{"product_id":"in-the-beginning-was-the-command-line-9780380815937","title":"In the Beginning...Was the Command Line","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neal Stephenson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.34w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780380815937\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/11\/1999 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/1999 pg. 587\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/1999 pg. 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephenson, Neal:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeal Stephenson\u003c\/b\u003e is the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of sixteen novels, including \u003ci\u003ePolostan\u003c\/i\u003e, the first novel in the Bomb Light series. He lives in Seattle, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Neal Stephenson \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":67750647038109,"sku":"9780380815937","price":21.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_d41003a4-0185-4137-afea-285567092c3a.jpg?v=1793173273","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/in-the-beginning-was-the-command-line-9780380815937","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}