It's a blast from the past, the 1970s, and all the mayhem and fun of that eccentric decade. Phineas Quimple lives in a mansion shaped like a giant submarine. Or is it a real submarine the size of a mansion? Join him and his fellow oddballs-- Pierre Sanchez the inventor, Elron McLittledeer the psychedelic milkman, Friggs Yfonsen the Prophet of Ridiculism, Bill the Dummy, Mary Gold the White Witch, Princess Klutz, and teenage UFO witnesses, Alexander Cornwall and Shirley Tizz-- in their Universal Center for Creativity as they boldly go. a little nutty Based on the author's 1980 book, THIS THICK, this new book is a total remake and makeover, but just as fun and unpredictable as the source.