Electronic Life
by Michael Crichton
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0394534069
- ISBN 13
- 9780394534060
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
Item Price
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About This Item
Gray and black boards with silver writing on spine; author's initials embossed on front board and publisher's logo embossed on back board. Very slight discoloration at edges of boards; two repaired tears on top of front dust jacket and one repaired tear on top of back dust jacket. Some wrinkling to top and bottom of both front and back dust jacket; very slight shelf wear showing at top and bottom of dust jacket spine. FPT and $12./95 cover price on front dust jacket fold. Knopf First Edition; First Printing as indicated by "FIRST EDITION" and no other printings being listed on copy right page. Crichton's 1983 non-fiction book discussing and explaining about computers in that time period; interesting historical piece. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
Synopsis
Electronic Life is a 1983 non-fiction book by Michael Crichton, an author better known for his novels. The book was intended to introduce the idea of personal computers to a reader who might be faced with them at work or at home for the first time. It defined basic jargon and assured readers that they could master the machine when it inevitably arrived. Electronic Life is written as a glossary, with entries like "Afraid of Computers (everybody is)," "Buying a Computer," and "Computer Crime".
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- Bookseller
- Sherlock Joe's Book Hunting (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CRCH004
- Title
- Electronic Life
- Author
- Michael Crichton
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394534069
- ISBN 13
- 9780394534060
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 209
- Keywords
- michael crichton; electronic life how to think about computers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-Fiction;
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