Clues For The Clueless [Paperback]

Scott Adams (Author)

Book Description

Series: Dilbert Books (Paperback Andrews McMeel) | Publication Date: August 1, 1993

Dogbert, the domineering pet of a nerdy engineer in the nationally syndicated Dilbert comic strip, gives advice on such diverse niceties as elevator etiquette, rudeness warning signs, discouraging a serial talker, and knowing what to say about open zippers and bad hairpieces.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing; Original edition (August 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0836217373
• ISBN-13: 978-0836217377
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 7.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #979,036 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

What started as a doodle has turned Scott Adams into a superstar of the cartoon world. Dilbert debuted on the comics page in 1989 while Adams was in the tech department at Pacific Bell. Adams continued to work at Pacific Bell until he was voluntarily downsized in 1995. He has lived in the San Francisco Bay area since 1979.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good, good, now do this one!, May 24, 2002

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Lizzy (Ilklah' Moor B'ah T'at, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clues For The Clueless (Paperback)

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, ok, i think you get the message

The first real Dilbert book I read, and one of the funniest things in the history of printed media. So much so that my boyfriend offers it to me to read if i'm feeling sad, cos it's guaranteed to cheer me up every time.

As all the other reviews say, it's true-to-life, with spot on observations about just about everything you could imagine. But, rather than repeat all that, i'll include some tempting insights into the best bits:

"Sitting On Them" - the subtlety of the opening cartoon had me chuckling for ages

"Death" - "I said 'Honey, don't moon the cheetahs, they look fast'"

And my personal all-time favourite, that never ever becomes less funny...Coping with people who spit when they talk - build a cone of dryness. You have to see this cartoon. Really. You'll not regret it!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why Can't Scott Adams Be More Like This Now?, July 15, 2001

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David Yontz (Brentwood,TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clues For The Clueless (Paperback)

This is the third and probably the funniest Dilbert book out there! This book is so funny,you'll laugh out loud roughly every six seconds, it's hillarious and true to life. This book is not a normal Dilbert book either, rather then being just a collection of about nine months worth of daily and Sunday comics it's full of big ( one taking up a full page ) origninal strips specially made for this book featuring the master of wit and sarcasm Dogbert as he explains basic human ediquit in a hillarious and true to life manner. ( let's see how many times I can write the words " Hillarious " and true to life " ) Even though this book was obviously made as a clever market ploy by Scott Adams to get the strip off the ground and get a little more cash in his pocket ( in the early days the strip was not phenomana that it is today, infact sales were less then mediocre ) it's still clear that he had alot of fun making this book and you'll have alot of fun reading it. This book was made before Dilbert became a comic strictly composed of workplace humor so it focuses on all sorts of topics. Personally I wish the strip would be more like that now. I mean I think the office gags are really funny, but now that Scott has achieved his maximum popularity I wish he would go back to some of the old formula's again and have Dogbert make some clever sarcastic shemes again that don't have to do with bussiness consulting. So in short, if your a Dogbert fan or you've never even read the Dilbert comic or your a fan of sarcastic humor, or you just plain like buying stuff because it's out there then buy this book and prepare to be cheered up for about thirty-five minutes.

Hillarious and true to life!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dilbert before it got to be all about complaining about work, June 25, 2003

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DCpostdoc "DCpostdoc" (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clues For The Clueless (Paperback)

This is the book that got me originally hooked on Dilbert, and I still think it is Scott Adams' best work. The Dilbert strip, over the years, has gotten to be less about life as a well-meaning nerd, and more about the workplace, and I think a lot of very good humor has gotten lost. The humor here covers everything from dating etiquiette, to explaining why the extra fork is there, to dealing with insurance companies. Much more amusing than simply complaining about incompetent managers !