Comments about oreilly Evil Geniuses in a Nutshell:

The User Friendly (UF) Comic Strip is about the saga

of a cast of characters who work at or are somehow involved

with Columbia Internet, a fictional Internet Service Provider.

This is the second of four (so far) book compilations

of the User Friendly comic strip.

What did you expect from the book?

Based on the title of the book,

I expected a humorous guide to world domination

in something like the format of an O'Reilly Nutshell book.

I also expected lots of User Friendly strips

and especially ones involving Cthulhu, Pitr and Crud Puppy,

who are all evil geniuses.

I expected to encounter some other evil geniuses as well,

for example, Bill Gates.

Did you get what you expected?

Well:

* The book is geeky funny.

* The book contains plenty of UF strips,

actually more than I expected.

* Pitr appears often.

However:

* The book doesn't focus on world domination.

* Cthulhu does not appear at all.

We don't see much of Crud Puppy either. Darn! :(

* The format is not that of a Nutshell book.

For example, there is no table of contents or index.

The book is very funny,

but it does not deliver fully on the title of the book.

I think it's time for a second edition

with more focussed content

and following, more closely, the format

of a typical O'Reilly Nutshell book.

Who's the book for?

The book is appropriate for geeks

and people interested in learning about geeks and geek culture.

[This review was written for Oakland.pm.]

Comments about oreilly Evil Geniuses in a Nutshell:

This book is da greatest. I'm becoming a evil geniuse Mwuahahahahaha. This book cracks me up anytime i read id. ALso it was practically impossible to find. Checked in 4 different book stores. They said it wasn't in stock. You should see wut kindaz tech questions i get:

How do I turn on the computer?

why does internet explorer crash so much? (microsoft product da)

Why do u know so muchabout computers? i'm a tech Geek da

Do u have a life? Nyet

Can i be a tech? not in ur dife

well i live in a world of stupids. wish coloumbia internet was real.

^_^

Evil geniuse

John

aka pitr disciple

Comments about oreilly Evil Geniuses in a Nutshell:

I've read UF for 2 years, and love it, i've got the UF book and love it, now i have this book, and guess what? I love it

And so do my rats :)

Byeeeee

Comments about oreilly Evil Geniuses in a Nutshell:

While I enjoy the cartoons, I was disapointed by the editing. The strips are not in chronological order, some are missing, and one has completely different dialog from the original (Feb. 17 1999.) Also it would be nice if the colour strips were printed in colour.