Geek Mafia
Geek Mafia
Free DownloadFired 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
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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.
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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.
04/25/2007
Absolutely awesome book, with a great plot and an inspiration to Geeks that don't know what to do with their lives.
04/22/2007
This book is just great. I would recommend it to anybody.
04/10/2007
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!
Thanks for this one indeed!
04/03/2007
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.
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.
04/02/2007
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.
A great plot, that for the first time in dozens of books, left me wandering to the final pages.
Worth the time to read.
04/01/2007
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.
03/21/2007
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.
03/20/2007
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.
03/18/2007
