{"product_id":"the-limbo-files-by-david-langford-paperback","title":"The Limbo Files, by David Langford (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1985, when all the world was young and dot-matrix printers stalked the primeval swamps of computing, David Langford won his Hugo Award and began a long-running column for 8000 Plus magazine (later PCW Plus). This notoriously became the page readers turned to first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe magazine was devoted to the Amstrad PCW, a bestselling home computer that pioneered affordable word processing in Britain. Langford's popular column used this official subject as a launch pad for witty coverage of life, the universe and everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFreelancing writing and how to survive it; science fiction (especially that); secrets of editors, manuscripts, indexes, submission letters and padding; serious and spoof advice columns; parodies of Adventure games, legal proceedings, noir fiction and more; causes, scams and literary horror stories; timeless satire on shabby practice in the computer industry; awful \"Thog's Masterclass\" lines from SF . . . Langford shows all the wit and skill that brought him 28 Hugo Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildside Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43184977150161,"sku":"9780809573240","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/5981\/5377\/files\/9780809573240_FC.jpg?v=1784120439","url":"https:\/\/startlingstories.us\/products\/the-limbo-files-by-david-langford-paperback","provider":"Startling Stories","version":"1.0","type":"link"}