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About the Book

"The Social Network meets Hammer of the Gods" in this story of a 1990s web titan who made a fortune and lost it all--and what happened afterward (The Independent). One day in February 2001, Josh Harris woke to certain knowledge that he was about to lose everything. The man Time magazine called "The Warhol of the Web" was reduced to a helpless spectator as his fortune dwindled from 85 million dollars to nothing, all in the space of a week. Harris had been a maverick genius preternaturally adapted to the new online world. He founded New York's first dotcom, Pseudo.com, and paved the way for a cadre of twentysomethings to follow, riding a wave of tech euphoria to unimagined wealth and fame for five years--before the great dotcom crash, in which Web 1.0 was wiped from the face of the earth. Long before then, though, Harris's view of the web had darkened, and he began a series of lurid social experiments aimed at illustrating his worst fear: that the internet would soon alter the very fabric of society--cognitive, social, political, and otherwise. In Totally Wired, journalist Andrew Smith seeks to unravel the opaque and mysterious episodes of the early dotcom craze, in which the seeds of our current reality were sown. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Harris and those who worked alongside him in downtown Manhattan's "Silicon Alley," the tale moves from a compound in Ethiopia through New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, London, and Salt Lake City, Utah; from the dawn of the web to the present, taking in the rise of alternative facts, troll society, and the unexpected origins of the net itself, as our world has grown uncannily to resemble the one Harris predicted--and urged us to evade. "Raucous, whimsical, sad and very funny...a fascinating account of what could have been, what briefly was, what almost lasted." ―TheWall Street Journal "Told with verve and style...A valuable history." ―Kirkus Reviews "A brilliant exploration of madness and genius in the early days of the web."―The Guardian "Dark and compelling."―Daily Mail "This is a book whose time has come."―Sunday Times

About the Author :
Ever since Adam Lofbomm pressed Record on his Fisher-Price recorder back in 1984, he's been bringing worlds to life in words. Over the years, his passion for language inspired him to read broadly, write extensively, speak publicly, perform on-stage and on-camera, but when he stepped into the vocal booth for his first narration job in Seoul, Korea, back in 2006, all those many pieces just clicked into place. He realized then and there that voice acting was what he was made to do. Over the last eleven years working as a professional voice-over actor, Adam has had the great fortune to collaborate with some of the best publishers and organizations in the world. Whether or not Malcolm Gladwell was right when he said that ten-thousand hours will make you world-class at something, Adam did stop counting after he surpassed that milestone in 2016.

Review :
Praise from the UK for Totally Wired: "A brilliant exploration of madness and genius in the early days of the web"--Guardian "Dark and compelling. The counter culture tremor from which the social media earthquake erupted"--Daily Mail "The Social Network meets Hammer of the Gods via Warhol's Factory"--Independent "Effervescent and vivid...this is a book whose time has come."--Sunday Times "Fascinating...a slice of life never to be repeated...the first incarnation of the internet of the 1990s."--Observer Praise for Moondust: "Moondust is an inspired idea, immaculately executed: witty, affectionate, completely captivating." --WORD magazine "Highly entertaining...[Smith's] superb book is a fitting tribute to a unique band of 20th-century heroes." --GQ "[A] fascinating book... [Smith's] humour is underpinned by a sense of extreme danger." --Mail on Sunday, Book of the Week "A rich mix of cultural history, reportage and personal reflection." --Evening Standard "Forget flower power, the Beatles and Beach Boys...what made the 1960s an unforgettable decade was the conquest of space." --Guardian, Best Books of the Season "A crisply dramatic account." --Sunday Telegraph "An extraordinary book...as profoundly as any work of philosophy." --Uncut "Splendid!" --Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey "Fascinating...We know what happened inside the Apollo, but what went on inside the astronauts' minds? Extremely thought-provoking." --J. G. Ballard, author of Empire of the Sun and Memories of the Space Age


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  • ISBN-13: 9780802146977
  • Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Grove Press
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The Rise and Fall of the Great Dotcom Swindle
  • ISBN-10: 080214697X
  • Publisher Date: 12 Mar 2019
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 417


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