The Tale of Billy the Bit
Reviews
From Niamh Carr
(Aged 10 years)
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Dear Mr. Don Johnson ( not the film star)
I have read your book Billy the Bit and I thought that it was brilliant I simply
couldn't put it down.
My favourite part was when Billy got drunk at the party. There were no parts
in it that I did not enjoy,
it was one of the best books that I have read in a long time and I read a lot of
books.
It is also very helpful because one day our teacher said that for homework we
had to pretend that we were
a piece of food and write a story about our journey through the the body. I
remembered how you had written
your book with all the different computer parts as characters and I did mine the
same except with body parts.
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From Andrea
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VERY CUTE. Fun and very infomative.
This is a great little book.
Its good fun, and has you wanting to lean more and more about little Billy the
Bit.
At the same time, you get a very good and simple explanation of the insides of
a computer. What or rather "WHO" does what, and how it all comes together.
I now think of Billy and all his friends whenever my pc starts to play up.
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From Iwan and Hannah
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"Well, they say that the greatest things come in small packages.
Congratulations, a truly excellent book.
I would doubt that all but a few Authors would have the power to shrink an
adult and child to the size of a micron. To take us safely, on a wonderful
educational and entertaining journey within a computer system.
Yet you have used your magic with compassion. Our mouths did go a little dry
with fear at some stages. Billy dared to be different and immediately won our
hearts. We feared for his fate as the hierarchy tried to enforce obedience,
without reasoning why - a common mistake.
I cannot say that I have the actually considered the internal workings of a
computer in such a microscopic and almost biological study. But your words
have had a lasting effect.
I often gaze out of the window while waiting for my brain to process an
equation. In these rather quantum moments, my attention somehow turns to
the large gray box in the corner. Amid its almost hypnotizing hard disk drives,
whining away, you can almost hear the clock cycles frantically pedaling
around.
A most educational and entreating read for all ages."
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Claire & Christian Blanchard
Niort, France
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We both read the tale of Billy the Bit and we enjoyed it. This book is highly
recommendable to everybody of any age. Those who want to know how a
computer works, foreigners who want to learn or perfect their english
language, as us, and all the others who wish to read a very good book !
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Reader's Report
for Manuscript submission
to Athena Press
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"This is such a clever book.
It is directed (but not exclusively; I enjoyed it) at a youngish readership, and
this is an age group tha is today eagerly embracing the computer culture. A
friend of mine told me the other day that he doen't need an IT consultant
because he has a nine year old who seems to be able to solve any problem he
may encounter.
THE TALE OF BILLY THE BIT is warm and witty, and it is really informative.
And if it can show the young computer buff that there is such a thing as a
book, and that the two are not in any way incompatible, then it will have done
a great job, besides providing entertainment and information.
Billy the Bit is original and creative, and we will be pleased to offer Don
Johnson a publication proposal".
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