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Author | Title | Genre | Rating |
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Scott Adams | The Dilbert Future | Humor | Recommended |
Scott Adams | Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook | Humor | Recommended |
Scott Adams | The Joy of Work | Humor | Recommended |
Kevin Anderson | Darksaber | Science Fiction | Not recommended |
K. Arnold & J. Gosling | The Java Programming Language | Computing | Recommended |
Iain M. Banks | Excession | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Stephen Baxter | RING | Science Fiction | Not recommended |
Greg Bear | Foundation and Chaos | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Greg Bear | Legacy | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Gregory Benford | COSM | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Gregory Benford | Foundation's Fear | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Donald Benson | The Moment of Proof - Mathematical Epiphanies | Non-fiction | Recommended |
David Berlinski | The Advent of the Algorithm | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Peter L. Bernstein | Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Alfred Bester & Roger Zelazny | Psycho Shop | Science Fiction | Recommended |
T. Bossomaier, D. Green | Patterns in the Sand | Non-fiction | Recommended |
David Brin | Brightness Reef | Science Fiction | Highly recommended |
David Brin | Foundation's Triumph | Science Fiction | Recommended |
David Brin | Heaven's Reach | Science Fiction | Recommended |
David Brin | Infinity's Shore | Science Fiction | Highly recommended |
David Brin | The Transparent Society | Non-fiction | Highly Recommended |
Clint Brookhart | Go Figure - Using Math to Answer Everyday Imponderables | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Orson Scott Card | Children of the Mind | Science Fiction | Lightly recommended |
Jeffrey Carver | The Infinite Sea | Science Fiction | Somewhat Recommended |
B.A. Chepaitis | The Fear Principle | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Arthur C. Clarke | 3001: The Final Odyssey | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Paul Clayton | Calling Crow Nation | Fiction | Highly recommended |
H. Cogger & R. Zwiefel | Reptiles and Amphibians | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Geoffrey Cooper | The Cell | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Todd Courtois | Java Networking and Communications | Computing | Not recommended |
Michael Dertouzos | What Will Be | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Emily Devenport | Eggheads | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Keith Devlin | The Language of Mathmatics | Non-fiction | Recommended |
W. Diffie & S. Landau | Privacy on the Line | Non-fiction | Highly recommended |
William Dunham | The Mathematical Universe | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Carol Feltman | TEMPtation - An Introduction to Busyness Management | Humor | Recommended |
Timothy Ferris | The Whole Shebang | Non-fiction | Highly recommended |
Robert L. Forward | Saturn Ruhk | Science Fiction | Highly recommended |
William Gibson | IDORU | Science Fiction | Highly recommended |
Robert Gilmore | Alice In Quantumland | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Simon Goodwin | Hubble's Universe: A Portrait of Our Cosmos | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Stephen Jay Gould | Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms | Non-fiction | Highly Recommended |
Stephen Jay Gould | Questioning the Millennium | Non-fiction | Highly recommended |
Brian Greene | The Elegant Universe | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Jan Gullberg | Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers | Non-fiction | Highly recommended |
William Gutsch | 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the Universe | Non-fiction | Lightly recommended |
Joe Haldeman | Forever Peace | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Barbara Hambly | Planet of Twilight | Science Fiction | Not recommended |
S. Hawking & R. Penrose | The Nature of Space and Time | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Howard V. Hendrix | Standing Wave | Science Fiction | Not recommended |
Brian Herbert & Kevin Anderson | Dune: House Atreides | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Daniel Hillis | The Pattern on the Stone | Non-fiction | Recommended |
John Horner w/ E. Dodd | Dinosaur Lives | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Eric Idle | The Road to Mars: A Post-Modem Novel | Humor | Highly Recommended |
B.W. Kernighan & R. Pike | The Practice of Programming | Computing | Highly Recommended |
Noretta Koertge | A House Built on Sand | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Lawrence Krauss | Beyond Star Trek | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Lemay, Duff, & Mohler | Graphics and Web Page Design | Computing | Recommended |
Paul J. McAuley | Ancients of Days | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Laurie McCanna | Creating Great Web Graphics | Computing | Recommended |
Wil McCarthy | BLOOM | Science Fiction | Highly Recommended |
Walter M. Miller Jr | Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Haruki Murakami | Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World | Science Fiction | Highly Recommended |
Paul J. Nahin | An Imaginary Tale - The Story of i | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Larry Niven | Destiny's Road | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Larry Niven | Rainbow Mars | Science Fiction | Not recommended |
Larry Niven | The Ringworld Throne | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Steve Perry | Shadows of the Empire | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Ivars Peterson | The Jungles of Randomness | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Joshua Piven & David Borgenicht | The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook | Non-fiction | Highly Recommended |
Jeff Prosise | Programming Windows95 with MFC | Computing | Recommended |
Sir Martin Rees | Before the Beginning | Non-fiction | Recommended |
J.K. Rowling | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Fiction | Highly Recommended |
Carl Sagan | Billions & Billions | Non-fiction | Highly Recommended |
Robert J. Sawyer | Starplex | Science Fiction | Highly recommended |
Jeffrey Schwartz | Sudden Origins: Fossils, Genes, and the Emergence of Species | Non-fiction | Not recommended |
David Siegel | Creating Killer Web Sites | Computing | Highly recommended |
Brian L. Silver | The Ascent of Science | Non-fiction | Lightly recommended |
Robert Silverberg | Lord Prestimion | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Robert Silverberg | Sorcerers of Majipoor | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Siyan & Weaver | Inside Java [1.1] | Computing | Not recommended |
Steven Skiena | The Algorithm Design Manual | Computing | Recommended |
Sriram Srinivasan | Advanced Perl Programming | Computing | Recommended |
Neal Stephenson | CRYPTONOMICON | Fiction | Highly Recommended |
Neal Stephenson | The Diamond Age | Science Fiction | Highly recommended |
Edward R. Tufte | Visual Explanations | Non-fiction | Highly recommended |
N.Ya. Vilenkin | In Search of Infinity | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Joan D. Vinge | Dreamfall | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Steven Vogel | Cat's Paws and Catapults | Non-fiction | Highly Recommended |
Wall, Chrisiansen, & Schwarz | Programming Perl (2nd Ed.) | Computing | Highly recommended |
Peter D. Ward | The Call of the Distant Mammoths | Non-fiction | Highly recommended |
Brent B. Welch | Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk - 2nd Edition | Computing | Recommended |
Gene Wolfe | Exodus from the Long Sun | Science Fiction | Highly recommended |
N. Lee Wood | Looking for the Mahdi | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Timothy Zahn | Spectre of the Past/ Vision of the Future | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Title | Author | Genre | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the Universe | William Gutsch | Non-fiction | Lightly recommended |
3001: The Final Odyssey | Arthur C. Clarke | Science Fiction | Recommended |
A House Built on Sand | Noretta Koertge | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Advanced Perl Programming | Sriram Srinivasan | Computing | Recommended |
The Advent of the Algorithm | David Berlinski | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk | Peter L. Bernstein | Non-fiction | Recommended |
The Algorithm Design Manual | Steven Skiena | Computing | Recommended |
Alice In Quantumland | Robert Gilmore | Non-fiction | Recommended |
An Imaginary Tale - The Story of i | Paul J. Nahin | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Ancients of Days | Paul J. McAuley | Science Fiction | Recommended |
The Ascent of Science | Brian L. Silver | Non-fiction | Lightly recommended |
Before the Beginning | Sir Martin Rees | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Beyond Star Trek | Lawrence Krauss | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Billions & Billions | Carl Sagan | Non-fiction | Highly Recommended |
BLOOM | Wil McCarthy | Science Fiction | Highly Recommended |
Brightness Reef | David Brin | Science Fiction | Highly recommended |
The Call of the Distant Mammoths | Peter D. Ward | Non-fiction | Highly recommended |
Calling Crow Nation | Paul Clayton | Fiction | Highly recommended |
Cat's Paws and Catapults | Steven Vogel | Non-fiction | Highly Recommended |
The Cell | Geoffrey Cooper | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Children of the Mind | Orson Scott Card | Science Fiction | Lightly recommended |
COSM | Gregory Benford | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Creating Great Web Graphics | Laurie McCanna | Computing | Recommended |
Creating Killer Web Sites | David Siegel | Computing | Highly recommended |
CRYPTONOMICON | Neal Stephenson | Fiction | Highly Recommended |
Darksaber | Kevin Anderson | Science Fiction | Not recommended |
Destiny's Road | Larry Niven | Science Fiction | Recommended |
The Diamond Age | Neal Stephenson | Science Fiction | Highly recommended |
The Dilbert Future | Scott Adams | Humor | Recommended |
Dinosaur Lives | John Horner w/ E. Dodd | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook | Scott Adams | Humor | Recommended |
Dreamfall | Joan D. Vinge | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Dune: House Atreides | Brian Herbert & Kevin Anderson | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Eggheads | Emily Devenport | Science Fiction | Recommended |
The Elegant Universe | Brian Greene | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Excession | Iain M. Banks | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Exodus from the Long Sun | Gene Wolfe | Science Fiction | Highly recommended |
The Fear Principle | B.A. Chepaitis | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Forever Peace | Joe Haldeman | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Foundation and Chaos | Greg Bear | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Foundation's Fear | Gregory Benford | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Foundation's Triumph | David Brin | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Go Figure - Using Math to Answer Everyday Imponderables | Clint Brookhart | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Graphics and Web Page Design | Lemay, Duff, & Mohler | Computing | Recommended |
Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World | Haruki Murakami | Science Fiction | Highly Recommended |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | J.K. Rowling | Fiction | Highly Recommended |
Heaven's Reach | David Brin | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Hubble's Universe: A Portrait of Our Cosmos | Simon Goodwin | Non-fiction | Recommended |
IDORU | William Gibson | Science Fiction | Highly recommended |
In Search of Infinity | N.Ya. Vilenkin | Non-fiction | Recommended |
The Infinite Sea | Jeffrey Carver | Science Fiction | Somewhat Recommended |
Infinity's Shore | David Brin | Science Fiction | Highly recommended |
Inside Java [1.1] | Siyan & Weaver | Computing | Not recommended |
Java Networking and Communications | Todd Courtois | Computing | Not recommended |
The Java Programming Language | K. Arnold & J. Gosling | Computing | Recommended |
The Joy of Work | Scott Adams | Humor | Recommended |
The Jungles of Randomness | Ivars Peterson | Non-fiction | Recommended |
The Language of Mathmatics | Keith Devlin | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Legacy | Greg Bear | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms | Stephen Jay Gould | Non-fiction | Highly Recommended |
Looking for the Mahdi | N. Lee Wood | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Lord Prestimion | Robert Silverberg | Science Fiction | Recommended |
The Mathematical Universe | William Dunham | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers | Jan Gullberg | Non-fiction | Highly recommended |
The Moment of Proof - Mathematical Epiphanies | Donald Benson | Non-fiction | Recommended |
The Nature of Space and Time | S. Hawking & R. Penrose | Non-fiction | Recommended |
The Pattern on the Stone | Daniel Hillis | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Patterns in the Sand | T. Bossomaier, D. Green | Non-fiction | Recommended |
Planet of Twilight | Barbara Hambly | Science Fiction | Not recommended |
Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk - 2nd Edition | Brent B. Welch | Computing | Recommended |
The Practice of Programming | B.W. Kernighan & R. Pike | Computing | Highly Recommended |
Privacy on the Line | W. Diffie & S. Landau | Non-fiction | Highly recommended |
Programming Perl (2nd Ed.) | Wall, Chrisiansen, & Schwarz | Computing | Highly recommended |
Programming Windows95 with MFC | Jeff Prosise | Computing | Recommended |
Psycho Shop | Alfred Bester & Roger Zelazny | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Questioning the Millennium | Stephen Jay Gould | Non-fiction | Highly recommended |
Rainbow Mars | Larry Niven | Science Fiction | Not recommended |
Reptiles and Amphibians | H. Cogger & R. Zwiefel | Non-fiction | Recommended |
RING | Stephen Baxter | Science Fiction | Not recommended |
The Ringworld Throne | Larry Niven | Science Fiction | Recommended |
The Road to Mars: A Post-Modem Novel | Eric Idle | Humor | Highly Recommended |
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman | Walter M. Miller Jr | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Saturn Ruhk | Robert L. Forward | Science Fiction | Highly recommended |
Shadows of the Empire | Steve Perry | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Sorcerers of Majipoor | Robert Silverberg | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Spectre of the Past/ Vision of the Future | Timothy Zahn | Science Fiction | Recommended |
Standing Wave | Howard V. Hendrix | Science Fiction | Not recommended |
Starplex | Robert J. Sawyer | Science Fiction | Highly recommended |
Sudden Origins: Fossils, Genes, and the Emergence of Species | Jeffrey Schwartz | Non-fiction | Not recommended |
TEMPtation - An Introduction to Busyness Management | Carol Feltman | Humor | Recommended |
The Transparent Society | David Brin | Non-fiction | Highly Recommended |
Visual Explanations | Edward R. Tufte | Non-fiction | Highly recommended |
What Will Be | Michael Dertouzos | Non-fiction | Recommended |
The Whole Shebang | Timothy Ferris | Non-fiction | Highly recommended |
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook | Joshua Piven & David Borgenicht | Non-fiction | Highly Recommended |
Genre | Title | Author | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
Computing | Advanced Perl Programming | Sriram Srinivasan | Recommended |
The Algorithm Design Manual | Steven Skiena | Recommended | |
Creating Great Web Graphics | Laurie McCanna | Recommended | |
Creating Killer Web Sites | David Siegel | Highly recommended | |
Graphics and Web Page Design | Lemay, Duff, & Mohler | Recommended | |
Inside Java [1.1] | Siyan & Weaver | Not recommended | |
Java Networking and Communications | Todd Courtois | Not recommended | |
The Java Programming Language | K. Arnold & J. Gosling | Recommended | |
Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk - 2nd Edition | Brent B. Welch | Recommended | |
The Practice of Programming | B.W. Kernighan & R. Pike | Highly Recommended | |
Programming Perl (2nd Ed.) | Wall, Chrisiansen, & Schwarz | Highly recommended | |
Programming Windows95 with MFC | Jeff Prosise | Recommended | |
Fiction | Calling Crow Nation | Paul Clayton | Highly recommended |
CRYPTONOMICON | Neal Stephenson | Highly Recommended | |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | J.K. Rowling | Highly Recommended | |
Humor | The Dilbert Future | Scott Adams | Recommended |
Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook | Scott Adams | Recommended | |
The Joy of Work | Scott Adams | Recommended | |
The Road to Mars: A Post-Modem Novel | Eric Idle | Highly Recommended | |
TEMPtation - An Introduction to Busyness Management | Carol Feltman | Recommended | |
Non-fiction | 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the Universe | William Gutsch | Lightly recommended |
A House Built on Sand | Noretta Koertge | Recommended | |
The Advent of the Algorithm | David Berlinski | Recommended | |
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk | Peter L. Bernstein | Recommended | |
Alice In Quantumland | Robert Gilmore | Recommended | |
An Imaginary Tale - The Story of i | Paul J. Nahin | Recommended | |
The Ascent of Science | Brian L. Silver | Lightly recommended | |
Before the Beginning | Sir Martin Rees | Recommended | |
Beyond Star Trek | Lawrence Krauss | Recommended | |
Billions & Billions | Carl Sagan | Highly Recommended | |
The Call of the Distant Mammoths | Peter D. Ward | Highly recommended | |
Cat's Paws and Catapults | Steven Vogel | Highly Recommended | |
The Cell | Geoffrey Cooper | Recommended | |
Dinosaur Lives | John Horner w/ E. Dodd | Recommended | |
The Elegant Universe | Brian Greene | Recommended | |
Go Figure - Using Math to Answer Everyday Imponderables | Clint Brookhart | Recommended | |
Hubble's Universe: A Portrait of Our Cosmos | Simon Goodwin | Recommended | |
In Search of Infinity | N.Ya. Vilenkin | Recommended | |
The Jungles of Randomness | Ivars Peterson | Recommended | |
The Language of Mathmatics | Keith Devlin | Recommended | |
Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms | Stephen Jay Gould | Highly Recommended | |
The Mathematical Universe | William Dunham | Recommended | |
Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers | Jan Gullberg | Highly recommended | |
The Moment of Proof - Mathematical Epiphanies | Donald Benson | Recommended | |
The Nature of Space and Time | S. Hawking & R. Penrose | Recommended | |
The Pattern on the Stone | Daniel Hillis | Recommended | |
Patterns in the Sand | T. Bossomaier, D. Green | Recommended | |
Privacy on the Line | W. Diffie & S. Landau | Highly recommended | |
Questioning the Millennium | Stephen Jay Gould | Highly recommended | |
Reptiles and Amphibians | H. Cogger & R. Zwiefel | Recommended | |
Sudden Origins: Fossils, Genes, and the Emergence of Species | Jeffrey Schwartz | Not recommended | |
The Transparent Society | David Brin | Highly Recommended | |
Visual Explanations | Edward R. Tufte | Highly recommended | |
What Will Be | Michael Dertouzos | Recommended | |
The Whole Shebang | Timothy Ferris | Highly recommended | |
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook | Joshua Piven & David Borgenicht | Highly Recommended | |
Science Fiction | 3001: The Final Odyssey | Arthur C. Clarke | Recommended |
Ancients of Days | Paul J. McAuley | Recommended | |
BLOOM | Wil McCarthy | Highly Recommended | |
Brightness Reef | David Brin | Highly recommended | |
Children of the Mind | Orson Scott Card | Lightly recommended | |
COSM | Gregory Benford | Recommended | |
Darksaber | Kevin Anderson | Not recommended | |
Destiny's Road | Larry Niven | Recommended | |
The Diamond Age | Neal Stephenson | Highly recommended | |
Dreamfall | Joan D. Vinge | Recommended | |
Dune: House Atreides | Brian Herbert & Kevin Anderson | Recommended | |
Eggheads | Emily Devenport | Recommended | |
Excession | Iain M. Banks | Recommended | |
Exodus from the Long Sun | Gene Wolfe | Highly recommended | |
The Fear Principle | B.A. Chepaitis | Recommended | |
Forever Peace | Joe Haldeman | Recommended | |
Foundation and Chaos | Greg Bear | Recommended | |
Foundation's Fear | Gregory Benford | Recommended | |
Foundation's Triumph | David Brin | Recommended | |
Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World | Haruki Murakami | Highly Recommended | |
Heaven's Reach | David Brin | Recommended | |
IDORU | William Gibson | Highly recommended | |
The Infinite Sea | Jeffrey Carver | Somewhat Recommended | |
Infinity's Shore | David Brin | Highly recommended | |
Legacy | Greg Bear | Recommended | |
Looking for the Mahdi | N. Lee Wood | Recommended | |
Lord Prestimion | Robert Silverberg | Recommended | |
Planet of Twilight | Barbara Hambly | Not recommended | |
Psycho Shop | Alfred Bester & Roger Zelazny | Recommended | |
Rainbow Mars | Larry Niven | Not recommended | |
RING | Stephen Baxter | Not recommended | |
The Ringworld Throne | Larry Niven | Recommended | |
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman | Walter M. Miller Jr | Recommended | |
Saturn Ruhk | Robert L. Forward | Highly recommended | |
Shadows of the Empire | Steve Perry | Recommended | |
Sorcerers of Majipoor | Robert Silverberg | Recommended | |
Spectre of the Past/ Vision of the Future | Timothy Zahn | Recommended | |
Standing Wave | Howard V. Hendrix | Not recommended | |
Starplex | Robert J. Sawyer | Highly recommended |