{"product_id":"silicon-valley-reimagined-joseph-fortune-9781969944017","title":"Silicon Valley Reimagined: Illustrated Gadgets from an Alternate 1949","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn January 1949, the Benedetti Brothers \u0026amp; Co. of Santa Clara Valley published their latest home technology catalog. Inside: wireless telephones, portable radios, data wristwatches, and tabulating machines for the home - all available for immediate delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSilicon Valley Reimagined: Illustrated Gadgets from an Alternate 1949\u003c\/em\u003e presents a meticulously crafted product catalog from a timeline where the tech revolution arrived decades early. Each illustrated gadget carries the analog aesthetic of the postwar era - warm wood finishes, vacuum tubes, precision dials - wrapped around technology the real 1949 could never have imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplete with fictional manufacturers, period-accurate pricing, and 2025 equivalents that reveal just how far ahead of their time these devices were, this is alternate history told not through narrative, but through the everyday language of commerce - a catalog from a world that almost was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who love technology history, industrial design, speculative fiction, and the enduring question of what Silicon Valley might have looked like if someone had gotten there first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Fortune\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1969944013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781969944017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Epic Foundry Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.24d","brand":"Joseph Fortune","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48742991462655,"sku":"9781969944017","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/silicon-valley-reimagined-joseph-fortune-9781969944017","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}