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Liked It 1 of 1 members found this review helpful Rated 4 stars “When "Microserfs" hit, I was enthralled. It said a lot about my life: popular culture as I was a sprawling 20-something working with computers? C'est moi; second helping, please. Today, "jPod". I'm still in the same line of work, still surrounded by wonderful autists and Coupland sniffs most of...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 3 stars

  “I really liked the description of mildly autistic programmers and their hug simulation machine for the calming effect of hugging without the awkward human interaction :)
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  Aneta C wrote this review 5 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “This is a brilliant book for all the geeks, egg heads or fans of IT Crowd. The TV series didn't do this book justice. It is funny...quirky and hopefully destroys a brain cell along the way. This title is a good way to get into the flow of Douglas Coupland.”

  Mooniie wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “ i too would like to live in the hug machine.”

  katycoyote wrote this review Wednesday, November 11 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “Very entertaining. It reads like a tv show with wacky characters/situations, but better. I get the feeling Coupland's making all the jokes he wants to make in real life, and there's nothing wrong with that.”

  Ted A wrote this review Saturday, October 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “If you like The Office you'll like this.”

  Dan L wrote this review Thursday, October 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “my girlfriend let me borrow this book and i didnt think took much about it. however its such an awesome book :o reminds me a bit of fight club :o”

  Big Butt Bruce wrote this review Friday, September 25 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “The funniest book I've ever read.”

  Jarvis wrote this review Tuesday, September 22 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 2 stars

  “After reading this and Microserfs, I have to say that I'm not a fan of Coupland's works”

  Tom A wrote this review Friday, September 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 1 stars

  “Ugh, depressing. Couldn't finish it. Reminded me of a book version of 'The Office.@”

  Mama Red wrote this review Wednesday, September 2 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “I'm a techno geek too, but even some of this goes over my head.
  Not that bad though.”

  Paul A wrote this review Monday, August 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No