Not books, but Jason Scott's documentaries on the history of BBSes, text adventures and Infocom were really interesting: Get Lamp: The Text Adventure Documenta

Not books, but Jason Scott's documentaries on the history of BBSes, text adventures and Infocom were really interesting: Get Lamp: The Text Adventure Documentary (2010): https://yewtu.be/watch?v=zEJXZ2wnO3w https://yewtu.be/watch?v=zEJXZ2wnO3w Infocom: The Documentary: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=OXNLWy7rwH4 https://yewtu.be/watch?v=OXNLWy7rwH4 BBS: The Documentary (2005): https://yewtu.be/playlist?list=PL7nj3G6Jpv2G6Gp6NvN1kUtQuW8QshBWE https://yewtu.be/playlist?list=PL7nj3G6Jpv2G6Gp6NvN1kUtQuW8Q...