Author
Katie Hafner
Katie Hafner is the American journalist whose Cyberpunk (1991, with John Markoff) and Where Wizards Stay Up Late (1996, with Matthew Lyon) are the two standard references on early hacker culture and the origins of the ARPANET. She covered technology for the New York Times for nearly two decades.
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Years active
1991-1996
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Our reviews of Katie Hafner's work
CYBERPUNK: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier, Revised
by Katie Hafner
Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier by Katie Hafner and John Markoff 1991 review. The 1991 nonfiction account of three early hackers (Kevin Mitnick, Pengo, Robert Morris) that helped define the public understanding of the hacker mythology.
Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet
by Katie Hafner
Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet by Katie Hafner 1996 review. The first serious history of ARPANET and the team at BBN that built it, written by reporters who actually talked to the engineers.
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Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet by Katie Hafner 1996 review. The first serious history of ARPANET and the team at BBN that built it, written by reporters who actually talked to the engineers.
Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier by Katie Hafner and John Markoff 1991 review. The 1991 nonfiction account of three early hackers (Kevin Mitnick, Pengo, Robert Morris) that helped define the public understanding of the hacker mythology.