Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!rochester!ur-tut!joss From: joss@ur-tut (Josh Sirota) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Subject: Re: Cynic's Guide, part 5: Bookshelf Message-ID: <2023@ur-tut.UUCP> Date: 10 May 88 19:39:00 GMT References: <2768@Shasta.STANFORD.EDU> Reply-To: joss@tut.cc.rochester.edu (Josh Sirota) Distribution: na Organization: Univ. of Rochester, Computing Center Lines: 28 In article <2768@Shasta.STANFORD.EDU> neff@Shasta.UUCP (Randy Neff) writes: >Operating Systems: > (can't think of definitive book) > >Science Fiction: > Shockwave Rider ... John Brunner > Moon is a Harsh Mistress ... Robert A. Heinlein > True Names ... Verner Vinge > >What other books would you recommend? Operating Systems: Operating System Concepts ... Peterson & Silbershatz Operating Systems, Design and Implementation ... Tanenbaum Science Fiction: The Hitchhikers Guide series ... Douglas Adams Stranger in a Strange Land ... Robert Heinlein The Dispossed ... Ursula LeGuin The SciFi discussion is gonna go crazy actually, on second thought it probably shouldn't be discussed here ... Josh -- Josh Sirota INTERNET: joss@tut.cc.rochester.edu BITNET: joss_ss@uordbv.bitnet ur-tut!joss@cs.rochester.edu UUCP: ...!rochester!ur-tut!joss