| Gavin W. Burris on 8 Jun 2012 11:27:38 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] I need a book recommendation |
If you liked Snow Crash, I recommend these two books that recently blew my mind: Rainbows End - Vernor Vinge Accelerando (Singularity) - Charles Stross Cheers. On 06/08/2012 12:22 PM, Doug Stewart wrote: > If we're going to go the Stephenson route, there's nary a book of his > that I wouldn't recommend (at least those penned under his own name.) > > Snow Crash is a definite favorite of mine, as is Diamond Age. I'm in the > minority, but I loved Anathem. I'm only a third of the way through > REAMDE, but liking it. And I never did finish the third Baroque Cycle > book... > > -- > Doug Stewart > > On Jun 8, 2012, at 11:55 AM, Paul Walker <starsinmypockets@gmail.com > <mailto:starsinmypockets@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> Just finished Snowcrash by Neal Stephenson... cyberpunk classic that >> talks a lot about internet proliferation, 'virtual reality'/advanced >> UI topics, information architecture, software design, languages as >> virus etc - good fun. Once you open the scifi door, there's really >> just so much good relevant stuff.... I liked Cuckoo's Egg because it's >> very "on topic" from a Unix sysadmin perspective.. >> >> Paul >> >> On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Doug Stewart <zamoose@gmail.com >> <mailto:zamoose@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> I might also recommend "Daemon" by Suarez for pulpy spec-fic. >> >> >> >> -- >> Doug Stewart >> >> On Jun 8, 2012, at 10:09 AM, Julien Mills <julienfmills@yahoo.com >> <mailto:julienfmills@yahoo.com>> wrote: >> >>> >>> I read this book when I was a teenager and it made me want to >>> learn Unix. I studied philosophy in college but taught >>> myself Unix on the campus aix system at Carolina when I was a >>> student there. The funny thing is I didn't do anything with >>> my philosophy degree but now I do Linux webserver security as >>> a career. Go figure. >>> >>> Any other books, required reading for geeks, anyone can recommend? >>> >>> ___________________________________________________________________________ >>> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- >>> http://www.phillylinux.org >>> Announcements - >>> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >>> General Discussion -- >>> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- >> http://www.phillylinux.org >> Announcements - >> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >> General Discussion -- >> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- >> http://www.phillylinux.org >> Announcements - >> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >> General Discussion -- >> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug -- Gavin W. Burris Senior Systems Programmer Information Security and Unix Systems School of Arts and Sciences University of Pennsylvania ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug