Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense
By: David L. Craddock
3.88
Format: 197 pages, Paperback
It is the Year 1994… In North America, turn-based strategy games were trampled by flashier video…
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1. The Windup Girl
By: Paolo Bacigalupi
3.84
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Anderson Lake is a company man, AgriGen's Calorie Man in Thailand. Under cover as a factory manager… read more
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2. Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1)
By: Margaret Weis , Tracy Hickman
4.01
Format: 444 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This Dungeons & Dragons-inspired fantasy adventure is the first installment in the beloved Dragonla… read more
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"There comes a time, Laurana, when you've got to risk your life for something you believe in -- something that means more than life itself."-Margaret Weis, Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1)
"And my eyes! I see through hourglass pupils and therefore I see time-as it affects all things. Even as I look at you now, Tanis," the mage whispered, "I see you dying, slowly, by inches. And so I see…"-Margaret Weis, Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1)
"Tas had been teasing Flint unmercifully all morning, calling him "Seamaster" and "Shipmate" asking him the price of fish, and how much he would charge to Ferry them back across the lake. Flint finall…"-Margaret Weis, Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1)
"He remembered a dog—the only living thing they found in the entire village—curled around the body of a dead child. Caramon stopped to pet the small dog. The animal cringed, then licked the big man’s …"-Margaret Weis, Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1)
3. Paper Girls, Vol. 1 (Paper Girls, #1)
By: Matthew Wilson , Brian K. Vaughan , Cliff Chiang
3.98
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
In the early hours after Halloween of 1988, four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls uncover the m… read more
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4. Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
By: Dan Simmons
4.27
Format: 500 pages, Mass Market Paperback
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature calle… read more
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"You have to live to really know things, my love"-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
"In such seconds of decision entire futures are made."-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
"The whole planet reeks of mysticism without revelation."-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
"The essence of honor lay in the moment of combat between equals."-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
5. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
By: Dave Thomas , Andy Hunt
3.28
Format: 404 pages, Paperback
-- Ward Cunningham Straight from the programming trenches, The Pragmatic Programmer cuts through th… read more
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6. Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
By: Wil Wheaton , David Kushner
3.99
Format: 11 pages, Paperback
Masters of Doomis the amazing true story of the Lennon and McCartney of video games: John Carmack a… read more
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7. Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)
By: Jim Butcher
3.90
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When we last left the mighty wizard detective Harry Dresden, he wasn't doing well. In fact, he had … read more
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8. Burning Chrome (Sprawl, #0)
By: William Gibson , Bruce Sterling
4.06
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
Ten tales, from the computer-enhanced hustlers of Johnny Mnemonic to the technofetishist blues of B… read more
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"It was hot, the night we burned Chrome."-William Gibson, Burning Chrome (Sprawl, #0)
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"It was one of those nights, I quickly decided, when you slip into an alternate continuum, a city that looks exactly like the one where you live, except for the peculiar difference that it contains no…"-William Gibson, Burning Chrome (Sprawl, #0)
"If poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world, science fiction writers are its court jesters. We are Wise Fools who can leap, caper, utter prophecies, and scratch ourselves in public. We c…"-William Gibson, Burning Chrome (Sprawl, #0)
9. Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
By: Sid Meier
4.19
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
The life and career of the legendary developer celebrated as the “godfather of computer gaming,” an… read more
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"In the right context, a game is not just a vehicle for fun, but an exercise in self-determination and confidence."-Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
"Separately is probably how I work best with everyone, to be honest. I'm an introvert who likes people: I want to collaborate on the whole, but do my part individually."-Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
"Whatever it is you want to be good at, you have to make sure you continue to read, and learn, and seek joy elsewhere, because you never know where inspiration will strike."-Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
"Games were not just a diversion, I realized. Games could make you feel. If great literature could would its power through nothing but black squiggles on a page, how much more could be done with movem…"-Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
10. Exhalation
By: Ted Chiang
4.28
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
In these nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories, Ted Chiang tackles some of hu… read more
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"The universe began as an enormous breath being held."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"I am not that air, I am the pattern that it assumed, temporarily."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so. I"-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"even if a universe’s life span is calculable, the variety of life that is generated within it is not."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
11. Doom Guy: Life in First Person
By: John Romero
4.31
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The inspiring, long-awaited autobiography of video-game designer and DOOM cocreator John Romero Jo… read more
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12. Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry
By: Jason Schreier
4.05
Format: 301 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling author of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels comes the next definitive, behind-the-scene… read more
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13. Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons (Game Histories)
By: Jon Peterson
4.09
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The story of the arcane table-top game that became a pop culture phenomenon and the long-running le… read more
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14. Paper Girls: The Complete Story
By: Brian K. Vaughan
4.33
Format: 800 pages, Paperback
Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang’s Eisner Award winning series Paper Girls is coming to Amazon Pri… read more
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15. How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself: 10 steps, just you and a computer
By: Matt Hackett
4.05
Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition
Unleash your creativity and bring your game ideas to life with How to Make a Video Game All By Your… read more
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16. Tabula Rasa: Volume 1
By: John McPhee
3.91
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A literary legend’s engaging review of his career, stressing the work he never completed, and why. … read more
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17. Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)
By: Chloe Gong
3.53
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
Every year, thousands in the kingdom of Talin will flock to its capital twin cities, San-Er, where … read more
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"This is tenderness. And she is more afraid of it than anything else"-Chloe Gong, Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)
"Given Anton's childhood, a natural assumption would be that he couldn't handle bloodshed. But blood is faultless. Blood is only a consequence. Better to draw blood before it can be drawn from you; be…"-Chloe Gong, Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)
18. The Art of Point-and-Click Adventure Games
By: Steve Jarrett
4.62
Format: 477 pages, Hardcover
A visual celebration of one of the most loved genres in gaming history, The Art of Point-and-Click … read more
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19. Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense
By: David L. Craddock
3.88
Format: 197 pages, Paperback
It is the Year 1994… In North America, turn-based strategy games were trampled by flashier video… read more
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20. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (Boss Fight Books, #26)
By: Gabe Durham
3.97
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
You’ve met with a terrible fate, haven’t you? Those grim words hang over the entirety of Majora Mas… read more
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21. The Story of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in Pixels
By: Chris Wilkins
4.07
Format: 236 pages, Paperback
In 1982 Sinclair Research Ltd, headed up by Clive Sinclair, launched the ZX Spectrum in the United … read more
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