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    Dave Barry in Cyberspace

    By Dave Barry

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    About this ebook

    "RELENTLESSLY FUNNY . . . BARRY SHINES."
    --People

    A self-professed computer geek who actually does Windows 95, bestselling humorist Dave Barry takes us on a hilarious hard drive via the information superhighway--and into the very heart of cyberspace, asking the provocative question: If God had wanted us to be concise, why give us so many fonts?

    Inside you'll find juicy bytes on


    How to Buy and Set Up a Computer; Step One: Get Valium
    Nerdstock in the Desert; Or: Bill Gates Is Elvis
    Software: Making Your Computer Come Alive So It Can Attack You
    Word Processing: How to Press an Enormous Number of Keys Without Ever Actually Writing Anything
    Selected Web Sites, including Cursing in Swedish, Deformed Frog Pictures, and The Toilets of Melbourne, Australia
    And much, much more!


    "VERY FUNNY . . . After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of the book as a kind of screen saver for your brain."
    --New York Times Book Review
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
    Release dateSep 29, 2010
    ISBN9780307758682
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    Dave Barry in Cyberspace
    Author

    Dave Barry

    Dave Barry is the author of more bestsellers than you can count on two hands, including Lessons from Lucy, Dave Barry’s Complete Guide to Guys, Dave Barry Turns Forty, and Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up. A wildly popular syndicated columnist best known for his booger jokes, Barry won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. He lives in Miami.

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    • 5/5
      [October 5, 1996] It's been a long time since I read something this funny. I guess being as familiar with Dave Barry's subject matter as I am, and being a long-time anti-fan of Bill Gates, Dave was bound to tickle my funny bone. My fellow passengers on the plane must have wondered what I had been smoking.
    • 3/5
      Extreme sarcasm and satire makes this one not so funny. The cyber romance, though was well done. I'm sure it would be better had Dave Barry been the narrator of the audio book.