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Life is tough and then you graduate: The second Piled Higher and Deeper Comic Strip Collection (Paperback)

by Jorge Cham (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

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"Jorge Cham makes the daily grind just a bit more tolerable" -- Stanford Magazine, July 2004

"Jorge Cham makes the daily grind just a bit more tolerable" --Stanford Magazine, July 2004

(Praise for Piled Higher and Deeper) "Hilarious." -- The Chronicle of Higher Education chronicle.com, August 2003

(Praise for Piled Higher and Deeper) "Hilarious." --The Chronicle of Higher Education chronicle.com, August 2003

You’ll laugh and wince at this smart comic strip, which feels your pain, your panic... and your departmental politics. -- USATODAY.com, June 2004

You’ll laugh and wince at this smart comic strip, which feels your pain, your panic... and your departmental politics. --USATODAY.com, June 2004

Product Description
This book is the second collection of the popular comic strip Piled Higher and Deeper, which chronicles life (or the lack thereof) in grad school. Includes the popular strip series "Procrastin-X", "Grad school makes you dumber", "The Thesis Zone" and Mike Slackenerny's improbable thesis defense. Bonus features include never-before published strips, author notes and a foreword by Karl Marx. Whether you managed to escape grad school, are struggling through it, or are thinking of applying to it, Piled Higher and Deeper will have you lauging and crying at the same time. Piled Higher and Deeper is published online at www.phdcomics.com, where it receives over 1.8 million page views a month from grad students all over the world.

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 152 pages
  • Publisher: Piled Higher and Deeper Publishing (April 18, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0972169520
  • ISBN-13: 978-0972169523
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #88,794 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Dark humor for graduate students, by a graduate student, March 9, 2006
There is scarcely a doubt that graduate school can be frustrating. Much as Dilbert captures such absurdities in the workplace, Jorge captures absurdities in the life of a few average grads. The boss is replaced by the advisor. And the cubicle by a ... cubicle.

If you have been in a graduate program, or have suffered through a "close" friend the trials and tribulations of being in one, you will come to love Jorge's sadly accurate description of our lives.

Highly recommended for honesty and wit.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious, Must Have, November 6, 2006
These comics are abolutely hilarious and a true representation of life in grad school. Slackerny and the crew saw me through many a dark hour of slugging away through "The Thesis". Go ahead and buy the books and quit wasting time on the lab computer reading these strips and get back to your research!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars PhD Life, sad but true! Part 2, August 28, 2006
That's the second book from Cham, and like the first one it catches all the aspects of a doctoral student. It's sad, it's hilarious, it's ironic, and it's so doctoral! I recognize myself in this.

If you have the first one, this is a must.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Not as funny as the first
I bought this for my lab and read it after I took a job as a professor. Not nearly as funny as when I read the earlier one while a grad student. Read more
Published 11 months ago by J. Davis

5.0 out of 5 stars you get it...or you don't... but PhD students WILL get it!
I read many mixed reviews: some are from people totally unfamiliar to the PhD and graduate school world. and just for that, they will not find it funny at all. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Sebastien

5.0 out of 5 stars Jorge did it again
I didn't know of the existence of this comic strip until Jorge Cham came to Georgia Tech... I think two years ago or so. Well, since then, I am a fan of it. Read more
Published 19 months ago by David Jimenez

5.0 out of 5 stars Even if you're not a grad student
It's fantastic to see several situations of your grad student life in this comic. Jorge Cham continue to express the voice of thousands master and phd students who claim for... Read more
Published 19 months ago by G. Sarria

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book ... but only people who have been in grad school will get the jokes
If you're a grad student you will find all kinds of situations in this book that mirror your life. What better than to be able to laugh at them?
Published on June 11, 2007 by Lucia Sanchez

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of money
Can't think of any reason to keep this book. It's just
not funny. I'm going to throw it away, something I've
never done before.
Published on May 12, 2007 by Grad Student

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Comic Strip for PHD students
pretty "accurate" funny description of life of PhD students, may not appear be funny to people who are not PhD students, because only had you been there could you understand what... Read more
Published on April 4, 2007 by C. Yao

5.0 out of 5 stars It's sad, it's funny, it's true, it's my lyfe
I love this strip. It's a portrait of the life of grad students in any area, in any university, in any country. I can't wait for the third book
Published on March 26, 2007 by Felix Salazar

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Book
Purchased for Christmas for my daughter - a PhD student. the entire family had alot of laughts with this book. Read more
Published on January 18, 2007 by Anne F. Rice

5.0 out of 5 stars very enjoyable
Love the first book, and it just keeps getting better! I cannot wait for a 3rd book, this comic strip is great!
Published on January 11, 2007 by Shaunna

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