RANDY PAUSCH: THE LAST LECTURE

New York City, NY: Hyperion, 2008. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Hyperion, 2008. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 207 pages. Definitive version of the author's final lecture. One of the most valuable inspirational texts of our time. The First Hardcover Edition in its First Printing and First-State DJ. Published in a regular first print run by Hyperion as a hardcover original only that sold out upon publication. The book remains available in innumerable subsequent printings. The DJ design changed many, many times. Presents, in its true first format, Randy Pausch's "The Last Lecture". Encouraged and edited by Jeffrey Zaslow, the author's poignant and enlightening summing-up of the meaning of life, suffused with ironies that are not lost on the dying author. "A lot of professors give talks titled 'The Last Lecture'. Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy? When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last chance since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave - 'Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams' - wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because 'time is all you have, and you may find one day that you have less than you think'). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living. Randy Pausch has combined the humor, inspiration, and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. A book that will be shared for generations to come" (Jeffrey Zaslow). Among recently deceased American writers, only the lecture by David Foster Wallace, "This Is Water" (2009), probably comes close. "We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand" (Randy Pausch). An absolute "must-have" title for Randy Pausch collectors. This title is a great book. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing/First-State DJ available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: ALL other copies available online are in innumerable subsequent printings or have serious flaws. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 978140132X.