In the Beginning...Was the Command Line
Author | : Neal Stephenson |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 2009-10-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780061832901 |
ISBN-13 | : 0061832901 |
Rating | : 4/5 (901 Downloads) |
Download or read book In the Beginning...Was the Command Line written by Neal Stephenson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.