomorrow People (isn’t that the one, Mr. B?).

Imagine being held captive there forever.

Well, you don’t have to imagine it because Littler has created it through books, posters, pamphlets and brochures and now a creepy, amazing book that will delight and amuse and make you cringe and keep turning the pages while you shudder at some of the ideas. It’s all beautifully and convincingly rendered. Littler has a terrific eye for replicating those 70s design styles in a palette of colours that look just right for the time but aged as if they have lasted. Even the endpapers look well aged and wholly convincing, the WE WATCH YOU WHILE YOU SLEEP from the omnipresent Scarfolk Council Public Information Bureau, who warns “for further information please reread this poster” against the image of an all-seeing eye (in your face, T. J. Eckleberg!) and the line of gloomy row houses.

It would be enough if the images were simply entertaining — and they certainly are. The skill and the choices are so disturbing and well done that you cannot fail to be amused if you are of that sort of mind (deeply twisted and able to laugh at horrible things). More than mere amusement, however, Littler has put a finger on the pulse of how we make our horrors — how we create fear and things to fear. We’re in the midst of the worst Dark Ages now, a time when willful ignorance reigns, when we

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