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In the interest of chronologic significance, we should not include books of a limited technical nature (for example, PHP5 for Dummies), but instead those which grant a broader outlook on life.
In the interest of chronologic significance, we should not include books of a limited technical nature (for example, PHP5 for Dummies), but instead those which grant a broader outlook on life.


The current format is book title, author, brief description, and your name. If multiple people like a book, you can add your names into the "Suggested By" field. We should probably also have some way to denote whether it is on the shelf at Noisebridge. Also, there is no real categorization yet, I am including technical as well as nontechnical.
The current format is book title, author, and your name. If multiple people like a book, you can add your names into the "Suggested By" field. We should probably also have some way to denote whether it is on the shelf at Noisebridge. Also, there is no real categorization yet, I am including technical as well as nontechnical.


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
!Title
!Title
!Author
!Author
!Description
!Suggested By
!Suggested By
|-
|-
|Godel Escher Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid
|Godel Escher Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid
|Douglas R Hofstader
|Douglas R Hofstader
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|The Art of Computer Programming
|The Art of Computer Programming
|Don Knuth
|Don Knuth
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|1984
|1984
|George Orwell
|George Orwell
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
|Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
|Steven Levy
|Steven Levy
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|Ender's Game
|Ender's Game
|Orson Scott Card
|Orson Scott Card
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|The Code Book
|The Code Book
|Simon Singh
|Simon Singh
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|Cryptonomicon
|Cryptonomicon
|Neal Stephenson
|Neal Stephenson
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|Code
|Code
|Charles Petzold
|Charles Petzold
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|The Annotated Turing
|The Annotated Turing
|Charles Petzold
|Charles Petzold
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
|A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
|James Joyce
|James Joyce
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|Ulysses
|Ulysses
|James Joyce
|James Joyce
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|The Magus
|The Magus
|John Fowles
|John Fowles
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|The Collector
|The Collector
|John Fowles
|John Fowles
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|The French Lieutenant's Woman
|The French Lieutenant's Woman
|John Fowles
|John Fowles
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|Technopoly
|Technopoly
|Neil Postman
|Neil Postman
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|The Illuminatus! Trilogy
|The Illuminatus! Trilogy
|Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson
|Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|Shrodinger's Cat
|Shrodinger's Cat
|Robert Anton Wilson
|Robert Anton Wilson
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|The Fountainhead
|The Fountainhead
|Ayn Rand
|Ayn Rand
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|Atlas Shrugged
|Atlas Shrugged
|Ayn Rand
|Ayn Rand
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|The Hacker Crackdown
|The Hacker Crackdown
|Bruce Sterling
|Bruce Sterling
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|I, Robot
|I, Robot
|Isaac Asimov
|Isaac Asimov
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|Snow Crash
|Snow Crash
|Neal Stephenson
|Neal Stephenson
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|The Gold Bug Variations
|The Gold Bug Variations
|Richard Powers
|Richard Powers
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|The Codebreakers
|The Codebreakers
|David Kahn
|David Kahn
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|Gravity's Rainbow
|Gravity's Rainbow
|Thomas Pynchon
|Thomas Pynchon
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|-
|-
|V
|V
|Thomas Pynchon
|Thomas Pynchon
|
|Mitch
|Mitch
|-
|-
|Little Brother
|Little Brother
|Cory Doctorow
|Cory Doctorow
|
|aestetix
|aestetix
|
|
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|Infinite Jest
|Infinite Jest
|David Foster Wallace
|David Foster Wallace
|
|Mitch
|Mitch
|-
|-
|White Noise
|White Noise
|Don DeLillo
|Don DeLillo
|
|Mitch
|Mitch
|-
|-
|In Search of Lost Time
|In Search of Lost Time
|Marcel Proust
|Marcel Proust
|
|Mitch
|Mitch
|-
|-
|The Sound and the Fury
|The Sound and the Fury
|William Faulkner
|William Faulkner
|
|Mitch
|Mitch
|-
|-
|Cat's Cradle
|Cat's Cradle
|Kurt Vonnegut
|Kurt Vonnegut
|
|Mitch
|Mitch
|-
|-
|Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture
|Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture
|Arthur Evans
|Arthur Evans
|
|Mitch
|Mitch
|-
|-
|Foucault's Pendulum
|Foucault's Pendulum
|Umberto Eco
|Umberto Eco
|
|Mitch
|Mitch
|-
|-
|Quantum Psychology
|Quantum Psychology
|Robert Anton Wilson
|Robert Anton Wilson
|
|Mitch
|Mitch
|-
|-
|In the Absence of the Sacred
|In the Absence of the Sacred
|Jerry Mander
|Jerry Mander
|
|Mitch
|Mitch
|-
|-
|Dancer From the Dance
|Dancer From the Dance
|Andrew Holleran
|Andrew Holleran
|
|Mitch
|Mitch
|-
|-
|An Arrow's Flight
|An Arrow's Flight
|Mark Merlis  
|Mark Merlis  
|
|Mitch
|Mitch
|-
|-
|To the Lighthouse
|To the Lighthouse
|Virginia Woolf
|Virginia Woolf
|
|Mitch
|Mitch
|-
|-
|The Satanic Verses
|The Satanic Verses
|Salman Rushdie
|Salman Rushdie
|
|Mitch
|Mitch
|-
|-
|Passage to India
|Passage to India
|E. M. Forster
|E. M. Forster
|
|Mitch
|Mitch
|}
|}

Latest revision as of 17:22, 8 April 2009

Over the years, we have all pursued a number of titles that are of interest for varying reasons. This is a poor attempt to try and list a few of our favorites out to share with others. We can also use this as a reference for books with which we should stock the Noisebridge shelf.

In the interest of chronologic significance, we should not include books of a limited technical nature (for example, PHP5 for Dummies), but instead those which grant a broader outlook on life.

The current format is book title, author, and your name. If multiple people like a book, you can add your names into the "Suggested By" field. We should probably also have some way to denote whether it is on the shelf at Noisebridge. Also, there is no real categorization yet, I am including technical as well as nontechnical.

Title Author Suggested By
Godel Escher Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid Douglas R Hofstader aestetix
The Art of Computer Programming Don Knuth aestetix
1984 George Orwell aestetix
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution Steven Levy aestetix
Ender's Game Orson Scott Card aestetix
The Code Book Simon Singh aestetix
Cryptonomicon Neal Stephenson aestetix
Code Charles Petzold aestetix
The Annotated Turing Charles Petzold aestetix
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce aestetix
Ulysses James Joyce aestetix
The Magus John Fowles aestetix
The Collector John Fowles aestetix
The French Lieutenant's Woman John Fowles aestetix
Technopoly Neil Postman aestetix
The Illuminatus! Trilogy Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson aestetix
Shrodinger's Cat Robert Anton Wilson aestetix
The Fountainhead Ayn Rand aestetix
Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand aestetix
The Hacker Crackdown Bruce Sterling aestetix
I, Robot Isaac Asimov aestetix
Snow Crash Neal Stephenson aestetix
The Gold Bug Variations Richard Powers aestetix
The Codebreakers David Kahn aestetix
Gravity's Rainbow Thomas Pynchon aestetix
V Thomas Pynchon Mitch
Little Brother Cory Doctorow aestetix
Infinite Jest David Foster Wallace Mitch
White Noise Don DeLillo Mitch
In Search of Lost Time Marcel Proust Mitch
The Sound and the Fury William Faulkner Mitch
Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut Mitch
Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture Arthur Evans Mitch
Foucault's Pendulum Umberto Eco Mitch
Quantum Psychology Robert Anton Wilson Mitch
In the Absence of the Sacred Jerry Mander Mitch
Dancer From the Dance Andrew Holleran Mitch
An Arrow's Flight Mark Merlis Mitch
To the Lighthouse Virginia Woolf Mitch
The Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie Mitch
Passage to India E. M. Forster Mitch
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