The Root of All Evil #[nn]

A collected volume of J. D. Frazer's beloved User Friendly comic strip, The Root of All Evil arrives from O'Reilly with a cover that sets the tone perfectly — a bespectacled, slightly beleaguered tech-world character looms in the foreground while an enormous, ominous monolithic cube bearing the proclamation "100 Free Assimilations!" hovers menacingly over the Earth. Frazer, working under his pen name Illiad, brings sharp wit and a knowing affection for geek culture to every panel. For anyone who's ever survived a help desk, a server crash, or the siren call of a "free" software deal, this 2001 collection feels like it was made specifically for you.