Awakening from the 20th Century

Ellen Ullman has worked as a software engineer and consultant since 1978. Her writing has been published in Resisting the Virtual Life, Wired Women, and in Harper's Magazine, as well as at salon.com. She is a commentator on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered."

Author of Close to the Machine: Technophilia and its Discontents (Literature, Cyberculture) pub. City Lights Books 1997

"There are no crazed hackers here; no zen-master software moguls; no media stereotypes; just a wonderfully written book about Ullman's days and nights at the heart of the new machine. I recommend it with unfettered enthusiasm."
           - Jon Carroll, San Francisco Chronicle

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