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Sales Rank: 263098
Category: Book
Author: Lucy A. Snyder
Publisher: Creative Guy Publishing
Studio: Creative Guy Publishing
Manufacturer: Creative Guy Publishing
Label: Creative Guy Publishing
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 110
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.4
ISBN: 1894953479
EAN: 9781894953474
ASIN: 1894953479
Publication Date: October 15, 2007
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Product Description
Installing Linux on a Dead Badger (and Other Oddities) contains a dozen stories to amuse any fan of technology humor or science fictional dark comedy. Many of the stories are what Green Man Review has dubbed "cyberzombie humor"; the title story is one of the most popular features ever posted at the acclaimed science fiction magazine Strange Horizons. The satiric tales are accompanied by 14 black-and-white illustrations from DE Christman and Malcolm McClinton. Teen Linux gang mayhem. Trolls gone wild. A vampire's guide to management. Your corporate network and the forces of darkness. And much more ....
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Wacktastic September 1, 2008
It's wacky and funny. Cross genre humor explodes on the pages. Good read for zombie fans, Cthulhu fans, and first person shooter fans. Check it out!
Joss Whedon fans will love it August 27, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For a general audience this is probably a 3-star book, but for the target audience it is a solid five stars all the way. What audience is the target audience? Geeks. And not just any geeks, but the type of geeks that loved Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Firefly and can get into the humor of mixing the classic horror genre with modern tech support.
Anybody who has ever called in for technical support has to have wondered if the voice on the other end of the line might not have been an undead zombie. And those mysterious glitches in your network, that server that just seems to randomly go down all the time? It's got an infestation of pixies, so you need to buy yourself a fairy cat to catch them. That sort of thing happens when you have an aethernet setup in your building....
The book is very, very short. No worries about the jokes getting old and stale before their time. But I would say it is long enough for you not to feel like you have wasted your money on it. It's nicely concentrated, with the funny bits left in and the filler left out.
 Very Funny August 2, 2008
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Snyder is hilarious. Her use of characters and creatures from myths and legends, to re-depict IT situations by superimposing these beings from a supernatural realm onto real-life computer industry events, describes them in a new light, with tremendous insight and humour. The twelve articles collected here are fun for any Geek on your gift list.
The wit and wisdom displayed in this book are exceptional, with everything from step by step instructions on how to install Linux on a dead badger, to using your dead badger to fight zombies. This book has it all, from stories about IT helpdesks starting to staff with zombies to cut down on cost, to using vampires as supervisors to keep the zombies under control and working, to management having no brains to begin with so the zombies have no interest in eating them anyway.
Pick this book up for yourself, for your geek friends or anyone in IT or computer science; they will ROTFL while reading it.
Mildly Entertaining July 22, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I stumbled onto this book and it sounded interesting. There are quite a few short stories with references amongst each other. I didn't find it to be laugh-out-loud funny, but the "geek humor" did get me to crack a smile every now and then.
Note for parents: On the back cover it points out "Scattered Profanity" - and for a reason. If you are offended by profanity - or are buying this for a young teen you might want to consider that. The f-bomb is dropped at least once that I remember - you have been warned. Perhaps your local library might have a copy for you to look over before gifting?
Zombies, and Vampires, and LINUX - Oh my! May 1, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Lucy Snyder has one of the most unique voices in speculative fiction, and this book is an example of her at her best.
What Terry Prachett does for fantasy, what Douglas Adams did for S/F, what Christopher Moore does for horror, Lucy Snyder does for technogeekism. She twists it, she warps it, and she makes it side-splittingly funny. She is well on her way to creating a lexicon of humor that will have the whole Gen X and Y community feeling even more smug and geekier-than-thou.
The title piece in this collection is a beloved classic to the online crowd; anyone who's ever suffered through a technical manual will be at home with the zombie badgers.
This book also contains one of my favorite stories of all time, "In The Shadow of the Fryolator". Chick lit meets Cthulu via the brain of Lucy Snyder.
I highly recommend owning this book if you want to be cool.
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