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Close to the Machine: Technophilia and its Discontents (Record no. 6068)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781908968135
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 005.10
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ullman, Ellen
9 (RLIN) 377551
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Close to the Machine: Technophilia and its Discontents
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Pushkin Press;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2013
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 208 Pages;
Other physical details Paperback
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. 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; the messiness of life and the artful efficiency of code. It is a deeply personal, prescient account of working at the forefront of computing. With a new introduction by Jaron Lanier, author of You Are Not a Gadget "By turns hilarious and sobering, this slim gem of a book chronicles the Silicon Valley way of life...full of delicately profound insights into work, money, love, and the search for a life that matters" - Newsweek 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. All three titles are published in the UK by Pushkin Press. Her essays and opinion pieces have been widely published in venues such as Harper's, The New York Times, Salon, and Wired. She lives in San Francisco.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Computer programming / Software Development
9 (RLIN) 377552
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Autobiography: Business & Industry
9 (RLIN) 377553
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Personal name Skeats, Clare
9 (RLIN) 377554
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Lahore Lahore Computing and the Internet 10/05/2016 3 6 005.10 PKLC017713 26/02/2020 07/02/2020 10/05/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Lahore Lahore Computing and the Internet 10/05/2016     005.10 PKLC017582 27/06/2016   27/06/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17