| I have extremely good taste in books and music. If you don't
like what I like, you are simply wrong. Since I have good taste,
I will share my selections with you.
If you don't like my choices, then hit back now and get out.
Of course, I'm really hoping that you click on the links below and
buy things. That way I get free things from amazon.com.
Get it? Good.
Books
| Neal Stephenson |
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| Cryptonomicon |
An intense book intertwining the role of cryptography in World War
2 and today's battlefields of high technology financing. Not for
those that didn't like math. Most tasty. |
| Diamond
Age |
Set in the near future where nanotechnology is taken for granted, Stephenson
looks at the power of the individual to change their world. |
| Snow
Crash |
The ground-breaking work that predicted virtual real estate and the
importance of net connectivity. Also a good view of what a libertarian
world would look like. |
| Vernor Vinge |
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| A
Deepness in the Sky |
I haven't read this yet, but I have faith in Vinge to do a good job. |
| A
Fire upon the Deep |
A space opera that involves transcendence, AIs, telepathic dog packs,
sentient plants, pure evil, zones of thought, galactic war, spaceship chases,
and genocide. Who could ask for more? Read this one. |
| Across
Realtime |
Out of Print. A great book that introduces the 'bobble', a completely
impenetrable barrier, and it's effects on the world. The book
is actually three separate stories that follow one another. The first
and third stories are riveting. Pick up a copy if you find it. |
Tim Powers, John Barnes, Larry Niven, John Varley
C. S. Forester
X, PE, Green Day,
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