{"product_id":"close-to-the-machine-book-ellen-ullman-9781908968135","title":"Close to the Machine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eClose to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Astonishing... impossible to put down\"\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"We see the seduction at the heart of programming: embedded in the hijinks and hieroglyphics are the esoteric mysteries of the human mind\"\u003cbr\u003e— \u003cem\u003eWired\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eClose to the Machine\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a new introduction by Jaron Lanier, author of \u003cem\u003eYou Are Not a Gadget\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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\"\u003cbr\u003e— \u003cem\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen Ullman\u003c\/b\u003e's \u003cem\u003eClose to the Machine\u003c\/em\u003e, 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, \u003cem\u003eThe Bug\u003c\/em\u003e, she became an acclaimed and vital novelist; \u003cem\u003eBy Blood\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eHarper's\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSalon\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWired\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49533177725201,"sku":"GOR005144104","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49632813580561,"sku":"GOR005695714","price":14.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49736778318097,"sku":"NGR9781908968135","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51197693722897,"sku":"GOR008875470","price":16.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1908968133.jpg?v=1777628560","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/close-to-the-machine-book-ellen-ullman-9781908968135","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}