Close to the Machine - Technophilia and Its Discontents

A cult classic memoir of the internet revolution, written by a female programmer living in San Francisco.

About the author

Ellen Ullman's Close to the Machine, 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, The Bug, she became an acclaimed and vital novelist; By Blood 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 Harper's, The New York Times, Salon, and Wired. She lives in San Francisco.

Product details

• Authors: Ellen Ullman, Ellen (Author) Ullman, Ullman Ellen
• Assisted by: Lanier Jaron (Introduction)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.08.2025
• EAN: 9781805331957
• ISBN: 978-1-80533-195-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business, Autobiography: business & industry, COMPUTERS / Software Development & Engineering / General, COMPUTERS / Programming / General, Computer programming / software engineering, Autobiography: business and industry, Computer Programming / Software Development