Out of grad school, I worked as a tech writer for a while before going into computer coding for a living.
Richard PowersThe 'information novel' shouldn't be a curiosity. It should be absolutely mainstream.
Richard PowersMusic forecasts the past, recalls the future. Now and then the difference falls away, and in one simple gift of circling sound, the ear solves the scrambled cryptogram. One abiding rhythm, present and always, and you're free. But a few measures more, and the cloak of time closes back around you.
Richard PowersThe web: yet another total disorientation that becomes status quo without anyone realizing it.
Richard Powers