Hardback, 1st edition, signed by the author on title page, Near Fine in a Near Fine DJ; very slight shelf wear to boards and to DJ, no names or internal markings, 8vo., 250 pages., 0.0 0.0 0.0.

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Title: Data Smog : Surviving the Information Glut
Publisher: San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.: HarperSanFrancisco, 1997
Publication Date: 1997
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0060187018
ISBN 13: 9780060187019
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author

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Skillfully exploring the highly touted myth of the Information Age, a well-known commentator brings a balanced perspective to technology's ever-changing face and its sometimes invisible effects on culture as a whole. $25,000 ad/promo.

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Quite wonderful...a smart warning by a savvy afficionado of cyber-culture to be wary of too much of a good thing. (Orville Schell)

David Shenk's brilliant book names the problem, describes it, and - God bless him - offers us help in coping with it (Neil Postman)

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