The Devouring Fungus: Tales of the Computer Age

by Karla Jennings

Book Overview

Are you someone who'd use a RAM chip as fertilizer? Do you think that the best way to boot up a computer is with a steel toe? Then The Devouring Fungus is the book for you. Anyone who's ever had anything to do with computers--from the sophisticated hacker to the confused office worker to the unsuspecting parent who finally relented to the kid's demand for a PC--will find something here to chuckle about.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393307328
• ISBN13: 9780393307320
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Very funny; not just for computer people.

This book is a real find. It is in some ways a version of "urban legends", those funny/amazing stories that everyone swears are true, that it happened to a friend (or a friend of a friend), or that they heard about it from some other reliable source. The thing is, The Devouring Fungus has both real and legend-type stories. Besides the stories themselves -- certainly things you'll want to send along to friends and families -- the author weaves a nice narrative.