Over his four-decade career, Sid Meier has produced some of the world’s most popular videogames, including Sid Meier’s Civilization, which has sold more than 51 million units worldwide and accumulated more than one billion hours of play. Sid Meier’s Memoir! is the story of an obsessive young computer enthusiast who helped launch a multibillion-dollar industry. Writing with warmth and ironic humor, Meier describes the genesis of his influential studio, MicroProse, founded in 1982 after a trip to a Las Vegas arcade, and recounts the development of landmark games, from vintage classics like Pirates! and Railroad Tycoon, to Civilization and beyond.
“If you ever wished you could stay up all night and hear the most amazing stories from one of the world’s most creative people, Sid’s memoir is for you. This book is full of incredible tech history and deep insights into what it takes to make a world-class game. But most of all, I loved getting inside Sid’s brain and seeing things from his inventive and wise point of view.” — Jane McGonigal, author of the New York Times bestseller Reality is Broken: How Games Can Change the World and Make Us Better
“Careful and eloquent, honest and moving… Noonan’s work demonstrates why we should have the deepest respect and admiration for the parents.” — Dr. Andrey Rzhetsky, Pritzker Scholar, Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics, University of Chicago
“Jennifer Noonan picks up the gauntlet of Clara Claiborne Park and Bernard Rimland as devoted parents preparing for a marathon and finishing it… The book provides a guide path to those new to the world of autism, pioneers in their own right, as to what to expect and how best to proceed.” — Dr. Manuel F. Casanova, SmartState Endowed Chair in Childhood Neurotherapeutics, University of South Carolina
“I read every word because it was so well written, and I learned a good deal from it… Noonan’s book would be very valuable for parents with their first exposure to autism of any type.” — Dr. Sydney M. Finegold, Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, UCLA School of Medicine
Author’s note on neurodiversity