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Summer reading (pg. 2)
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| RapidFire |
| quote: | Originally posted by Irishaddict
William Gibson - Neuromancer
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yep. if you enjoyed Matrix or Hackers or anything of the sort youll love this book. it kickstarted the cyber-punk genre  |
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| riskytrader |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sasha
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Ironically me being the finance person I have yet to read this...I think I'll tackle it this summer. |
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| adi26 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sasha
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Read this book like 4 years ago....great book...:) |
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| adi26 |
| quote: | Originally posted by RapidFire
yep. if you enjoyed Matrix or Hackers or anything of the sort youll love this book. it kickstarted the cyber-punk genre |
Hmm, interesting - I liked both the movies..
Whats this book about?? |
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| jon jon |
| quote: | Originally posted by adi26
Interests: Anything which does not remind me of electrical engineering... |
damn, I'm out of suggestions |
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| lopi |
| quote: | Originally posted by Irishaddict
Douglas Coupland for fiction
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+1 microserfs = one of my fave books.
Also if u like fantasy, peirs anthony - on a pale horse
very good book... |
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| Mr. Smith |
| Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs, and Steel |
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| psychosomatica |
Heh.. my summer reading list:
Financial Modeling 2nd edition
Excel 2003 Power Programming with VBA
Windows Server 2003 for Dummies
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
How to Win Friends & Influence People |
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| Irishaddict |
| quote: | Originally posted by psychosomatica
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
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Nice choice. |
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| RapidFire |
| quote: | Originally posted by adi26
Hmm, interesting - I liked both the movies..
Whats this book about?? |
heres the amazon description:
Case was the hottest computer cowboy cruising the information superhighway--jacking his consciousness into cyberspace, soaring through tactile lattices of data and logic, rustling encoded secrets for anyone with the money to buy his skills. Then he double-crossed the wrong people, who caught up with him in a big way--and burned the talent out of his brain, micron by micron. Banished from cyberspace, trapped in the meat of his physical body, Case courted death in the high-tech underworld. Until a shadowy conspiracy offered him a second chance--and a cure--for a price....
kinda like Johnny Mnemonic meets Hackers. |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sasha
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My buddy Jenia LOVEd this book in 3rd year when he read it back in 2003.
I recently bought it for my buddy Mac for Xmas too!
I have as yet to read it though myself. |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by Irishaddict
William Gibson - Neuromancer
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Read it, though I wasnt a huge fan. Didnt mind it, but found the writing style akward and it failed to truly bring me into the plot.
But im more fantasy than sci-fi when it comes to reading (except for Battlefield Earth - one of the best written books EVER IMO), so thats prolly why.
Ive wanted to give Gibson a second chance though and have been meaning to pick up Idoru |
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