Subj : Re: Anyone reading anything gripping lately?
To   : August Abolins
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Fri Dec 04 2020 07:01:00

-=> August Abolins wrote to All <=-

 AA> Anyone reading anything gripping lately?

 I'm reading old books I'd never gotten a chance to read. I'm
 currently reading "The Andromeda Evolution", the sequel to "The
 Andromeda Strain". I didn't know there was a sequel until now...

 I'm going to re-read Tracy Kidder's "The Soul of a New Machine" and
 "The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier"
 by Bruce Sterling - both books I've read a long time ago.

 "The Soul of a New Machine" chronicles the team behind the design and
 building of one of Data General's microcomputers and reminded me a
 lot of "Halt and Catch Fire". I noted that Joe McMillan has a copy in
 his bookshelf!

 "The Hacker Crackdown" is an interesting walk down memory lane
 chronicling the late 20th century, the rise of BBSes and electronic
 law, and the rise of digital civil libertarians. It's almost
 refreshing to see what we used to be worried about back then,
 compared to now.  :(




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