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Post #1635144

2026-04-14 15:39 UTC

There's not much info online about Wired's brief (1996-7) foray into book publishing with HardWired, so I've put together what I can find along with a list of all their books, published and not. https://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2026/04/14/hardwired-wired-books/

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  • @philgyford@mastodon.social 2026-04-14 16:26

    I love filling "gaps in the internet" but I must admit it felt better when I was imagining it helping future web searchers, rather than padding out the knowledge of AIs.

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  • @stx@mastodon.scot 2026-04-14 15:48

    @philgyford@mastodon.social Oooh, I had most of them, remaindered in a high street book shop for pennies in the late 90s. Wish I could find Jargon Watch but I've still got the novels, both style guides, War & Peace, Bots & Burning Man.

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  • @pete@social.coop 2026-04-14 15:51

    @philgyford@mastodon.social I was a bookseller in 1998 running the pop science section and I have a memory of Wired being an imprint of a bigger publisher, possibly Penguin? I don’t recognise any of those titles and this is definitely a later venture, but I thought I’d throw those tired neurone records into the mix. edit: huh, they still are an imprint. https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/282306/wired

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  • @benbrown@masto.hackers.town 2026-04-14 16:28

    @philgyford@mastodon.social oh this is cool. I cherished my copy of Hotwired Style by Veen!

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  • @paulmison@sfba.social 2026-04-15 14:43

    @philgyford@mastodon.social I’m pretty sure the Hardwired edition of The Medium… somehow managed to offset the pages, so all the double page spreads were broken. I meant to check my copy, but between reading on the train and getting home I forgot.

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