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Here's some books I'd recommend for those interested in the same subjects I am:
Computers
| Title | Author(s) | Publisher | Notes |
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| See MIPS Run | Dominic Sweetman | Morgan Kaufmann | The best introductory book I ever came across for any architecture. |
| The UNIX Programming Environment | Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike | Prentice Hall | Bar-none, the best UNIX introduction I ever saw. I wish I found this when first trying to learn UNIX... |
| The Art of Computer Programming | Donald E. Knuth | Addison-Wesley | If you're serious about programming, you need this set of books and fasciles. |
| LaTeX: A Document Preparation System (2nd ed.) | Leslie Lamport | Addison-Wesley | A good introduction, though you'll want more after this. |
| Advanced Compiler Design and Implementation | Steven S. Muchnick | Morgan Kaufmann | Throw away the "Dragon" book. You need this instead! |
| Design of the UNIX Operating System | Maurice J. Bach | Prentice Hall | Better, IMO, than the Design of the 4.4 BSD Operating System by quite a margin. |
| UNIX(R) Systems for Modern Architectures: Symmetric Multiprocessing and Caching for Kernel Programmers | Curt Schimmel | Addison-Wesley | A great book for anyone working at a low level in the system. |
| Games of Life | Karl Sigmund | Penguin USA | A very easy to read book that introduces game theory with a light-hearted and pleasant tone. This books can be used for grade-school kids! |
| Introduction to the Theory of Computation | Michael Sipser | Course Technology | The best introduction to computational theory and grammar parsing I've come across. Very easy to read and understand, recommended for anyone that finds their programs getting too complicated with state management. |
Science Fiction/Fantasy
| Title | Author(s) | Publisher | Notes |
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| The Ring of Fire Series | Eric Flint | Baen | Mature content in some, disturbing at places, but it's a good story. |
| The Book of the New Sun Series | Gene Wolfe | Orb Books | Same warning as above. |
| All the Way to the Gallows | David Drake, et.al. | Baen | A collection of short stories, it's a wonderful and relaxing read. |
| Snowcrash | Neal Stephenson | Bantam Books | Okay, the beginning's a bit painful, but hey. The rest of the book is a wonderful mix of ancient religions, future possibilities, historical wrongs, and pizza delivery. |
Other
| Title | Author(s) | Publisher | Notes |
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| Thus Spake Zarathustra | Friedrich Nietzsche | Various | Find a good translation, if you don't speak German. This is a wonderful novel that was twisted and re-interpreted to suit the needs of the Nazi Party during WWII. Try to see what he's really talking about. It's quite fascinating... and not about "race" or "religion" at all. |
| The Art of War | Sun Tsu | Various | You'll find many variations of the author's name, and many interpretations of his works, while looking around. It's still a good collection of advice and theory that's even being adapted for such things as business/economics as part of game theory. |
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