Have you read: Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy? http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/books/hackers http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.p

Have you read: Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy? http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/books/hackers http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/books/hackers Artificial Life is also great and has a kind of similar feel to it too.