Comments on: Geek Fiction

By: andyparkes

andyparkes — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:12:34 +0000

Thanks everyone for your recommendations…

I’m currently reading through Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross. While not quite i was looking for it’s an interesting read!

By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:06:34 +0000

A great book I would like to recommend isSome Kind of Angel. It is about terrorists with weapons of mass destruction threatening the security of our world. I couldn't put the book down- great read!

By: Becky

Becky — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:44:26 +0000

Not a computer book, but what about “Googlies, Nutmegs and Bogeys”?

Its kind of a sporting reference book but not a reference book in the traditional way. Written by Bob Wilson it is all about the origins of certain sporting phrases.

As an example:

Love (tennis) – no score

Reputedly this comes from the 18th Century expression “to play for the love of the game”, in which “love” acts for the substitute for nothing. Some also believe that it derives from the French word l’oeuf meaning egg, as the shape of the egg resembles the zero that the player has next to their name.

By: David Mackie

David Mackie — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:12:43 +0000

Silicon Snake Oil was another Clifford Stoll book I quite enjoyed bit seems a litle funny now… from the Preface Tonight,

“twenty letters want replies, three people have invited me to chat over the network, there’s a dozen newsgroups to read, and a volley of files to download. How can I keep up?”

Oh the simple life on the net in 1995 that takes me back

By: andyparkes

andyparkes — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:00:48 +0000

Thanks David

Ordered!

By: David North

David North — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:08:34 +0000

Jeffery Deaver – The Blue Nowhere. Quite enjoyed this one.