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With a New Introduction by Jaron Lanier A Salon Best Book of the Year In 1997, the computer was still a relatively new tool---a sleek and unforgiving machine that was beyond the grasp of most users. With intimate and unflinching detail, software engineer Ellen Ullman examines the strange ecstasy of being at the forefront of the predominantly male technological revolution, and the difficulty of translating the inherent messiness of human life into artful and efficient code. Close to the Machine is an elegant and revelatory mediation on the dawn of the digital era. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Ellen Ullman is the author of , a Notable Book and runner-up for the PEN/Hemingway Award, and the cult classic memoir , based on her years as a rare female computer programmer in the early years of the personal computer era. She lives in San Francisco.
