None were without fault but that is human nature. The world looked down on these men and their magical machines, yet they pushed on bravely. As far as I know, this is a factual recreation of men and the turmoils they faced in 1950s to the 1980s. No, this is a book for someone who is looking for a read that has imperfect characters to match this imperfect world.
:)įirst of all this is a book that is not for a person seeking a fictitious storyline that has perfect characters within. Though it doesn't cover exactly the same material, please read the Isaacson book instead.
it would rush through in an exhilarating rush." "., a numerical trait established early on by some random math hacker." Surely we're not calling Leonardo of Pisa ("Fibonacci"), the medieval mathematician about whom fairly little is known, a "random math hacker" are we? Incorrect and otherwise cringe-worthy snippets like this abound. I checked the written text to make sure that these were not themselves quotes, but were in fact the author's own words. Someone who knows that the emphasis does not always belong on the last noun phrase of the sentence.īelow are two quotes from this book. Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Mike Chamberlain? No, The Innovators by Walter Isaacson is a fantastic contribution in this space, though it focuses more on the hardware. Agent: James Levine, Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency.Has Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution turned you off from other books in this genre? It’s a remarkable outing, and readers will look forward to seeing what Hafner does next. The heartbreaking late reveal will take a second reading to fully sink in and pushes the troubled marriage genre to dizzying extremes.
Starting out as a lighthearted romance before taking an unsettling turn, this upsets expectations in the best way. She leaves him and he takes the boys on a bike trip to Italy, where a jaw-dropping twist ensues. They decide to foster two young boys, but when the Covid-19 pandemic hits and Ethan develops an overbearing attachment to them, his relationship with Barb disintegrates. Having lost his parents at an early age, he also fears becoming a father, but Barb changes his mind, only for them to discover after a year of trying to conceive that Ethan is sterile. They soon marry, though Ethan suspects he’s scored out of his league. While working as the chief technology officer at a startup in Philadelphia, Ethan meets Barb, a University of Pennsylvania grad student, and the two start dating. Journalist Hafner’s marvelous fiction debut centers on a socially awkward man’s neuroses about fatherhood.
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