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In the Beginning... was the Command Line

In the Beginning... was the Command Line

In the Beginning... was the Command Line

In the Beginning... was the Command Line

by Neal Stephenson

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HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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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.

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Title
In the Beginning... was the Command Line
Author
Neal Stephenson
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Good
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ISBN 10
0380815931
ISBN 13
9780380815937
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1999

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