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Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet

Hafner, Katie; Lyon, Matthew
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nonfiction history of technology past tense third limited POV ~374 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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intellectual technical optimistic

A nonfiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Action-forward.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 60
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 30
externalintrospective
Ending 70
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 10%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 0%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count93,605
Page count~374 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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