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In the Beginning...Was the Command Line

Neal Stephenson

3.8/5 ( ratings)

This is "the Word" -- one man's word, certainly -- about the art of the state of our computer-centric existence. And considering that the "one man" is Neal Stephenson, "the hacker Hemingway" -- acclaimed novelist, pragmatist, seer, nerd-friendly philosopher, and nationally bestselling author of groundbreaking literary works -- 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.

Language: English

Pages: 160

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: William Morrow

Release: October 13, 2009

In the Beginning...Was the Command Line

Neal Stephenson

3.8/5 ( ratings)

This is "the Word" -- one man's word, certainly -- about the art of the state of our computer-centric existence. And considering that the "one man" is Neal Stephenson, "the hacker Hemingway" -- acclaimed novelist, pragmatist, seer, nerd-friendly philosopher, and nationally bestselling author of groundbreaking literary works -- 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.

Language: English

Pages: 160

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: William Morrow

Release: October 13, 2009

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