Humour Books > Scott Adams Humour Books

Advantages: Very thought provoking
Disadvantages: Little short

Scott Adams most famous for his creation of the "Dilbert" comic strip, brings to us a fable that will make you think! According to Adams this book is for "people who like having their brains spun inside their skulls". Adams deliberately creates theories which are consistent with today's science and some false statements which are designed to sound true. He invites the reader to decipher these and make their own decisions about the theories contained ...
...you cant put down after the first few pages. It touches on some interesting theories on God, the universe, relationships, probability etc. After reading this book I was pondering over the ideas brought forward and creating my own from them. This book is nothing like Adams' Dilbert books it isn't meant to be humorous. However this book is very though provoking and well worth a read. This book is short and can be read in the space of a few hours (I ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent gift idea
Disadvantages: Only if you're a Dilbert fan!

...this particular one is called Random Acts of Catness and of course features Catbert. This book is only three and a quarter inches by three and three quarter inches in size and is about half an inch thick. It is hard backed with a protective dust cover. The front of the book and the dust cover are the same and show Catbert mischievously snatching a set of papers from (presumably) Dilbert’s outstretched hand. The background is a pretty shade of orange ...
...start of the book there is a ‘To’ and ‘From’ page so this would make a great stocking filler for Christmas. Anyway back to Catbert. He is the Human resources Director of Dilbert’s company, who enjoys taunting and tormenting the employees before downsizing them – remind you of anyone you work for? This funny little book is a series of cartoons following Catbert’s antics within the workplace. Here are a couple of examples to show the sort of humour. ... Read review

Advantages: very funny
Disadvantages: some American jargon

...David Brent managed to show the cringe worthiness of office life Scott Adams through his cartoon character Dilbert manages to show the absurd and ridiculous action of companies, managers and employees. Who is Dilbert? Dilbert is the comic strip creation of Scott Adams. Dilbert is an engineer and spends his days working in his cubicle. Hardly a role model employee Dilbert is always drawn wearing a short-sleeved shirt and a tie that turns up at the ...
...the nine years that he worked for Pacific Bell and also from the huge number of real life experiences that people post to him. The Content Adams has put together a book that begins with the theory that we are all idiots. He includes himself in this category highlighting his inability to change the batteries in his pager. He also justifies it with the example o when Kodak bought out a camera called the Weekender. Customers then called the support ... Read review

Advantages: Finding pranks you can use at work
Disadvantages: Some parts can be a bit boring

I came across this book when I borrowed it from my brother two years ago, I seem to still have it......oh well I'm sure he has another copy by now. It is written by Scott Adams who is the author of three other books, The Dilbert principle, Dogbert's top secret management handbook and The Dilbert future. This book is split up into 10 chapters each having different parts, they are - 1 - The joy of work - Happiness creates money Happy people get ...
...a stealth raise 2 - Managing your boss - Boss types Boss-managing strategies Avoiding being measured 3 - Reverse telecommuting - Internet connections Cubicle sex rumours Cubicle yoga More sleeping tips Multishirking Pretending to work Inventions needed 4 - Laughter at the expense of others - Yanking the chains of your co-workers Starting false rumours for fun Problems are entertainment in disguise Infecting your co-workers Wastebasket ... Read review

Advantages: Brilliantly minded political and sociological satire
Disadvantages: Very analytical and data based

If you are familiar to the prospect of office work in Britain it is likely that you are familiar to the comic strip exploits of Dilbert in many newspapers and books. The miserable yet hard working cynic has become an icon to all who have suffered the hardship of regular office work. In this book Dilbert’s creator Scott Adams turns his massively insightful mind to the prospect of the future. His original comic is one of the best loved in English ...
...had me in stitches at the most ordinary of lives dilemmas. The way he writes enables everyone to empathize with his struggles and his ideas to solve these problems are so clever we wonder why they haven’t been thought of already. Dilbert (Sunday Times comic strip on which the book is based) Dilbert is a hilarious tale of the trials and tribulations of an office worker faced with the demon that is technology, an idea that many can empathize ... Read review