Hard, Soft and Wet [Lingua Inglese]: Digital Generation Comes of Age - Rilegato

McGrath, Melanie

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ISBN 10: 0002555867 ISBN 13: 9780002555869

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 1997

Riassunto

Who are the digital generation? This work answers this question by presenting a portrait of the millions of youngsters who live with and love the technology with which they are growing up. It explores their dreams, ambitions, aesthetics and asssumptions.

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L'autore

Melanie McGrath is the author of the highly acclaimed ‘Motel Nirvana’, which won the 1996 John Llewellyn Rhys ‘Mail on Sunday’ prize for the best new British writer under 35, and the bestselling ‘Silvertown’. ‘Hopping’ is her fifth book. She lives and works in London.

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"'Hard, Soft and Wet' is the story of one woman's love affair with digital culture, America, youth, modernity, a computer called Apple and a boy called Mac. McGrath is such a good writer that even a cynical Luddite like me could love her book. She has a sharp ear and eye for dialogue and detail and a nice dry sense of humour... She'd created a travel book that's all about looking for a faraway place called the future. 'Hard, Soft and Wet' represents a perfect match between form and content."
COSMO LANDESMAN

"From Internet cafes in Iceland to Moscow programmers making computer viruses, McGrath’s is as much a journey of self discovery as an exploration of a new technology and a new culture and is written with her usual grace, panache, and flashes of mordant humour."
KENAN MALIK, 'Independent on Sunday'

"In the spirit of participant observation, McGrath necks a pill at Tribal Gathering, buys some tunes and drifts through clubs like the Big Chill and the Electronic Lounge, digital hangouts like Ambient-Soho and Warwick University's Virtual Futures conference, scenes like Reclaim the Streets where post-rave counter-culture meshes with green activism. This is a warm, humorous and charming book, reflecting the author's own uncertainties about what the future holds. 'Hard, Soft and Wet' is a snapshot of a moment passing (Californian cyber-idealism) and a moment dawning (European post-rave DIY) and published at a point when corporate robber-barons are running land-grabs on cyberspace while the Net's utopian dreamers wonder whether to hitch a ride and grab some cash or remain on the fringes. It captures the vital chaos of the digital generation as it prepares to break into the mainstream – and that is an achievement"
MATTHEW COLLIN, 'i-D'

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• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0002555867
• ISBN 13: 9780002555869
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 320