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Summary: A very limited book
Review: I bought this book because of the excellent references I saw, it took me one day to read it from the beggining to the end, but the book lacks of perspective. Sometimes the writer makes reference of a geek as "she" and jumps in the next sentence to a "he" (or vice versa) without a clearly reason to do this.It tells you about computer geeks, but never talks about other types of modern geeks and there are a lot of types of them. If you want an aproach of a geek search for the "Geek Code" (not a book) and you can obtain a lot of information. My last word goes for the little information in a lot of sections (like "Geeks Diet", "The inner geek" and "Your geek's cycles and routines"). I have seen more effort at independent (and free) writtings
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Summary: Now I can use my geek wisely!
Review: I have a geek, and thought Ms. Halpin's book would help me utilize him more effectively. I made a small mistake, though, and read the book in a public place before going home to apply its wisdom. You know those people laughing very very loudly and uncontrollably on the bus? That was me! Very, very funny book. Ms. Halpin really nails the geek type while, at the same, time, expressing deep respect and affection for geek culture and tendencies. The Geek Handbook is one of the funniest books I've read this year and and of itself, and truly does shed light on the possibly misunderstood or suboptimally applied geek in your life. Great book - recommend highly!
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Summary: Hilarious and helpful
Review: Just found this book and it's still current! This woman must have dated or known many a fine geek. Very cute and actually quite helpful in learning how to approach a partner who's more interested in online gaming than getting some fresh air (uh, that would be my Significant Other). I loved the tips on how to help your geek eat better, handle stress, etc. Recommended!!
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Summary: Topical, Funny Read
Review: This book does not require much heavy lifting (either physically -- or intellectually), but it's often extremely funny and could become a big hit, since it describes people that we all know. I have a slight sense of uneasiness whenever I see such broad generalizations about any group of people. In this case it's tempered because Halpin's characterizations of geeks are spot-on and positive.
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Summary: Topical, Funny Read
Review: This book does not require much heavy lifting (either physically -- or intellectually), but it's often extremely funny and could become a big hit, since it describes people that we all know. I have a slight sense of uneasiness whenever I see such broad generalizations about any group of people. In this case it's tempered because Halpin's characterizations of geeks are spot-on and positive.
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Summary: Definative anthropological guide to geeks of all ages
Review: This book is that rare and wonderful creation, a humor book that actually gives useful information about a sorely misunderstood segment of today's population. Mikki Halpin addresses the issues that pervade life with a geek, but in a gentle and humorous way without ever sounding patronizing. Now that the geeks run the world, thank god there is miss halpin to show us how to thrive and survive through all of our geek interactions.
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Summary: Hilarious and helpful
Review: This is a great book, I got one for my girlfriend and she loved it so I got additional copies for the wives and girlfriends of some of my friends. Thus far, everyone has enjoyed it.
The book is well-written, with a light, almost chatty style that really ropes you in and makes you keep reading. It also has an excellent and consistent format, something us geeks love.
Buy it for your non-geek friends so they can better understand you, then buy one for yourself so you can see when they're using the techniques in the book to manage you.
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Summary: Nothing like Stereo Instructions
Review: This is a great book, I got one for my girlfriend and she loved it so I got additional copies for the wives and girlfriends of some of my friends. Thus far, everyone has enjoyed it.
The book is well-written, with a light, almost chatty style that really ropes you in and makes you keep reading. It also has an excellent and consistent format, something us geeks love.
Buy it for your non-geek friends so they can better understand you, then buy one for yourself so you can see when they're using the techniques in the book to manage you.
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Summary: Really bad book
Review: This is the worst book i've read almost on any subject especially on geeks, first off you can read it in 20 minutes, it has almost no text in it, the size of the margins along with text size gives you from 5-8 words per line with an average of 13 lines per page (did i mention the images?) and 110 pages! (just for kicks check your favorite book and compare) Not only are there very few words, but the content is so bad, it hardly says anything, it reminds me of some people who are trying to explain something they dont understand, so the say 1,000 words which make no sense... and then spit on your face how knowledgable they are. For example seccion "1.4.5 Your Geek Child" is 20 lines long (which include 3 sections... features, known bugs and tips... in 20 lines) i'm sure you need more than that to raise your geek child, the worst thing is that later on the book she say's "on how to educate your child go to secction 1.4.5"... like if it actually said something!
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