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August 19, 2020 at 12:00 am

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ktflash Default port Points: 1400 More actions · Answer 1

I never got into reading no-technical books.

I am now 27 and i havent read a single non-technical book outside of those i had to read for schools.

On the other hand i enjoy reading technical books. My summer read was Python Crash Course: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming

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Doctor Who 2 SSCrazy Eights Points: 8194 More actions · Answer 2

You've mentioned the one I would mention - The Unicorn Project. I'm reading that now. I read The Phoenix Project.

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latkinson SSCommitted Points: 1674 More actions · Answer 3

can't say I've read many technical books, that's an area where I have some deficiencies. I did enjoy The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder, and The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll, but on the fiction side, Cryptonomicron and Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson, and pretty much everything written by William Gibson falls on my list of books that I like to re-read.

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Eric M Russell SSC Guru Points: 125561 More actions · Answer 4

Michael Crichton wrote some near-future thrillers that were well thought out, prophetic, and a good read. Stuff about the potential uses and abuses of technology like genetic engineering and nanites.

http://www.michaelcrichton.com/

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timwell SSCertifiable Points: 5315 More actions · Answer 5

I definitely agree about anything by William Gibson and Neil Stephenson as well. When everything closed down for COVID-19 I had Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge checked out of the library so I read it again before I had to return it. (No apostrophe in the title, as he sort of explains in the story).

Alex Gay SSCrazy Points: 2217 More actions · Answer 6

Both Snowcrash and Dimond Age by Neal Stephenson contain some very nice ideas about technology, and his essay In The Begining Was The Command-Line is truly excellent (if possibly a little outdated now). If you want a more contemporary take on technology then try Cory Doctorow. Little Brother is a good place to begin or the novella collection Radicalized if you want some shorter works. The first story Unauthorised Bread is a rather good allegory for printer manufacturers only allowing their own "official" ink cartridges to be used with their printers.

gloncala Newbie Points: 7 More actions · Answer 7

I read the first book in this series, The Eye of Minds (The Mortality Doctrine, Book One). The characters pop in and out of a virtual game.