This is "the Word" -- one man's word, certainly -- about the art (and artifice) of the state of our computer-centric existence. And considering that the "one man" is Neal Stephenson, "the hacker Hemingway" (Newsweek) -- acclaimed novelist, pragmatist, seer, nerd-friendly philosopher, and nationally bestselling author of groundbreaking literary works (Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, etc., etc.) -- the word is well worth hearing. Mostly well-reasoned examination and partial rant, Stephenson's In the Beginning... was the Command Line is a thoughtful, irreverent, hilarious treatise on the cyber-culture past and present; on operating system tyrannies and downloaded popular revolutions; on the Internet, Disney World, Big Bangs, not to mention the meaning of life itself.
In the Beginning...was the Command Line
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Author: Stephenson, Neal
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780380815937
Details:
Author: Stephenson, Neal
Brand: William Morrow & Company
Color: Multicolor
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 160
Release Date: 09-11-1999
Part Number: 0380815931_used
Package Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780380815937
