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OverviewThis 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Neal StephensonPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc Imprint: Avon Books Dimensions: Width: 14.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.249kg ISBN: 9780380815937ISBN 10: 0380815931 Pages: 151 Publication Date: 11 August 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsA powerful voice of the cyber age. -- USA Today Stephenson is a literary visionary of the technological future. -- Seattle Weekly In the network world of the silicon samurai Stephenson is a big-time. -- Cleveland Plain Dealer ""A powerful voice of the cyber age.""--""USA Today""Stephenson is a literary visionary of the technological future.""--""Seattle Weekly""In the network world of the silicon samurai Stephenson is a big-time.""--""Cleveland Plain Dealer """A powerful voice of the cyber age.""--""USA Today""Stephenson is a literary visionary of the technological future.""--""Seattle Weekly""In the network world of the silicon samurai Stephenson is a big-time.""--""Cleveland Plain Dealer" Author InformationNeal Stephenson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels Termination Shock, Fall; or, Dodge in Hell, The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (with Nicole Galland), Seveneves, Reamde, Anathem, The System of the World, The Confusion, Quicksilver, Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash, Zodiac, and the groundbreaking nonfiction work In the Beginning . . .Was the Command Line. He lives in Seattle, Washington. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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