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Summary: Great compilation for the casual fan
Review: I'm not a Dilbert fanatic, but I sure have been getting a kick out of the strip lately and decided to break down and buy my first hardbound Scott Adams. Many of these made me laugh out loud. It's a good book to have around when you need a laugh about work. The way the book is broken down into categories. Great layout. The hardbound edition has the graphics printed on the cover itself, in addition to the dust jacket. (How many hardbounds do this??? Must be more expensive). When the dust jacket gets crummy, the book will still look great. Highly recommended to those still in the 'rat race'.
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Summary: Great compilation for the casual fan
Review: I'm not a Dilbert fanatic, but I sure have been getting a kick out of the strip lately and decided to break down and buy my first hardbound Scott Adams. Many of these made me laugh out loud. It's a good book to have around when you need a laugh about work. The way the book is broken down into categories. Great layout. The hardbound edition has the graphics printed on the cover itself, in addition to the dust jacket. (How many hardbounds do this??? Must be more expensive). When the dust jacket gets crummy, the book will still look great. Highly recommended to those still in the 'rat race'.
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Summary: Don't Point That At Me
Review: Normally, most comic strip books are compilations of the strips for a specific period of time. And Dilbert certainly has several of those. But this time around, Scott Adams has created a decade long compilation.Instead of presenting the strips in chronological order, which is normally the way it's done, Scott Adams has broken this book into 39 categories contained in two sections. Some of the categories include "Bosses," "Safety," "Lawyers," and "Marketing" to just name a few. And each category contains daily and/or Sunday strips from 1990 - 1999 that pertain to the category. In addition to the way the book is broken down, it is interesting to see the strip from different years. It wasn't until about 1995 that the characters in the strip evolved into what we see today. Before that, Dilbert had a much longer face, Alice did not have the poofy hair, and the pointy-haired boss wasn't quite so pointy-haired.
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Summary: Great for a quick reference
Review: The nice thing about "Dilbert Gives You The Business" is that the comics are broken down into different topics: Bosses, ISO 9000, Secretaries, Human Resources, etc. I find it useful when I'm in a conversation with a friend and say, "You know, I once read a Dilbert cartoon that relates to this." I simply look up the appropriate category in DGYTB and look for it. I only wish the book were longer and more comprehensive. But as Dilbert compilations go, this one definitely gets five stars.
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Summary: An Extraordinary Compilation of Comics
Review: This book is a compilation of material from earlier Dilbert cartoons rearranged by topic. The cartoons show Dilbert and his weird collection of co-workers in a range of different situations. It will not be of interest to Dilbert fans who already have the books from which these cartoons are taken. However, seen as a "Best Of" book, it is worthwhile. The actual selection of material is very good and it certainly shows the humour of Dilbert at its best. If you do already have all of the books in the Dilbert series, I'd suggest buying this one as a gift for a friend who is not familiar with Scott Adams work. It makes a great introduction, showing what Dilbert is all about. If you are not familiar with Dilbert and want to find out what it is all about, then this book is a good place to start. Just accept that, if you get hooked and buy the other books, you will then have a copy of this book that you do not really need. If that happens, no problem, gift wrap it and send it as a present to a friend. My only real gripe about the book is that its nature is not made clear on the cover. Not making clear that this is a "best of" collection seems to suggest that the author, or his publishers, view the readership as little smarter than some of the characters in the books.
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Summary: All Dilbert Fans Must Buy This Book!
Review: This is a brilliant book and probably the best one yet! It contains hilarious strips about everything from managers to human resources. This book is very orginized and keeps you wanting more. I suggest that all Dilbert fans buy this book!
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Summary: DILBERT GIVES YOU THE LAUGHS!
Review: This is a Dilbert treasury. It only contains comix from the first 13 Dilbert books. Nothing new here. How they're organized, however, is different. This comic book is split into two sections: Jobs, & Job Impediments. Here's a list of the Jobs:
-bosses
-budgeting & acoounting
-consulting
-engineers
-entrepreneurs & venture capitalists
-finiancial advisor
-HR
-information services
-interns & co-ops
-ISO 9000 & 14000
-lawyers
-marketing
-procurement
-programmers
-project management
-quality assurance
-retail & service jobs
-safety
-sales
-secretaries
-security
-strategy & planning
-tech support
-technical writing
-temps & contract employees
-training That covers just about everything but janitor Now for the job impediments:
-annoying co-workers
-business language
-cubicles
-gender relations
-incentives
-meeting or presentations
-mergers
-performance reviews
-policies
-reorginizations
-teamwork
-telecommuting
-travel
(if you haven't noticed, they're in alphabetical order) Now, even though I'm not an office worker, I have a good idea of what to do with this book. First, you have to keep it somewhere safe. If you don't, it can get stolen & kinda defeat the purpose. When someone with one of these jobs annoys you, come to your book. Read a few pages about his/her job. Next time you see them,you can laugh at them cruelly/really hard at them for reasons otherwise unknown.Of course, if someone has done this at anytime to YOU, well, now you know. You must get this book. Buy it. Now. No, really. Now.
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