The Geek Handbook: User Guide and Documentation for the Geek in Your Life (Paperback)

by Mikki Halpin (Author) "The subtitle of this book is User Guide and Documentation for the Geek in Your Life..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

Review
Jon Katz The Geek Handbook has a vey helpful, even touching, quality to it. Geeks are now running the systems that run the world, and this handbook will help you live with them, work with them, and sometimes even love them. As Halpin points out so skillfully, that isn't always easy. -- Review

Product Description

He has reached every level of Myst. Her room is littered with soda cans. He idolizes Data from Star Trek®. But all your favorite geek really wants is to be understood....

Whether you're friends with a geek, work with one, love one, or hate one, The Geek Handbook provides handy instructions for analyzing and understanding all things geek, including:

How Your Geek Relates to Others
Geek organizations and gathering spots

Getting Your Geek to Exercise
Klingon™ martial arts as workout strategy

The Geek Diet
Soda, pizza, and other geek food groups; how to help your geek thrive

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Pocket (May 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671036866
• ISBN-13: 978-0671036867
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,184,297 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definative anthropological guide to geeks of all ages, June 15, 2000

By A Customer

This book is that rare and wonderful creation, a humor book that actually gives useful information about a sorely misunderstood segment of today's population. Mikki Halpin addresses the issues that pervade life with a geek, but in a gentle and humorous way without ever sounding patronizing. Now that the geeks run the world, thank god there is miss halpin to show us how to thrive and survive through all of our geek interactions.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Now I can use my geek wisely!, May 2, 2000

By	J. Davidson "dazzlingbetty" (Rhode Island, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have a geek, and thought Ms. Halpin's book would help me utilize him more effectively. I made a small mistake, though, and read the book in a public place before going home to apply its wisdom. You know those people laughing very very loudly and uncontrollably on the bus? That was me! Very, very funny book. Ms. Halpin really nails the geek type while, at the same, time, expressing deep respect and affection for geek culture and tendencies. The Geek Handbook is one of the funniest books I've read this year and and of itself, and truly does shed light on the possibly misunderstood or suboptimally applied geek in your life. Great book - recommend highly!

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Topical, Funny Read, April 27, 2000

By	Michael B. de Leeuw (New York) - See all my reviews

This book does not require much heavy lifting (either physically -- or intellectually), but it's often extremely funny and could become a big hit, since it describes people that we all know. I have a slight sense of uneasiness whenever I see such broad generalizations about any group of people. In this case it's tempered because Halpin's characterizations of geeks are spot-on and positive.