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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)
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[Original review, Jul 7 2015]
I am the coauthor of a peer-reviewed conference paper which cites an xkcd cartoon.
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Giacomo Bonanno's "Counterfactuals and the Prisoner's Dilemma" cites xkcd 1170. ...more
I am the coauthor of a peer-reviewed conference paper which cites an xkcd cartoon.
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[Update, Mar 18 2020]
Giacomo Bonanno's "Counterfactuals and the Prisoner's Dilemma" cites xkcd 1170. ...more
This is a well-known web comic with stick figures. It is also a very good indicator of your geekiness. If you understand and like some of the jokes (and you need to have a university-level math and physics classes under your belt for this), you are a geek. If you understand all of the jokes, you are a super-geek. Finally, if you are able to find an xkcd comic which is related to any particular life situation, you are an uber-geek; I kid you not, I saw people doing it.
My point is the following: ...more
My point is the following: ...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
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
The usual xkcd mix of some brilliant, some obscure, some esoteric, some ROFL, some geeky, some thoughtful, some knowing-smiley, some disgusting, some classic, and some sexkcd.
Oh, and the book's page numbers are in Base 3, there are encrypted messages in red throughout the book, the tooltip texts are all included, and all proceeds from this book go to charity. ...more
Oh, and the book's page numbers are in Base 3, there are encrypted messages in red throughout the book, the tooltip texts are all included, and all proceeds from this book go to charity. ...more
Cute, fast read. I'm not a computer/math/physics/chemistry science "nerd", but I got a surprising amount of the jokes in this. Made me laugh AND feel smart at the same time! 4.5 stars.
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The only thing that I got out of being an engineer is that I get to understand some of the comics in this book. Totally worth it XD.
Its always a pleasure to go back to these. Been reading them for years and some of them were pure nostalgia.
"This book is a collection of strips from xkcd, a free webcomic. I want to get that out of the way so you don't feel betrayed later when you realize you paid for a book of things that you could get for free from the Internet."
I actually got this book from the library, so don't worry about it.
Though, I may end up buying it. I love xkcd.
The book is exactly what it purports: a collection of xkcd comics in book form. Since you can all go to xkcd.com, I'm not going to write a true review of the book. ...more
I actually got this book from the library, so don't worry about it.
Though, I may end up buying it. I love xkcd.
The book is exactly what it purports: a collection of xkcd comics in book form. Since you can all go to xkcd.com, I'm not going to write a true review of the book. ...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.'"
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"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.'"
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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
I know well enough when I am swimming a little too far outside of my depth, but that is part of what I love about xkcd. The level of enthusiasm for math and science is contagious. When this is mixed with a great sense of humour and the odd existential crisis it creates something that is undeniably special.
xkcd web comic are funny if you understand the science behind it. They are one of the most geekiest things out there. I couldn't understand all of the comic strips & neither one should try to, simply enjoy the ones which you understand !
While reading this, I couldn't stop thinking about geek-i-ness of Randall Munroe :) ...more
While reading this, I couldn't stop thinking about geek-i-ness of Randall Munroe :) ...more
Very hit or mess unless you are very well-versed in science.
The perfect read for this rainy Sunday. Quick, clever, thought-provoking, and funny.
I AM OFFICIALLY IN LOVE
i couldn't get some of them cause i'm not that into science , and those that i got i didn't really like
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so many good comics in the book, love the way that the book is laid out with the alt text.
And I know it isn't really alt text, but that's what I've called it for years. So there. ...more
And I know it isn't really alt text, but that's what I've called it for years. So there. ...more
I have long been a fan of the XKCD web comic. I actually bought this book for my husband (who is also a big fan) right when it came out. I just finally sat down the other day and read it. It’s a collection of Munroe’s favorite XKCD comics. I definitely enjoyed reading it.
In the forward Munroe says he picked his favorite comics to put together in this first book. All proceeds from the book go to charity so that is pretty cool. You can read most of these comics on the web for free. However, there ...more
In the forward Munroe says he picked his favorite comics to put together in this first book. All proceeds from the book go to charity so that is pretty cool. You can read most of these comics on the web for free. However, there ...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
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
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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
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.
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I love this! I wish my fellow nerds in high school and I had had the chance to read this then. This is full of the kinds of humor I remember from physics class and the chess club. The page numbering is in base 3, even. I'll probably never figure out a lot of the little notations at the bottom of the pages, but that's all right. If you're a snarky, cynical nerd, this is for you.
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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. ...more
But the vast majority I do get, and are very funny. I think my favorite is the one about gaming with death. ...more
Who would have thought that stick figures commenting on life and mathematics would be this much fun? Granted some of the equations can be confusing, but overall a nicely simple look at existential thoughts on existence.
it might seem weird to read a book of comics that exists on the internet, but I've only read XKCD when it's forwarded to me. so I prefer them in book form, and curated. you need to be a math junkie to get all of the jokes, but either way, most are smart and funny... especially the captions.
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Jokes for the intellectuals. Some are inside jokes, but some are deeply awesome as the universe simulator made of sand and rocks sketch.
I laughed twice and smiled once. That's it. I'm sorry, I like you Mr. Munroe and I'll keep following xkcd, but you could've chosen way better stuff for this book. I know you could.
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