Re: Top 20 \"geek\" novels
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Half-assed geek. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
Snow Crash > Cryptonomicon > any Gibson
I was pleased to see many props for Ender's Game in the comments.
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Yeah, if they wanted real geek they'd have much different books in there. Where the hell are the tech manuals? Teh Guide to Teh L00nix and [censored]?
Geek my ass. This is a dork poll, not a geek poll.
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Like I said, I just copied it from the Guardian and made a stab in the dark that it would generate good discussion on this board.
If I made a list of "geek" books I've read it would include "Programming Linux Device Drivers," "Advanced Operating System Development," "The x86 Architecture Reference Guide," and "PCI Specification v2.1"
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