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Eboys
by Randall E Stross

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Author: Randall E Stross
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-04-11
ISBN: 1587991357
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Texere Publishing

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Book Review: Hubris meets Homoeroticism
Summary: 4 Stars

I give this book 4 stars for its inadvertently hysterical comedy. Everything you need to know to understand how the tech bubble formed and why it burst so dramatically is here--not in the story the author tells, but in the pseudo-macho, we-are-the-masters-of-the-universe, lets-measure-each-other's-penises subtext that runs throughout.

This is cultural history at its best. Not unlike the sex-ed books of the '50s and '60s that give us fascinating glimpses of the contemporary oppression of women, this book accidentally paints the late '90s silicon valley as the hotbed of homoeroticism that it was. The characters are greedy, hubris-filled, and completely blinded by the slightest scent of money--and the author worships their every move and utterance, seeing them as they see themselves: as gods among mere mortals.

There's not much here for the businessman, but plenty for the cultural historian.

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