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Title: Computer Legends, Lies & Lore
Publisher: Ageless Pr
Publication Date: 1992
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0963517716
ISBN 13: 9780963517715
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This might be called a sequel to the earlier work, Computer Tales of Fact & Fantasy, but is much more ambitious. It's double the size of the first one, 352 pages as compared to 160 in Computer Tales. The stories of 37 authors as compared to 18: 5 of the 37 are prize winners of our international writing contest. This anthology will give all who read it an introduction into the world of computers through the eyes of the writers who either lived through the experiences they tell about or imagined them, vividly. You'll find biographies of every contributor. There's humor, horror, joy, frustration, fact and fiction. Not a how-to for dummies or anyone else; not a technical work.

About the Author

Iris Forrest, actually the editor, backed into this job because she and her writing friends couldn't find an outlet for their computer pieces. She came to this job with a background in theatre, law, photography, writing, dancing, transcendental meditation and producing. She's worked with computers since the early Kaypro days. As a kid of fifteen in summer stock she was asked to test for a new Howard Hughes movie, "The Outlaw", which made Jane Russell's career. (Forrest's father wouldn't permit the test! But many years later in Hollywood, on her honeymoon, she was offered a screen contract which she turned down.) She worked at the fledgling FM station WABF writing, acting and directing plays, produced off-Broadway and acted in radio, televison (U.S. Steel Hour, New York Confidential), movies (The FBI Story) and theatre. Her photography studio, across from the New York Times, enabled her to freelance for it. Forrest has always been an amateur writer, winning a contest for a book in eighth grade. She keeps up her memberships, for which she worked very hard, in Actors Equity, SAG and AFTRA. She created a career as an professional author in 1980 and has sold many pieces to newspapers, magazines and the internet.

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