In the Beginning . . . Was the Command Line
by Stephenson, Neal
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0380815931
- ISBN 13
- 9780380815937
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Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- The Book House - St. Louis (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 220207-MB50
- Title
- In the Beginning . . . Was the Command Line
- Author
- Stephenson, Neal
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0380815931
- ISBN 13
- 9780380815937
- Publisher
- Avon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Cyber, Culture, Computers, Technology, Snow, Crash, Cryptonomicon, Silicon, Valley, Internet, Business, Sociology