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Summary: Bill knows
Review: Believing or not this is the end of the century. The book destroys every single save system, rufuses to tell you what is wrong even though it doesn't say anything else. The ideal author makes fun of us. We all follow Bill (servers!). He loves us and needs our waste. But at the end he tells us to roll the dice and believe in ourselves, in our missundestranding gray dreams and in our branded doubts. Thank god, mom and dad are always at the same address.

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Summary: Not worth your time.
Review: If you're tired of books about the cool, hip or romantic multimedia/computer industry this one will serve as the straw that breaks the camels back. Typical in the pretentia of anything trying to make GenX crap seem smart. I'd suggest avoiding anything in this genre, its all bull.

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Summary: Frightenly realistic...
Review: This book struck me as frighteningly realistic, because it IS me. I am the people in this book. Besides the minor point that I'm not employed at Microsoft, I have the same twisted, kind-of-a-nerd-but-still-a-person life that everyone in the book has. It's errie. But it's a great book, and it's just so relatable to me and my friend's lives... a must read!

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Summary: Couldn't put it down
Review: Who ever said a work of fiction has to be a literary masterpiece to be a 10? This book shouldn't be reviewed for character development or sentence structure, but for its ideas on technology and how it is changing society. This is Dilbert in the form of a novel. This is a microcosm of life in the 2000s, assuming geekdom becomes commonplace. Hilarious and thought-provoking. Don't miss it!

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Summary: For Geeks and non Geeks alike....
Review: Sitting in the office late on a saturday night, writing code, with a copy of this book by my side: how to get yourself a life in the Computer industry. Excellent - there is some hope for geeks, not just that they can and do have a real life, but also that other people will see them in a different light. A book that everyone who uses a computer should read before they slag off their software...

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Summary: Well worth the time.
Review: The book kepted reinforcing my belief that there are other people who see the world as I do. Yet the story hit me in the face with a pie, knocked me off my feet. I was expecting a different ending or two, and like life it gave me the ending that is least expected but most likly to happen. This a book which will make you stop and think about the bigger things in life!

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Summary: It is good.
Review: Damn! So many people have reviewed the hell out of this book. I had so many interesting things to say about the intriquing people Coupland writes about, but after reading all of the other lengthy reviews, will keep it plain: I loaned this book to a fellow teacher, and she returned it with a note which read, "I care about these people."

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Summary: The Best Book I Have Ever Read
Review: I had someone tell me once, that they saw Douglas Coupland's writing as similar to Jack Kerouac's. This made me want to stay away from his books, since I am not a fan of Kerouac in any way. But when I was pressed upon to read this book, I was so glad I did. It is not only a "90's techie geek story for Gen Xer's", but a compelling novel about friendship, relationships (or the lack thereof) and family. Coupland has a wonderful grasp of character, and I identified in some way with them all. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a good read

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Summary: A truly terrific novel.
Review: I couldn't put it down, and I cried at the end. I think it's the best thing I've read of Copeland's, and I liked all the others as well

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Summary: Coupland's hilarious book gives 90s view of life's meaning.
Review: While apparently telling us a story of geek programmers and the world of high tech, Douglas Coupland is actually writing about relationships and the search for connectedness. Beneath the laugh-out-loud humor, he explores the nineties view of every decade's concerns -- careers, religion, sexuality, and generational differences -- and reaches the happy conclusion that it's never too late to get a life. It's instructional for parents of gen-x-ers and fun for all. Highly recommended