Back into the Storm: A Design Engineer's Story of Commodore Computers in the 1980s
By: Bil Herd
4.33
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
By: Charles Petzold
4.39
Format: 396 pages, Paperback
What do flashlights, the British invasion, black cats, and seesaws have to do with computers? In CO… read more
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"Programming in machine code is like eating with a toothpick."-Charles Petzold, Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
"Yes, the earth is a massive conductor of electricity, but it can also be viewed as both a source of electrons and a repository for electrons. The earth is to electrons as an ocean is to drops of wate…"-Charles Petzold, Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
"Code is not like other how-computers-work books. It doesn't have big color illustrations of disk drives with arrows showing how the data sweeps into the computer. Code has no drawings of trains carry…"-Charles Petzold, Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
2. The Mongoliad: Book One (Foreworld, #1)
By: Greg Bear , Neal Stephenson , E.D. deBirmingham , Mark Teppo , Erik Bear , Joseph Brassey , Cooper Moo
3.53
Format: 490 pages, Kindle Edition
The first novel to be released in The Foreworld Saga, The Mongoliad: Book One, is an epic-within-an… read more
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"War did not just level, it plowed the field, raising the muck and sinking the stubble."-Greg Bear, The Mongoliad: Book One (Foreworld, #1)
"Every true heart needed a pragmatic counterweight, and every cynic an idealist to lift his spirits."-Greg Bear, The Mongoliad: Book One (Foreworld, #1)
3. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
By: Steven Levy
4.16
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
A mere fifteen years ago, computer nerds were seen as marginal weirdos, outsiders whose world would… read more
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4. Anansi Boys
By: Neil Gaiman
4.30
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
God is dead. Meet the kids. Fat Charlie Nancy's normal life ended the moment his father dropped dea… read more
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5. The Wandering Earth
By: Liu Cixin , Holger Nahm , None , None
3.73
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
First published in Science Fiction World, July 2000. I've never seen the night, nor seen a star; I'… read more
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6. Influx
By: Daniel Suarez
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Physicist Jon Grady and his team have discovered a device that can reflect gravity--a triumph that … read more
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7. Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
By: Ian Fleming
3.74
Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
British Secret Service agent James Bond, a.k.a. 007, is sent to France to play in a high-stakes bac… read more
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"Mine’s Bond – James Bond."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
"Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
"In his mind he fingered the necklace of the days to come."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
"Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
8. The Mongoliad: Book Two (Foreworld, #2)
By: Greg Bear , Neal Stephenson , Mark Teppo , Nicole Galland , Mike Grell , Erik Bear , Joseph Brassey , Cooper Moo
4.24
Format: 185 pages, Kindle Edition
The Mongoliad began as a social media experiment, combining serial story-telling with a unique leve… read more
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9. On the Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore
By: Brian Bagnall
4.35
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Filled with first-hand accounts of ambition, greed, and inspired engineering, this history of the p… read more
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10. The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
By: Ben Macintyre
4.51
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the hea… read more
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11. Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
By: Martha Wells
4.26
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
SciFi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is again on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCr… read more
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"I was tired of pretending to be human. I needed a break."-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
"Pretending bad things aren’t happening is not a great survival strategy."-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
"I hate caring about stuff. But apparently once you start, you can't just stop."-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
"I didn’t want to see helpless humans. I’d rather see smart ones rescuing each other."-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
12. Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)
By: Martha Wells
4.10
Format: 19 pages, ebook
Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory was originally given free to readers who pre-ordered Martha’… read more
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"The Corporation Rim has always been a slave state, though it calls its institutionalized slavery “contract labor."-Martha Wells, Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)
"It’s about being treated as a thing, isn’t it. Whether that thing is a hostage of conditional value, or a very expensively designed and equipped enslaved machine/organic intelligence. You’re a thing,…"-Martha Wells, Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)
13. Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)
By: James S.A. Corey
4.54
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule of Wi… read more
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"Let's solve the extinction level threat first. Then we can all go back to killing each other at a civilized pace."-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)
14. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
By: Bono
4.20
Format: 564 pages, Hardcover
Bono--artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2--has written a memoir: honest and… read more
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"Fame is a currency. I want to spend mine on the right stuff."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience"-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"I remain more suspicious of religion than most people who'd never darken the door of a church."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"the only true way to be victorious is to surrender. To each other. To love. To the higher power."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
15. Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
By: Martha Wells
4.31
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body in the station mall. When M… read more
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"Tural left with the air of escaping before things got worse."-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
"The only thing worse than humans infantilizing bots was bots infantilizing themselves."-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
"Humans do the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
"Humans so the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
16. Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
By: Martha Wells
4.38
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it res… read more
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"Why is this ship so old and shitty?"-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
"I was having an emotion, and I hate that."-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
"But they were humans— who knows why they did anything?"-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
"Once I started telling the truth, it was hard to stop."-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
17. 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
18. Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
By: Martha Wells
4.47
Format: 350 pages, Hardcover
It calls itself Murderbot, but only when no one can hear. It worries about the fragile human cre… read more
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"Ugh, emotions."-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
"So, you have a relationship with this transport."-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
"I'm a murderbot, I don't give a crap about boats."-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
"I am actually trying my best despite the fuck-ups."-Martha Wells, Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
19. The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend
By: Rob Copeland
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The unauthorized, unvarnished story of famed Wall Street hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio. Ray Dalio… read more
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20. 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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21. Summary of The Martian: A Novel by Andy Weir | Summary & Analysis
By: aBookaDay
4.70
Format: 46 pages, Kindle Edition
Warning : This is an independent addition to The Martian , meant to enhance your experience of the … read more
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22. Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings: The rise and fall of Sierra On-Line
By: Ken Williams
4.01
Format: 410 pages, Kindle Edition
Sierra On-Line was one of the very first computer game companies and at one time dominated the indu… read more
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23. Once Upon Atari: How I made history by killing an industry
By: Howard Scott Warshaw
4.20
Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition
Video games set the world on fire, and Atari lit the match. This is an intimate view into the drama… read more
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24. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)
By: James S.A. Corey
4.24
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more
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25. Polostan (Bomb Light, #1)
By: Neal Stephenson
3.91
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The first installment in Neal Stephenson’s three-part Bomb Light cycle, Polostan follows the early … read more
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26. Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation
By: Jamie Lendino
3.86
Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition
Atari 8-bit computers are the first machines that truly bridged the divide between video game playe… read more
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27. Back into the Storm: A Design Engineer's Story of Commodore Computers in the 1980s
By: Bil Herd
4.33
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
Back into the A Design Engineer’s Story of Commodore Computers in the 1980s brings you on a journe… read more
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28. Commodore: The Amiga Years
By: Brian Bagnall
4.21
Format: 540 pages, Hardcover
Seeking to ascertain how the Commodore Amiga, a computer now widely regarded as having been five ye… read more
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"RJ Mical began single-handedly coding a GUI for the Amiga. At the time, many computer companies were beginning to embrace the GUI paradigm originated at Xerox. “The Mac would have influenced the deci…"-Brian Bagnall, Commodore: The Amiga Years
29. Faster Than Light: The Atari ST and the 16-Bit Revolution
By: Jamie Lendino
3.59
Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition
“Power Without the Price.” Every Atari fan remembers that slogan from the 1980s as the rallying cry… read more
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30. Creating Q*bert and Other Classic Video Arcade Games
By: Davis Warren
4.11
Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition
Creating Q*bert and Other Classic Video Arcade Games takes you inside the video arcade game industr… read more
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