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Neal Stephenson

Culture
Dec 1, 1996 12:00 PM

Mother Earth Mother Board

The hacker tourist ventures forth across the wide and wondrous
meatspace of three continents, chronicling the laying of the longest
wire on Earth.

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The hacker tourist ventures forth across the wide and wondrous
meatspace of three continents, chronicling the laying of the longest
wire on Earth.

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