Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9119 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Synopsis
From the acclaimed author of Hey Nostradamus! comes a wonderful comic novel with 'more one-liners than a decade of Woody Allen films' (Guardian), about the scramble for love and success in a brave new world...Bill is wise. Bill is kind. Bill is benevolent. Bill, Be My Friend...Please!At computer giant Microsoft, Dan, Susan, Abe, Todd and Bug are struggling to get a life. The job may be super cool, the pay may be astronomical, but they're heading nowhere, and however hard they work, however many shares they earn, they're never going to be as rich as Bill. And besides, with all the hours they're putting in, their best relationships are on e-mail. Something's got to give...

Customer Reviews

Microserfs
I was very disappointed with this book - I loved JPod and several of the reviews suggested that Microserfs was better. Not so. Both books involve techno geeks, but JPod also had a really good plot, fantastic characters and a lot of humour. Microserfs was just a boring series of random observations without any plot to hold the whole thing together - the balance was just completely wrong. The only bits I really enjoyed were the parts with Dan's parents, and Dan's girlfriend, (whose name I've forgotten already) was OK. I've given it 2 points because the ending was quite poignant, but overall I didn't really enjoy this book. Next stop Shampoo Planet...

Coupland's best
In my opinion, this is Coupland's best, probably because I personally related to the main character most.

But a great story, well written and genuinely funny. Really funny. Not those kind of small wry smile kind of laughs, but the ones out loud where you get embarrassed on the train kind of laughs.

You'll not regret reading this book.

Techies of the world unite
Despite been a bit dated this book is still a classic, a very funny and almost poignant look at the tech industry. As a geek its very easy to relate to Dan and the others living the techy dream. Every geeky bloke (like myself) will fall in love with Karla the coolest geek girl ever!