TOTALLY WIRED: ON THE TRAIL OF THE GREAT DOTCOM SWINDLE
Book ID/图书代码： 11701212B58273
English Summary/英文概要： The story of the dotcom bubble, its tumultuous crash, and the visionary pioneer at its centre.
One morning in February 2001, Josh Harris woke to the certain knowledge that he was about to lose everything. The man Time magazine called ’The Warhol of the Web’ was now reduced to the role of helpless spectator as his personal fortune dwindled from 85 million dollars...to 50 million...to nothing. In the space of a week. If the mania attending those events is hard to recall, it’s because when the crash came, the dreams and expectations of those surreal few years were swept away with near Biblical inclemency: little more than a decade later they seem shrouded in a kind of pre-Millennial mist; might never have happened. How easy to forget that at the end of 1999, the world seemed to be spinning off its axis as a new one evolved before our eyes, with anything imaginable seeming to be possible, in real time...In his bestselling book Moondust Andrew Smith looked at the lives of the nine remaining Moonwalkers, how their exploits helped shape an era and how that era left its mark on them. In Totally Wired, he goes in search of the truth about one of the most extraordinary and mysterious events of the 20th century, the dotcom bubble of the 1990s, and draws a direct line from there to where we are now.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 有關互聯網泡沫、在互聯網領域的重災區引起的震撼和作者的遠見卓識。作者採訪互聯網時代興起初期的先鋒人物，為現代的發展給予前車之鑒。
2001年2月的一個早晨，Josh Harris，這位被美國《時代》週刊尊為“網路世界的沃霍爾”的人發覺自己要一敗塗地了。他的個人資產從8500萬美元縮水到5000萬美元，甚至歸零。就在一周的時間裡這個網路世界的藝術大師突然間覺得孤立無助。到底發生了什麼？
20世紀90年代中期，一群年輕人激情四射，覺得自己成為了一個新領域——虛擬網路世界的主人。在網路繁榮發展的時間裡，所有健全的金融機制都被拋棄了，以前無法想像的事情變得輕而易舉。這場青年革命對社會的變革是無與倫比的，比50年代，60、70、80年代的革命更加真實、深刻。
但是，就在這些投資者進入新千年的新興領域三個月之後，他們像從夢中醒來般開始不安緊張，就在一場巨大的金融危機之後，投資這們紛紛撤出投資，攜款逃離互聯網世界。這個繁盛的新領域就像消失了一樣。20世紀90年代一件重大的金融事件就是，為此，市場突然損失30億美元。互聯網發燒友們慢慢退出，為自己的驕傲自大、貪婪無知買單。
互聯網做為一個笑話的時代已經過去了，這奇怪的五年本不該發生，但對於互聯網投資者們，這對他們的震撼要比眼見的強烈得多。
在他的暢銷傳記《Moondust》中，Andrew Smith考察了9位在世的月球漫步者，他們的發現對新世紀的影響，以及這個新世紀對他們的影響。在本書中，他尋找著20世紀最偉大、最神秘事件的真相。20世紀90年代互聯網泡沫的真相。並描述了從那時一直發展到現代的互聯網發展史。（Celia）
Awards/获奖情况：“生動、活躍，這是時代需要的書。”——《星期日泰晤士報》
“描寫數位化時代繁榮和蕭條的行業傳記，對現下有極大的教育意義。在史密斯筆下，社會網路與上帝的斧錘子在沃霍爾的工廠相遇，史密斯用器械之父甘索的風格，準確地抓住了90年代互聯網文化的浮華無用。”——《獨立報》
“對網路發展初期的瘋狂和傑出成就的絕妙挖掘。”——《衛報》
“真是精彩有趣的一本書，這是一段回不去的美妙記憶，還配有趣聞軼事。”——《觀察者報》
“在他的第一本書《Moondust》中，史密斯採訪了在世的9位月球漫步者。在本書中，他又採訪了互聯網發展初期的開拓者們，為讀者描繪了又一個人類社會關鍵的歷史時刻。”——《金融時報》
’Effervescent...vivid...this is a book whose time has come’ - Sunday Times
’A high-energy romp through the digital boom-and-bust that has lessons for today...The Social Network meets Hammer of the Gods via Warhol’s Factory’ - Independent
’A brilliant exploration of madness and genius in the early days of the web’ - Guardian
’Dark...compelling...the counter-cultural tremor from which the social media earthquake erupted’ - Mail on Sunday
’Essential and thrilling...a vivid, engaging portrait of a gigantic, contradictory, infuriating character who helped create the present...A brilliant, funny, important book’ - Frank Cottrell Boyce, writer of ’24 Hour Party People’ and ’Millions’
’Fascinating...a slice of life never to be repeated...peppered with enjoyable anecdotes’ - Observer
’In his first book, Moondust, Smith interviewed the nine remaining astronauts who had walked on the moon; here he talks to the early internet pioneers to piece together another pivotal moment in human history’ - Financial Times
’It may be about a series of events that happened years ago, but it’s the first great analysis of the internet age’ --The National
’Effervescent...vivid...this is a book whose time has come’ --Sunday Times
’A high-energy romp through the digital boom-and-bust that has lessons for today...The Social Network meets Hammer of the Gods via Warhol’s Factory’ --Independent
About the Author/作者介绍： Andrew Smith 是一位英国记者，曾为《Melody Maker》、《The Face》、《The Sunday Times》、
《The Observer》写作。他为BBC4拍摄过两个纪录片，一个是他游历美国，探索登月第一人的个人故事“成为阿姆斯特朗”；以及“To Kill a Mockingbird at 50”，关于Harper Lee将Monroeville, Alabama写入小说后，此人的变化。
这两部纪录片的拍摄激发他开始写作。随后就推出《月尘：月球漫步者访谈》。讲述了他穿越美国各州，采访1969-1972年间登月的9位宇航员。这部个人故事和时代伟大事件相结合的传记立马成为畅销小说。他的新书《奇形怪狀的網路：互聯網騙局》讲述了互联网诞生过程，以及早年的互联网泡沫。
Andrew Smith is the author of the international bestseller Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth. As a journalist he has written for Melody Maker, The Face, The Sunday Times, and The Observer. He has also written and presented two documentaries for BBC Four, Being Neil Armstrong, and To Kill a Mockingbird at 50.
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