In the Beginning...Was the Command Line, 9780380815937
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From the “New York Times” bestselling author of “Cryptonomicor” comes a hilarious commentary on computer operating systems and what they reveal about our culture. “(Stephenson) is the hacker Hemingway.”–“Newsweek.”

In the Beginning...Was the Command Line

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  • Paperback

    151 pages

  • Release Date

    9 November 1999

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Summary

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, &q…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780380815937
ISBN-10:0380815931
Author:Neal Stephenson
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint:Avon Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:151
Release Date:9 November 1999
Weight:249g
Dimensions:203mm x 146mm
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Critics Review

“A powerful voice of the cyber age.”–“USA Today”Stephenson is a literary visionary of the technological future.“–“Seattle Weekly”In the network world of the silicon samurai Stephenson is a big-time.“–“Cleveland Plain Dealer

About The Author

Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels Termination Shock, Fall; or, Dodge in Hell, The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (with Nicole Galland), Seveneves, Reamde, Anathem, The System of the World, The Confusion, Quicksilver, Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash, Zodiac, and the groundbreaking nonfiction work In the Beginning …Was the Command Line. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

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