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Geek Mafia
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Fired from a job he hated at a company he loved, videogame designer Paul Reynolds is drowning his sorrows in late-morning margaritas when he meets an alluring, pink-haired conwoman named Chloe. With her gang of techno-pirate friends, Chloe helps Paul not only take revenge on his former employers, but also extort a small fortune from them in the process. What more could a recently unemployed, over-worked videogame designer in Silicon Valley ask for?
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r sandwiches on white bread she said, "So, tell me Paul, why are you getting fired tomorrow?"
"I'm not really entirely sure," he said, although this was a stalling tactic. He knew pretty well why he was getting fired; he just didn't quite know how to put it into words. It'd only been a couple of hours since his high school friend and CEO had told him what was happening. "I mean, they gave me reasons, but they're not really reasons. They're not things I did wrong."
"What does that mean? They didn't like your looks?"
"Yeah, basically," said Paul. "More to the point, they didn't like the look of how I was doing things. What I mean is, I'm not a tech guy right? I'm an artist and a writer. I'm used to working at home and scribbling away and meeting my deadlines. So when I helped start this company, I figured it would be mostly the same. I figured I'd sit in my office and do my work and hit my deadlines and go to my meetings and all that."
"But you didn't do that?" asked Chloe as she pla
This is weird - people either love this thing or hate it.
Yes, there were stylistic incongruities, and there were a few typos in the copy I downloaded, but...
The plot was excellent, for what it was, which is a story written to entertain. This is not Great Literature, and I am sure Mr. Dakan had no intention of it being read as such. This is escapist entertainment, to be sure, and should be taken on its own merits. Sure, the protagonist is no James Bond - but then he's not meant to be. He rang true to me as someone pushed into a situation that he couldn't understand.
For those who like complex plots on the verge of plausibility, techno background and a look at Silicon Valley's unique subculture, Geek Mafia is for you. For those who want an exquisite psychological portrait of 21st century angst, go somewhere else.
This book is a literary disaster. It lacks plot, interest, character development, cleverness, intrigue and intelligent writing. The first three-quarters of the book are filled with a monotonous drone of uninteresting events and information. After that, a few slightly less uninteresting events occur. The "hero" of the story is a loser that remains a loser and the "heroine" is predictable and unoriginal. Little effort is made to develop these character's basic attributes. The relationship that develops between the two characters is mostly unbelievable and boring, to say the least.
I loved it, and its sequel. Very entertaining, really draws you in. I liked the characters and the plot very much. Highly recommended!
Great book, I could put it down. I love the characters and character developments. Great plot twist, it really keeps you at the edge of your seat.
Love it.
Great series.
Very annoying book. Should be in the teen fiction section.
I like this book. In my opinion, the writer's style needs work, but that will improve with practice. This is a case were good story beats out writing style problems. I recommend this book to any geek, but everyone working in Network Security should read it.
Very boring: it does not have a plot, the characters do not have depth, nothing happens; even worse than Tom Clancy - but Clancy at least knows what he is writing about!
Great book from beginning to end. I had trouble putting it down, and when I did, all I could think of what the next twist was. Good character development. I hardly ever was confused by anything that was going on, which allowed me to enjoy the story more. I immediately started reading the second book, and I can only hope that it is half as good as this one was. I highly recommend Geek Mafia.
Interesting concept. However writing is somewhat loose, descriptions and dialogues could have been madea lot more terse. Character development was quite satisfactory. I would guess this book will make agood read for the 15-20-year-old age group.
Absolutely awesome book, with a great plot and an inspiration to Geeks that don't know what to do with their lives.
This book is just great. I would recommend it to anybody.
This definitely one of these little gems you stumble upon by chance one day,,,and which you'll keep safe.
Thanks for this one indeed!
Great book. I ended up spending most of Sunday reading it - couldn't really let it down.
The plot is fast paced, the characters are well made, and if you're a bit of a hacker yourself, you're definitely going to love it.
Highly recommended.
A very good read indeed.
A great plot, that for the first time in dozens of books, left me wandering to the final pages.
Worth the time to read.
An outstanding read. Top-notch character development, and it's always a pleasure watching the bad guys - who, in real life, and in fiction, are often the "better" guys - win. Big Pig rates this book 5 Oinks.
This is the first e-book I've read from manybooks.net. It was an excellent read. Fast-paced but thourough in development. You can't go wrong with this one! Highly recommended.
As soon as you think the story gets a bit heavy on leftist naiveté, it accelerates and takes you with it. I'm not sure if one can pull off the described stunts everywhere, and especially after 9/11 I have my doubts, but that doesn't change the full points for the book.
This is an absolute must read! If your looking for a book to pull you in, here it is... It's a fascinating tale with dramatic twists and turns that keep you on your toes and guessing at every turn. This captivating crew of geeks really know how to shake things up, they're quite a lively bunch of life livers, living it to the fullest, and living it off the grid... This book almost had me feeling envious for the life of this band of merry geeks.
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