Technical Communication, May 1st, 1994
As technical communicators, few of us expect to write a best seller or to have our work reach extremely wide audiences. But one tech writer achieved that distinction two decades ago--Robert Pirsig. April 1994 marked the twentieth anniversary of the publication of his Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, a work that has picked up a following from an extremely diverse audience. I must admit that I'm a late-comer to this audience. When co-workers were touting the book soon after its publication (at least in its paperback version), I didn't jump. In fact, it took me about 15 years or so to...
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