Customer Reviews
Microserfs - By: gerty guinea, 22 Feb 2008 
I was very disappointed with this book - I loved JPod & 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 & 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, & 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 - By: N. E. Mathers, 23 Nov 2007 
In my opinion, this is Coupland's best, probably because I personally related to the main character most.
But a great story, well written & 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 - By: , 03 Nov 2005 Despite been a bit dated this book is still a classic, a very funny & almost poignant look at the tech industry. As a geek its very easy to relate to Dan & the others living the techy dream. Every geeky bloke (like myself) will fallin love with Karla the coolest geek girl ever!
Fun book - By: LFF12, 17 Jul 2005 I really enjoyed this book & was surprised to find that it hadn't really dated (except of course, it was written backin the days when option grants really were worth money & didn't just leave you marooned for years with worthless underwater options). Anyway I loved the eccentricity of the characters: the fads for "flat" foods, the long hours work, the familiar, god-like worship of the CEO (I've workedin at least one company with a similar mentality), & the emerging angst from the emptiness of it all.
Geek novel that is very readable - By: , 02 Feb 2005 
Although writtenin 1995, the book is very readable & 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.
