This Hysterical Hobbyist's guide belongs in every hip library. Coot cat reverend Ivan Stang, high holy of the church of the subgenius, has compiled a bestiary of American creeps and crazies so that you can write to them ...This Hysterical Hobbyist's guide belongs in every hip library. Coot cat reverend Ivan Stang, high holy of the church of the subgenius, has compiled a bestiary of American creeps and crazies so that you can write to them and receive mail that is weird, horrible, wonderfully absurd, or a combination of all three.