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Eric's Book List

This page lists some books I've read in the last few years with links to the Amazon.com Website. At the bottom I've included certain books which have been recommended to me.

This list has not been updated since 2001.

Fiction

Title Author Publisher Year ISBN Notes
Foundation Isaac Asimov Bantam 1951 0553293354  
Foundation and Empire   0553293370  
I, Robot 1950 0553294385  
Nemesis 1989 0553286285  
Mona Lisa Overdrive William Gibson Bantam Spectra 0553281747
Neuromancer Ace 1984 0441569595
Virtual Light Bantam Spectra >1984, <1994 0553566067
Starship Troopers Robert Heinlein 0785787283
Stranger in a Strange Land Ace 1962 0441790348
Dune Frank Herbert Ace 1974 0441172717
Dune Messiah 0441172695
The Cyberiad Stanisław Lem Harcourt Brace   0156235501 Michael Kandel (Translator)
Futurological Congress 1974 0156340402 Michael Kandel (Translator)
Solaris 1961 0156837501 Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox (Translators)
Tales of Pirx the Pilot 1979 0156881500 Louis Iribarne (Translated, 1979)
His Master's Voice Northwestern University Press 1967 0810117312 Michael Kandel (Translated, 1983)
A Perfect Vaccuum 1971 0810117339 Michael Kandel (Translated, 1978)
Cannery Row John Steinbeck Penguin 0140177388
In Dubious Battle 1936 0140186417  
East of Eden   0140186395  
To a God Unknown 1933 0140187510  
Sweet Thursday 0140187502
Tortilla Flat 1935 0140187405
The Winter of Our Discontent 1961 0140187537  
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights FSG 1952 0374523789 translation of Malory's Winchester manuscripts and other sources

Non-fiction

Title Author(s) Publisher Year ISBN Eric's Rating (of 5)
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World Michael Pollan Random House 2001 0375501290 5
The Log from the Sea of Cortez John Steinbeck Penguin     5
John Glenn: A Memoir John Glenn and Nick Taylor Bantam 1999 0553110748 5
The Conspiracy of Ignorance: The Failure of American Public Schools Martin Gross Harpercollins 1999 0060194588 4 1/2
Staring into Chaos: Explorations in the Decline of Western Civilization Bruce G. Brander Spence 1998 0965320855 4
The Lexus and the Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman   1999 0374192030 4
Qed: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter Richard Feynman Princeton Science Library 1988 0691024170 4 1/2

Technical Reference

Title Author(s) Publisher Year ISBN Notes
HTML Source Book: Second Edition Graham Wiley 1996 0471142425 4 ed. is available
Professional Active Server Pages Homer, et al. WROX 1997 1861000723  
Programming Perl Wall & Schwartz O'Reilly 1991 0937175641 1996 edition

Recommended Books

Title Author(s) Publisher Year ISBN
How to Start and Run a Successful Consulting Business Kishel & Kishel Wiley 1996 0471125458
An Introduction to Database Systems, 6 ed. Date Addison-Wesley 1994 020154329X
The New Hacker's Dictionary, 3 ed. Raymond (compiler) MIT Press 1996 0262680920
The Unix Programming Environment Kernighan & Pike Prentice Hall 1984 013937681X

Last updated Saturday 27 September 2003.