{"product_id":"9781585428816","title":"The Internet is a Playground: Irreverent Correspondences of an Evil Online Genius","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"There is usually a fine line between genius and insanity, but in this case it has become very blurred. Some of the funniest and most clever writing I have read in years.\" (Terrance Fielding, \u003ci\u003eWIRED\u003c\/i\u003e magazine) \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I laughed so hard and uncontrollably I could hardly breathe. Reading this on public transport is not a good idea.\" (Penthouse magazine) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brilliantly funny.\" (Jezebel.com) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the notorious Internet troublemaker who brought the world the explosively popular \"Next Time I'll Spend the Money on Drugs Instead\", in which he attempted to pay his chiropractor with a picture he drew of a spider; \"Please Design a Logo for Me. With Pie Charts. For Free,\" which has been described as one of the most passed-on viral e-mails of all time; and, most recently, the staggeringly popular \"Missing Missy\", which has appeared everywhere from \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eJezebel\u003c\/i\u003e to Andrew Sullivan's \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Dish\u003c\/i\u003e, comes this profoundly funny collection of irreverent Internet mischief and comedy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing all of Thorne's viral success, including \"Missing Missy\", \u003ci\u003eThe Internet Is a Playground\u003c\/i\u003e culls together every article and e- mail from Thorne's wildly popular website 27bslash6.com, as well as enough new material, available only in these pages, to keep you laughing-and, indeed, crying-until Thorne's next stroke-of-genius prank. Or hilarious hoax. Or well-publicized almost-stint in jail (really).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034923909360,"sku":"9781585428816","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781585428816_p0.jpg?v=1763802565","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781585428816","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}