The Philip K. Dick Reader
by Philip K. Dick · first published 2016
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…can't think of a single thing on my bookshelf that's more of a blast to re-read once in a while. Here's the collection I have. There are others; this is just the one I've got: https://www.amazon.com/Philip-K-Dick-Reader/dp/0806537949
on “Philip K. Dick: A Visionary Among the Charlatans (1975)” ↗…Things - Donald A. Norman 13. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering - Fred Brooks 14. Decline and Fall of the American Programmer - Ed Yourdon 15. Cube Farm - Bill Blunden 16. The Philip K. Dick Reader 17. The Cuckoo's Egg - Clifford Stoll 18. The Prince - Niccolò Machiavelli 19. The 48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene 20. The Atrocity Archives - Charles Stross 21. Business @ the Speed of Thought:…
on “Ask HN: What are some must read books for computer programmers?” ↗…to the topic. The chapter where he goes to the old facility in New Jersey is fantastic. There is a shorter, edited version of this part online, https://www.wired.com/2014/09/coupland-bell-labs/ * The Philip K. Dick Reader - My second time reading any Dick, this collection is amazing, lengthy, and inexpensive to pick up. You'll be up all night reading this and surprised how sci-fi from the '50s is so relevant today.
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2018?” ↗