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November 1, 2005
"I think that idiot bosses are timeless, and as long as there are annoying people in the world, I won't run out of material."—Scott Adams

Dilbert and the gang are back for this 26th collection, Thriving on Vague Objectives.

Adams has his finger on the pulse of cubicle dwellers across the globe. No one delivers more laughs or captures the reality of the 9 to 5 worker better than Dilbert, Dogbert, Catbert, and a cast of stupefying office stereotypes--which is why there are millions of fans of the Dilbert comic strip.

Dilbert is a techno-man stuck in a dead-end job (sound familiar?). Power-mad Dogbert strives to take over the world and enslave the humans. The most intelligent person in Dilbert's world is his trash collector, who knows everything about everything.

Artist and creator Scott Adams started Dilbert as a doodle when he worked as a bank teller. He continued doodling when he was upgraded to a cubicle for a major telecommunications company. His boss (no telling if he was pointy-haired or not) suggested the name Dilbert. Adams is so dead-on accurate in his depictions of office life that he has been accused of spying on Corporate America.


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Scott Adams was born in Windham, NY, and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1979. Scott has won multiple National Cartoonists Society Awards, and the Dilbert strip has received a Harvey Award and won the Max and Moritz Prize as best international comic strip.

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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (November 1, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0740755331
  • ISBN-13: 978-0740755330
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 8.6 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #524,248 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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.

 

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24 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Funny title, November 12, 2005
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I got this one because the title rings so true. Just the cover is worth getting the entire book.

This book contains cartoons from Dec 6/04 to Sept 11/05.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Thriving from vague objectives, January 29, 2006
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His 26th book in the series is the usual 40 weeks of the daily and Sunday comic strips; nice way to save all of his comics in a bound book.
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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great Dilbert collection, November 11, 2005
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Another Dilbert collection, another great Dilbert collection. Highly recommended, of course, if you work in an IT/IS/MIS department, or just in an office. They never get old, or out-of-date. Mr. Adams hasn't slowed down or backed off one bit - Ratbert the $100 million CEO-reject, multiple Wally updates, Dilbert and dating....

Another worthy addition to your Dilbert collection.
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