Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, by Steven Levy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers:_Heroes_of_the_Computer_Revolution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, by Steven Levy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers:_Heroes_of_the_Computer_Revolution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers:_Heroes_of_the_Computer... http://www.amazon.com/Hackers-Computer-Revolution-Steven-Levy/dp/0141000511 http://www.amazon.com/Hackers-Computer-Revolution-Steven-Lev... Stories from early in the personal computer era. This book inspired me greatly when I read it as a high school sophomore. After reading it, I taught myself Pascal (that dates me -- I guess this was in 1989) and started making little drawing programs on our old Fat Mac. At this point it's an old book, but it's still in print, and the profiles in it are pretty timeless.