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Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents
Ellen Ullman
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Description for Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents
Paperback. Close to the Machine, Ellen Ullman's cult classic memoir of the world of computers in the 1980s and early 1990s is an insight into a world we rarely see up-close but which permeates all of our lives ever more deeply. Includes a new introduction by Jaron Lanier, author of You are Not a Gadget (Penguin). Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BGBA; UM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 202.
Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents, Ellen Ullman's cult classic memoir of the world of computers in the 1980s and early 1990s, is an insight of a world we rarely see up close. "Astonishing... impossible to put down"San Francisco Chronicle "We see the seduction at the heart of programming: embedded in the hijinks and hieroglyphics are the esoteric mysteries of the human mind" — Wired Close to the Machine has become a cult classic: Ellen Ullman's humane, insightful, and beautifully written memoir explores the ever-complicating intersections between people and technology; the strange ecstasies of programming; ... Read more
Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents, Ellen Ullman's cult classic memoir of the world of computers in the 1980s and early 1990s, is an insight of a world we rarely see up close. "Astonishing... impossible to put down"San Francisco Chronicle "We see the seduction at the heart of programming: embedded in the hijinks and hieroglyphics are the esoteric mysteries of the human mind" — Wired Close to the Machine has become a cult classic: Ellen Ullman's humane, insightful, and beautifully written memoir explores the ever-complicating intersections between people and technology; the strange ecstasies of programming; ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908968135
SKU
V9781908968135
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About Ellen Ullman
Ellen Ullman's Close to the Machine, a memoir of her time as a software engineer during the early years of the internet revolution, became a cult classic and established her as a writer of considerable talent; with her second book, The Bug, she became an acclaimed and vital novelist; By Blood is her third. She lives in San Francisco.
Reviews for Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents
Part memoir, part techie mantra, part observation on the ever- changing world of computer science...[Ullman is] a strong woman standing up to, and facing down, 'obsolescence' in two different, particularly unforgiving worlds-modern technology and modern society
The New York Times Book Review
The New York Times Book Review