Microman

Description

127 pages
Contains Photos, Bibliography
$11.95
ISBN 1-55152-057-5
DDC 338.7'610053'092

Publisher

Year

1998

Contributor

Charles R. Crawford, a former associate professor of computer science at
York University, is a computer-programming and mathematics consultant.

Review

Microman is a recitation of facts about, and comments on, Bill Gates.
Although it covers some of Gates’s personal life, the book is not a
biography. Given that the narrative is in the second person (“In 1973,
you entered Harvard”), the author seems to be saying “If you were
Bill Gates, this is your past, this is what you think, this is how much
money you have,” and so on. The sources of quotes and statements are
almost always given and about 50 sources are listed in the bibliography.

The book is classified as humor. Most of it is very broad. A blurb on
the back cover promises a bonus flipbook portraying Bill Gates being hit
by a pie. Elsewhere the author strikes an attitude of petty envy.

Citation

McIntosh, I.B., “Microman,” Canadian Book Review Annual Online, accessed October 15, 2024, https://cbra.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/2625.