Book Review: Idea Man: A Memoir by the Co-Founder of Microsoft by Paul Allen
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By Paul Allen
Portfolio; 368 pp; $27.95
You're not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but the jacket wrapped around is truly baffling. Circling the head of a middle-aged man with receding hair and hipster glasses are images of a guitar, a football helmet, a spaceship, a computer, and a large brain. The back features blurbs from eminences such as Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher, and Peter Gabriel. Is this a Costco (COST)-ready tome about a rocker-turned-cosmonaut-turned-fleeting-'80s-celebrity? Actually, it's the autobiography of Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft (MSFT).