FWIW, The Cyberiad, a collection of related stories, is a great read for hackers. I come back to it every few years. Trurl, attempting to build a machine to w

FWIW, The Cyberiad, a collection of related stories, is a great read for hackers. I come back to it every few years. Trurl, attempting to build a machine to write poetry: http://books.google.com/books?id=kWElP9YZkzQC&lpg=PA44&ots=-M8P05nnf5&dq=cyberiad%20simulate%20the%20universe&pg=PA43#v=onepage&q&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=kWElP9YZkzQC&lpg=PA44&#...