Fire in the Valley, 3rd Edition

Praise for All Editions of Fire in the Valley

Things change over time, even when they don’t. When Fire in the Valley first came out in 1984, I was just discovering that these clunky little TVs with keyboards were better than Wite-Out, but the idea they might already have a history seemed a Warholian conceit. By the release of the second edition, they certainly had a history—and most who could operate them knew it. By then, I even had a bit part in it. Now…well, now this is a book about events that truly changed history. And it’s still pretty much the same book. What’s more, most of the millions whose worlds have been utterly transformed by bit-boxes don’t know a thing about their origins. But if you’re going to read one history book this decade, ...