The Limbo Files (Paperback)

In 1985, when all the world was young and dot-matrix printers stalked the primeval swamps of computing, David Langford won his Hugo Award and began a long-running column for 8000 Plus magazine (later PCW Plus). This notoriously became the page readers turned to first. The magazine was devoted to the Amstrad PCW, a bestselling home computer that pioneered affordable word processing in Britain. Langford's popular column used this official subject as a launch pad for witty coverage of life, the universe and everything. Freelancing writing and how to survive it; science fiction (especially that); secrets of editors, manuscripts, indexes, submission letters and padding; serious and spoof advice columns; parodies of Adventure games, legal proceedings, noir fiction and more; causes, scams and literary horror stories; timeless satire on shabby practice in the computer industry; awful "Thog's Masterclass" lines from SF . . . Langford shows all the wit and skill that brought him 28 Hugo Awards.

General

Imprint:	Wildside Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2009
First published:	March 2009
Authors:	David Langford
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	188
ISBN-13:	978-0-8095-7324-0
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > History of engineering & technology Books > Computing & IT > General theory of computing > General
LSN:	0-8095-7324-5
Barcode:	9780809573240

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