First off, this book is worth reading. The style reminds me of Dave Barry and Richard Armor. It's a funny book. I've seen reviews calling it a novel, but I'm not sure about that. It's more of a long humorous essay, some of it satire on mores and sensibilities, modern society, science, and relationships, with a SF B movie plot underlying it all. I enjoyed the humor and the unconventional construction (it's part story, part manual, with illustrations and tables, too!). It certainly is different from most of the books I've been reading :-).
