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Anyone read "The Future was Here"?

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http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/future-was-here

I got mixed reviews from this on Amazon, that the author is muddled about his praise and criticism of the Amiga and that it's mostly from the North American perspective.

But having just finished reading it, I quite liked it, and finally gave me closure about the Amiga, that it was great for the time but frankly, times move on and the Amiga was a major step closer to computing multimedia and we should see it like that.

I would recommend it, but I'm wondering if anyone else, especially from the Scene, has read it and what do you think?
added on the 2015-05-03 16:32:58 by Foebane72 Foebane72
I guess no-one reads books around here.
added on the 2015-05-04 11:04:54 by Foebane72 Foebane72
Yes, it's a good book - the chapter on the scene belongs to the better scholarship on the subject up to now.
added on the 2015-05-04 12:19:00 by dipswitch dipswitch
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Nope, absolutely noone


Then read the book above, it's the only Amiga book that seems to be in the mainstream.
added on the 2015-05-04 13:05:52 by Foebane72 Foebane72
i've read it as soon as it got out, and while I usually tend to be quite emotional when amiga is in question, this one did raise few emotions here and there, but didn't leave bigger mark with me.

actually, two years after I read it, i'm hardly remember anything from it.

not that i'll be throwing my copy away.
added on the 2015-05-04 13:23:29 by bonefish bonefish
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