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Microserfs
by Coupland, Douglas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0002244047
- ISBN 13
- 9780002244046
- Seller
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Tokyo, Japan
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About This Item
Harper Collins, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.The spine remains undamaged. Microserfs is not about Microsoft--it's about programmers who are searching for lives. A hilarious but frighteningly real look at geek life in the '90 's, Coupland's book manifests a peculiar sense of how technology affects th e human race and how it will continue to affect all of us. Microserfs is th e hilarious journal of Dan, an ex-Microsoft programmer who, with his coder comrades, is on a quest to find purpose in life. This isn't just fodder for techies. The thoughts and fears of the not-so-stereotypical characters are easy for any of us to relate to, and their witty conversations and quirky view of the world make this a surprisingly thought-provoking book. " ... just think about the way high-tech cultures purposefully protract out the adolescence of their employees well into their late 20s, if not their early 30s," muses one programmer. "I mean, all those Nerf toys and free beverages! And the way tech firms won't even call work 'the office,' but instead, 'the campus.' It's sick and evil.
Synopsis
Microserfs, published by HarperCollins in 1995, is an epistolary novel by Douglas Coupland. It first appeared in short story form as the cover article for the January 1994 issue of Wired magazine and was subsequently expanded to full novel length. Set in the early 1990s, it captures the state of the technology industry before Windows 95, and predicts the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s. The novel is presented in the form of diary entries maintained on a PowerBook by the narrator, Daniel.
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- Bookseller
- Infinity Books Japan
(JP)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000066209
- Title
- Microserfs
- Author
- Coupland, Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0002244047
- ISBN 13
- 9780002244046
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1995
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