- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Flamingo; New Ed edition (7 Oct 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0006548598
- ISBN-13: 978-0006548591
- Product Dimensions: 17.7 x 13.1 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 244,792 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Microserfs is not about Microsoft--it's about programmers who are searching for lives. A hilarious but frighteningly real look at geek life in the nineties, Coupland's book manifests a peculiar sense of how technology affects the human race and how it will continue to affect all of us. Microserfs is the hilarious journal of Dan, an ex-Microsoft programmer who, with his coder comrades, is on a quest to find purpose in life. This isn't just fodder for techies. The thoughts and fears of the not-so-stereotypical characters are easy for any of us to relate to, and their witty conversations and quirky view of the world make this a surprisingly thought-provoking book.
"... just think about the way high-tech cultures purposefully protract out the adolescence of their employees well into their late 20s, if not their early 30s," muses one programmer. "I mean, all those Nerf toys and free beverages! And the way tech firms won't even call work 'the office,' but instead, 'the campus'. It's sick and evil." END
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This novel takes the reader on-line into the brave new world of computer giant, Microsoft. There they meet the lost generation, struggling to get a life within a high-speed corporate environment.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Geek novel that is very readable,
By A Customer
This review is from: Microserfs (Paperback)
Although written in 1995, the book is very readable and not dated even after a decade. The book is a tale of a communal house of Microsoft coders who all want more that the work/sleep/work routine. They join a start up software company aimed at making a software Lego modelling program. Slowly their real lives develop. Plenty of non-tech humour as well as a few computer jokes. Written as though it is a diary some parts are moving which means the author managed to reel you into his imaginary world enough that you care about the characters. It is that good it makes me want to read his other books.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Techies of the world unite,
By A Customer
This review is from: Microserfs (Paperback)
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!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Vintage Coupland it isn't,
By Paul Waghorne (Gravesend, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Microserfs (Paperback)
A solid book but I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed what with it being a Coupland book. His writng doesn't flow like it does in previous books like Shampoo Planet and Generation X. I also feel that there are too many main charecters and it is a little difficult to remind yourself who is who. That said, there is still a lot to enjoy from this novel. Coupland is still one of the wittiest writers alive today and he has a great take on relationships, jobs and life in general. Great observations, as always. It is worth buying this book if you liked his other stuff but it is not a classic, regrettably.
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