The Bug by Ellen Ullman 1547
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from the evil-geniuses-for-a-better-tomorrow dept.
Never Rock Fila writes "On the front page of tomorrow's New York Times Book Review, a slightly breathless but overdue enthusiastic review of Ellen Ullman's new novel, The Bug. The review acknowledges that 'Ullman has already established herself as an indispensable voice out of the world of technology' -- if you haven't read her first book, a memoir, Close to the Machine, read that too -- and it's nice to see a mainstream publication like the Times, the gold standard of book reviews as I understand it, giving such prominent and positive attention to a novel by a former 'software engineer' that's all about getting inside the mind of a programmer, even concluding 'If more contemporary novels delivered news this relevant and wise they'd have to stop declaring the death of the novel.' The reviewer, one Benjamin Anastas, has the chops to develop a sustained comparison to Mary Shelley, to legitimately place the 1984 computer programmers at the center of the novel among 'all the best characters in fiction,' and to declare the book 'thrilling and intellectually fearless.'"
I loved her show on FOX (Score:0, Funny)
Wow. (Score:5, Funny)
Either us geeks are buying more books, or the mainstream population is getting brighter. Somehow, I think it's the former. American Idol is still on television.
Re:I loved her show on FOX (Score:4, Funny)
Golden standard? (Score:5, Funny)
I thought Oprah's book club was?
CSCI? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Solution to the NYT registration thing... (Score:2, Funny)
Strange review (Score:5, Funny)
I've read the review, it suck. Here it is
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Thanks for review NYTimes. Here's one book I won't buy : it's all about internet junk !
Too bad it's in the NYT (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Wow. (Score:1, Funny)
American Juniors, however, has taken its place.
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