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Ask HN: Anyone recommend any good hacker themed books for my hols?
I have worked my ass of this year, therefore, I am looking forward to a nice 2 week break in the sun. I read digital fortress by Dan Brown a while back (liked it except for the NSA being glamourised) and loved the Mother of God (the rise of AI by David Ambrose).
Would really appreciate some suggestions from the community on the best out there, hacker themed, AI take over etc etc.
- neomech 11y agoCuckoo's egg: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo%27s_Egg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo%27s_Egg
- eljayuu 11y agomany thanks, have about 4 to burn through now!
- a3n 11y agoI liked Spook Country, part of a loose Gibson trilogy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spook_Country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spook_Country I read it before I knew there was a predecessor and successor.
- eljayuu 11y agobrilliant. added to list
- max_ 11y agoI recommend Dan Drowns Digital Fortress: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Fortress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Fortress the book is filled with Cryptography, Quantum computing, NSA, Assasins... _i.e sorted me out pretty well_
- eljayuu 11y agoThanks Max, have read that one :)
- siquick 11y agoDaemon by Daniel Suarez is pretty good http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6665847-daemon http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6665847-daemon
- eljayuu 11y agothanks! added to list :)
- siquick 11y agoIf you are up for watching some TV then 'Mr Robot' is pretty awesome
- stevekemp 11y agoI recently read "The Martian" and was impressed at some of the creativity and attention to detail. (Not seen the film, so I've no idea how well that compares.)