Zen is light on narrative, whimsically leading the reader through the creative renaissance of getting one's hands on a new and revolutionary tool. Each new program launched feels like a new spiritual insight; each click of the mouse another step on the path to Enlightenment.

Zen and the Art of the Macintosh raises black-and-white pixel art to such a high art form that I would gladly welcome its introduction into the Louvre. Though out of print, this book is well worth hunting down for anyone who loves beauty and computation in a very Bohemian, Moulin-Rouge kind of way.