Sign in with Facebook
Loading...
1st out of 102 books
—
82 voters
xkcd: volume 0
Randall Munroe describes xkcd as a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. While it's practically required reading in the geek community, xkcd fans are as varied as the comic's subject matter. This book creates laughs from science jokes on one page to relationship humor on another.
xkcd: volume 0 is the first book from the immensely popular webcomic with a passion...more
xkcd: volume 0 is the first book from the immensely popular webcomic with a passion...more
Paperback, 120 pages
Published
August 24th 2010
by Breadpig
(first published 2009)
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
Community Reviews
(showing
1-30
of
2,877)
I've been a big fan of xkcd for a couple of years now, and I still follow it's updates. Ever since the book was released, it's been on my "to buy" list.
For some people, buying a book of content that's already available for free on the internet seems insane. But it's worth it, to have a hard copy of the book, one you can pick up and read at any time. It's nice to have this collection on my book shelf.
That's not to say I don't have a couple of criticisms for the book; it's irregular size makes it...more
For some people, buying a book of content that's already available for free on the internet seems insane. But it's worth it, to have a hard copy of the book, one you can pick up and read at any time. It's nice to have this collection on my book shelf.
That's not to say I don't have a couple of criticisms for the book; it's irregular size makes it...more
This contains most of what I consider to be "classic" xkcd, in terms of the comics I remember reading, the comics that I reference outside of obvious xkcd contexts, and the comics I sometimes wear as shirts. For the most part I remembered the jokes, although a number of them were refreshers where they weren't ones I had referenced or thought of since reading through xkcd the first time.
My one complaint with the layout is that what used to be the mouseover text (a key component of xkcd's humor, a...more
My one complaint with the layout is that what used to be the mouseover text (a key component of xkcd's humor, a...more
XKCD, for the uninitiated, is a webcomic "drawn" by Randall Munroe. It features primarily stick figures and typically focuses on "nerdy" topics such as science, math, science fiction, Firefly, and the like.
XKCD: Volume 0 is the first collection of XKCD strips. Munroe selected the best of XKCD from the first 500 or so comics. He added a little commentary to a few strips and included some coded messages, which I didn't bother decoding. The book will no doubt delight XKCD fans.
I used to love XKCD,...more
XKCD: Volume 0 is the first collection of XKCD strips. Munroe selected the best of XKCD from the first 500 or so comics. He added a little commentary to a few strips and included some coded messages, which I didn't bother decoding. The book will no doubt delight XKCD fans.
I used to love XKCD,...more
2 likes · like · see review
Oh XKCD, how do I love thee? Well, for a start I have several framed XKCD cartoons hanging around the house, more as simple printouts on the fridge, the app on my iPhone and this gorgeous book of xkcd-osity on my bookshelves. It's the most intelligent and funniest cartoon out there today, where deep thought collides with blissful silliness and astonishingly expressive stick figures act it all out for us. I love it to bits and this book is great both as a treat for us fans and as a way to introdu...more
xkcd is one of my favourite web comics. Not that I'm following a whole lot of others; it's just on the top of a smallish stack. That said, the humour can be very hit or miss depending on the reader's mastery of the niche subject in question each time. The über math geek jokes fly right over my head but every so often I might be able to understand some of the not-too-obvious computer/internet or somewhat less specific science jokes. This can be very gratifying, therefore I think I can envision th...more
You've probably already heard of xkcd; if you read any internet forums or websites like Reddit and Digg there is a saying "There's always a relevant xkcd". This is absolutely true - think of any problem or situation and you can bet that Randall Munroe has written or drawn about it.
This means that the comic does appeal to everyone, even though it is marketed to those with a working knowledge of physics and maths. Its crossover ability makes it one of the top webcomics, and it also means it is one...more
This means that the comic does appeal to everyone, even though it is marketed to those with a working knowledge of physics and maths. Its crossover ability makes it one of the top webcomics, and it also means it is one...more
A selection of some of the best comics--they did manage to pick a few that were my personal favorites as well.
I'm glad they included the hovertext--often they are like the third panel of the comic. Since Cynthia already warned me about the hovertexts being ultra-tiny text hidden in random places, I didn't care when I read the comics. Possibly if I had not been forewarned, I would have been annoyed.
An odd side effect of reading xkcd: I love some of the comics--especially ones referencing sociol...more
I'm glad they included the hovertext--often they are like the third panel of the comic. Since Cynthia already warned me about the hovertexts being ultra-tiny text hidden in random places, I didn't care when I read the comics. Possibly if I had not been forewarned, I would have been annoyed.
An odd side effect of reading xkcd: I love some of the comics--especially ones referencing sociol...more
XKCD was an accidental discovery for me, after links to it started popping up in reference to 'unusual' jokes like people going after Richard M. Stallman with weapons and so on. Since then, XKCD has been an automatic must-read the moment new ones pop up on Randall Munroe's site.
Those expecting to see well drawn comics with 'generic' gags should skip XKCD; on this site, the jokes are in the way the comic is created, with the stick figures as a reference point for you to navigate Randall's creatio...more
Those expecting to see well drawn comics with 'generic' gags should skip XKCD; on this site, the jokes are in the way the comic is created, with the stick figures as a reference point for you to navigate Randall's creatio...more
El inefable xkcd sale en papel, y no puedo menos que agradecerle su dedicación comprándome un libro. Xkcd.com, para los que no lo conozcan, es un cómic mal dibujado sobre temas científicos y/o frikis, en general. El autor es físico y a veces su frikismo supera ampliamente el mío, pero otras me siento plenamente identificado y admiro el inmenso ingenio del autor.
Todas la viñetas que salen en el libro han sido publicadas previamente en la red. Lo único que añade el autor son algunos comentarios y...more
Todas la viñetas que salen en el libro han sido publicadas previamente en la red. Lo único que añade el autor son algunos comentarios y...more
Oct 01, 2011
Jean Tessier
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommended to Jean by:
Karl Dotter
Shelves:
leisure
I'm a big fan of the xkcd webcomic and a friend got me
this book.
You can read all the strips on the website, but the book had additional
scribbles and notes in the margins that give us a glimpse into the mind of their
author. Very geeky, always accurate, and some are definitely NSFW. Thoroughly
enjoyable and a great gift for your favorite geek.
The author also added all kinds of little puzzles around the strips for the
hard-core code breakers and problem solvers. Some are really easy to decode,
like th...more
this book.
You can read all the strips on the website, but the book had additional
scribbles and notes in the margins that give us a glimpse into the mind of their
author. Very geeky, always accurate, and some are definitely NSFW. Thoroughly
enjoyable and a great gift for your favorite geek.
The author also added all kinds of little puzzles around the strips for the
hard-core code breakers and problem solvers. Some are really easy to decode,
like th...more
For lovers of xkcd comics, this book is *must buy*. In my opinion, this would be a way of saying Thank you to Randall Munroe, for the great entertainment he has been providing throughout the years. The author clearly states that the comics in this book are the ones available on his website.
The book is what one could expect - a collection of his best comics, with the 'mouse over text' as notes. It's one thing reading the comic on a screen, and true book lovers would understand what it feels to ho...more
The book is what one could expect - a collection of his best comics, with the 'mouse over text' as notes. It's one thing reading the comic on a screen, and true book lovers would understand what it feels to ho...more
Randall Munroe got his degree in physics and went to work with the fine folks at NASA for a bit. He gave it all up to draw stick-figure webstrips three times a week. It was probably the best decision he could have made for himself and for geekdom. Seriously, if you haven't read xkcd and are reading this review, there's something wrong with you.
xkcd: volume 0 is a collection of most of his strips through 2008, along with some notes and puzzles he's written to go with. I got it as a part of the eb...more
xkcd: volume 0 is a collection of most of his strips through 2008, along with some notes and puzzles he's written to go with. I got it as a part of the eb...more
Beautiful book. And the proceeds have gone to build a school in Laos. Buy one from the xkcd Website. The NYTimes says:
"While Mr. Munroe conceded a nostalgic love of books, remembering how he devoured books of a favorite comic strip, Calvin & Hobbes, he said he is now a committed Kindle 2 user, preferring it to print. Still, he said: 'I have this urge. You want to print them out and put them up on places. There is something good about collecting them together.'"
quite!
"While Mr. Munroe conceded a nostalgic love of books, remembering how he devoured books of a favorite comic strip, Calvin & Hobbes, he said he is now a committed Kindle 2 user, preferring it to print. Still, he said: 'I have this urge. You want to print them out and put them up on places. There is something good about collecting them together.'"
quite!
I may have read all these comics before on XKCD, but that doesn't make the book any less enjoyable. The comics are normally outstandingly funny, but every once in a while Munroe writes little mini stories that can be quite interesting. With subjects like love, happiness, the universe, Pearl, open source software, and more, it's one of the surprisingly relate-able things out there for geeks and geek-adjacent to be able to latch on to and feel a connection with. I can't recommend it highly enough....more
I love the way this book's page numbers are in Base 3, that the volume starts with 0, that the revision level is a Fibonacci series, that the annotations are included (though hard to read because they are small) and because there is encrypted messages in red throughout the book.
And I never really liked math, but I love this series.
Why buy an XKCD book when it's free on the internet?
What will you do for fun when the power goes out, the zombie apocalypse is upon you and all that's left good in the...more
And I never really liked math, but I love this series.
Why buy an XKCD book when it's free on the internet?
What will you do for fun when the power goes out, the zombie apocalypse is upon you and all that's left good in the...more
It's XKCD, but in paper form. All the geekiness, none of the monitor eyestrain. Since the originals of some of the early strips are lost, so this isn't a straight chronological listing of strips, but a collection of Munroe's favourites. The tooltip texts are all present, usually inserted below the strip, or in between panels, and there is new stuff as well, with some being commentary on strips, some random doodles and some random-looking codes that are probably very funny if I could be bothered...more
The comics are as funny as ever but there are a few problems. Although the hover text (there may be a more technical name for it)is included, it's in unnecessarily tiny font and has inconsistent placement. Most of the time it's directly under the strip but sometimes it's between panels and more than once I really had to search for it because the font is so small it was easy to overlook.
I was also hoping for commentary with the comics. There is the occasional bit of commentary but it's very rare....more
I was also hoping for commentary with the comics. There is the occasional bit of commentary but it's very rare....more
xkcd volume 0 collects assorted strips chosen by the author from strips 1-600 of the webcomic.
Self described as "a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language," xkcd is a wildly popular comic that uses stick figure art and revels in "nerd humor." The best way to get a feel for whether you'll enjoy it is to visit the website and peruse for a while. While at times it can get too obscure and can be a bit hit and miss, in general it's highly entertaining and one of my favorite webcomics.
Volume...more
Self described as "a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language," xkcd is a wildly popular comic that uses stick figure art and revels in "nerd humor." The best way to get a feel for whether you'll enjoy it is to visit the website and peruse for a while. While at times it can get too obscure and can be a bit hit and miss, in general it's highly entertaining and one of my favorite webcomics.
Volume...more
This collection of the popular webcomic XKCD is fun to read even if you've been through the site's archive. Munroe adds extra jokes and annotations and even if he didn't the comic is so well done that I was thankful for an excuse to re-read some. If you haven't read the comic yet you can access it online to get a taste of it. I can't think of any better way to describe it than Munroe already has: a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Munroe used to work for NASA so when he says it'...more
I'm not geek enough to understand the math/science jokes in xkcd, but I do love the Firefly reference ones, and ones that make me smile wryly like this. Obviously, if you buy this book, you're paying for something that you can find easily online and for free -- and it's only a selection, and there's no guarantee that your favourite strips are in here... Still, it's a fun retrospective of xkcd and I found a couple I'd never come across before.
Randall Munroe knows it's audience. This is a fine selection of the comic's archive and the added comentary is simply great.
It includes a series of puzzles to solve, some of which are clues to solve a larger puzzle. It took the xkcd community near 5 months to solve it, so I'm glad I didn't try. Many clues even are in the comics themselves as some of them are subtly different from the ones in the archive.
All in all, a great compilation with amazing additional content.
It includes a series of puzzles to solve, some of which are clues to solve a larger puzzle. It took the xkcd community near 5 months to solve it, so I'm glad I didn't try. Many clues even are in the comics themselves as some of them are subtly different from the ones in the archive.
All in all, a great compilation with amazing additional content.
Part of the eBook humble bundle so I read through it. Because older strips were lost, this isn't a numerical collection but instead a Best Of xkcd. I should be sleeping at the moment so I don't quite have the time or brain capacity to satiate my MUST SOLVE THIS PUZZLE feeling towards the notes, but I've already got another tab with Wired's post on it, so.
Anyway, I'll probably get an actual dead tree edition eventually.
Anyway, I'll probably get an actual dead tree edition eventually.
This is an awesome book, it took me quite some time to fetch a copy since originally it could only be bought in the US and shipping to Europe was more expensive than the price of the book, but this was truly awesome. I actually wasn't allowed to read this book in bed since I couldn't stop laughing which was't appreciated by my wife. I sincerely hope 'volume 0' is an indication of more to come.
I was a math major in college, but that was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Wait. Isn't that the start to a Star Wars movie. Some of the humor was just way over my head. None of the jokes laughing so hard that I lost control of my bladder. But some of the jokes were good. I would tell you which ones I like, but that spoil it. In a couple of lunch hours you can whip though this book and get a few smiles and even a chuckle or two. But no way am I translating hex code.
Stick figure comic about math, physics, geekdom and life. What more could one possibly want?
Seriously, xkcd is on occasion quite brilliant and is then linked and quoted all over the internet. Which is probably where you should read it anyways, since this book doesn't really offer anything that you can't get at xkcd.com, apart from a couple of author's scribbles in the margins.
Seriously, xkcd is on occasion quite brilliant and is then linked and quoted all over the internet. Which is probably where you should read it anyways, since this book doesn't really offer anything that you can't get at xkcd.com, apart from a couple of author's scribbles in the margins.
Raccolta di vignette da www.xkcd.com, molto spesso difficili da capire per contesto e contenuto, ma estremamente ragionate e istruttive.
---
Pack of xkcd comic strips (from www.xkcd.com); often too hard to understand (to me at least) for content and context but extremely instructive and full of meaning.
---
Pack of xkcd comic strips (from www.xkcd.com); often too hard to understand (to me at least) for content and context but extremely instructive and full of meaning.
xkcd takip etmekten asla sıkılmadığım webcomiclerden birisi. Çoğunu ezbere biliyor olsam da kitabı okumak kesinlikle sıkmadı. Belki Randall'ın zekasından, belki de içine eklediği birtakım sürprizlerden dolayı, o kısmından tam emin değilim. Ama kesinlikle okunması ve el altında tutulması gereken bir kitap.
How did I miss this on the web???!
Ok I was an uninitiated xkcd person till last night, its witty funny and original and I me bloody love it. So I can only suggest you read it folks.
For what its worth though I love the flightless/flying ferret bit>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
end
Ok I was an uninitiated xkcd person till last night, its witty funny and original and I me bloody love it. So I can only suggest you read it folks.
For what its worth though I love the flightless/flying ferret bit>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
end
I learned that I'm not as smart as I think... some of these cartoons go way over my head, which is good. Now I've got to do some research and learn why the ones I miss are funny.
But the vast majority I do get, and are very funny. I think my favorite is the one about gaming with death.
But the vast majority I do get, and are very funny. I think my favorite is the one about gaming with death.
read this today and loved it
its a print edition of a free web comic and even the author says you're kind of foolish to buy it since it's free online... so i read it while at borders waiting for a book discussion about tigers wif
you can see the comic strip here
http://xkcd.com/627/
its a print edition of a free web comic and even the author says you're kind of foolish to buy it since it's free online... so i read it while at borders waiting for a book discussion about tigers wif
you can see the comic strip here
http://xkcd.com/627/
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This book in Sudamerica | 1 | 4 | Aug 31, 2012 01:08am |
Share This Book
No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now »
“Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out. You're curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. There are so many adventures that you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go.”
—
149 people liked it
“Sometimes I mistake this for a universe that cares.”
—
5 people liked it
More quotes…
Oct 12, 2012 11:46am