Geek Sublime
Writing Fiction, Coding Software
(Sprache: Englisch)
Geek Sublime: Writing Fiction, Coding Software by Vikram Chandra is an examination of the Indian genius for coding, told through the secret computer programming career of the acclaimed literary novelist, Chandra himself.
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Geek Sublime: Writing Fiction, Coding Software by Vikram Chandra is an examination of the Indian genius for coding, told through the secret computer programming career of the acclaimed literary novelist, Chandra himself.
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A great novelist on his twin obsessions: writing and coding. What is the relationship between the two? Is there such a thing as the sublime in code? Can we ascribe beauty to the craft of coding?Vikram Chandra is the award-winning author of two acclaimed novels and a collection of short stories - and has been a computer programmer for almost as long as he has been a writer. In his extraordinary new book he looks at the connection between these two worlds of art and technology. Coders are obsessed with elegance and style, just as writers are, but do the words mean the same thing to both? And is it a coincidence that Chandra is drawn to two seemingly opposing ways of thinking?
Exploring these questions, Chandra creates an idiosyncratic history of coding - exploring such varied topics as logic gates and literary modernism, the male machismo of geeks, the striking presence of an 'Indian Mafia' in Silicon Valley, and the writings of Abhinavagupta, the 10th - 11th century Kashmiri thinker. Part technology story and part memoir, Geek Sublime is a book of sweeping ideas. It is a heady and utterly original work.
Autoren-Porträt von Vikram Chandra
Vikram Chandra wurde 1961 in Neu Delhi geboren. Er besuchte das Ponoma College in den USA und studierte an der Filmschule der Columbia University, an der Hopkins University und der University of Houston. Gegenwärtig unterrichtet er Creative Writing an der George Washington University. Vikram Chandra lebt in Indien und den USA. Für seine Bücher wurde er bereits mit zahlreichen Preisen ausgezeichnet.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Vikram Chandra
- 2014, Main, 272 Seiten, Maße: 12,8 x 21,1 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Faber & Faber, London
- ISBN-10: 0571310303
- ISBN-13: 9780571310302
- Erscheinungsdatum: 21.01.2014
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
A thought-provoking set of linked essays that are part memoir, part analysis of geeks, part aesthetic treasure. If that makes the book sound a bit incoherent, it is nothing of the sort. It is a delight to read and never prescriptive. Iain Pears Daily Telegraph
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