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    thatraja
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    Recent years, I have started reading more books(Thanks to ebooks). I'm looking for Fiction(Novel, Short story, Drabble, etc.,) related to Programming / IT / Computer / Hacking / Software. Any recommendations or past reads from you? Books or websites, anything fine. Please share. (Recently added few Cory Doctorow & Neal Stephenson's books in to wish list)

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      Recent years, I have started reading more books(Thanks to ebooks). I'm looking for Fiction(Novel, Short story, Drabble, etc.,) related to Programming / IT / Computer / Hacking / Software. Any recommendations or past reads from you? Books or websites, anything fine. Please share. (Recently added few Cory Doctorow & Neal Stephenson's books in to wish list)

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      Dan Neely
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      The greatest programming fiction of all times. "My code doesn't have any bugs."

      Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

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        Recent years, I have started reading more books(Thanks to ebooks). I'm looking for Fiction(Novel, Short story, Drabble, etc.,) related to Programming / IT / Computer / Hacking / Software. Any recommendations or past reads from you? Books or websites, anything fine. Please share. (Recently added few Cory Doctorow & Neal Stephenson's books in to wish list)

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        Hi, Check out the fiction by Mark Russinovich[^], it's called the 'Jeff Aiken' series. I don't want to put a direct link because it would probably qualify as spam.

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          Recent years, I have started reading more books(Thanks to ebooks). I'm looking for Fiction(Novel, Short story, Drabble, etc.,) related to Programming / IT / Computer / Hacking / Software. Any recommendations or past reads from you? Books or websites, anything fine. Please share. (Recently added few Cory Doctorow & Neal Stephenson's books in to wish list)

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          Check through the various business related sources (books, magazines) that convinced a generation of management that it was cheaper to buy then to build and then, when that didn't work out so well, how they fall-back plan was to outsource overseas because the labor is cheap. Based upon true events, both plans were embraced by innocent and gullible captains of industry - the articles and books fall under the category of "Fairy Tales" but the actual events, as they unfolded, into many a nightmare.

          Ravings en masse^

          "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

          "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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            Recent years, I have started reading more books(Thanks to ebooks). I'm looking for Fiction(Novel, Short story, Drabble, etc.,) related to Programming / IT / Computer / Hacking / Software. Any recommendations or past reads from you? Books or websites, anything fine. Please share. (Recently added few Cory Doctorow & Neal Stephenson's books in to wish list)

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            GuyThiebaut
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            It's sci-fi and has coding as part of the story, an interesting form of coding - The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin.

            “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

            ― Christopher Hitchens

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              Recent years, I have started reading more books(Thanks to ebooks). I'm looking for Fiction(Novel, Short story, Drabble, etc.,) related to Programming / IT / Computer / Hacking / Software. Any recommendations or past reads from you? Books or websites, anything fine. Please share. (Recently added few Cory Doctorow & Neal Stephenson's books in to wish list)

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              Nelek
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              If you can understand german there is a tech-magazine (CT) that comes twice in a month and always have short histories (15 - 20 mins read max) at the end. 95% of them are matching your criteria and there are many that are really good too.

              M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                Recent years, I have started reading more books(Thanks to ebooks). I'm looking for Fiction(Novel, Short story, Drabble, etc.,) related to Programming / IT / Computer / Hacking / Software. Any recommendations or past reads from you? Books or websites, anything fine. Please share. (Recently added few Cory Doctorow & Neal Stephenson's books in to wish list)

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                raddevus
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                Do you mean like this...The Phoenix Project (A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win): Kim, Gene: 9781942788294: Amazon.com: Books[^]? Or are you just saying a novel of intrigue that focuses on IT / Hacking etc? Mark Russinovich is the author of Windows Internals and also writes fiction: Zero Day: A Jeff Aiken Novel (Jeff Aiken Series Book 1) - Kindle edition by Russinovich, Mark, Howard Schmidt. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.[^] You probably already know about... Amazon.com: Cryptonomicon eBook: Stephenson, Neal: Kindle Store[^]

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                • T thatraja

                  Recent years, I have started reading more books(Thanks to ebooks). I'm looking for Fiction(Novel, Short story, Drabble, etc.,) related to Programming / IT / Computer / Hacking / Software. Any recommendations or past reads from you? Books or websites, anything fine. Please share. (Recently added few Cory Doctorow & Neal Stephenson's books in to wish list)

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                  Maximilien
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                  Neil Stephenson's [Cryptonomicon - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon) is probably something you should look at.

                  I'd rather be phishing!

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                    Recent years, I have started reading more books(Thanks to ebooks). I'm looking for Fiction(Novel, Short story, Drabble, etc.,) related to Programming / IT / Computer / Hacking / Software. Any recommendations or past reads from you? Books or websites, anything fine. Please share. (Recently added few Cory Doctorow & Neal Stephenson's books in to wish list)

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                    Matthew Dennis
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                    The WWW Trilogy by Robert J Sawyer. The three novels are Wake, Watch, and Wonder. [Wake by Robert J Sawyer | Penguin Random House Canada](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/391699/wake-by-robert-j-sawyer/9780143056300) Also, almost anything else by this author.

                    "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

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                      Hi, Check out the fiction by Mark Russinovich[^], it's called the 'Jeff Aiken' series. I don't want to put a direct link because it would probably qualify as spam.

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                      The series gets my vote. I have all three books, but only read the first one so far. The only criticism I have is its unnecessary "guy gets the girl at the end" side-story that I felt was rather contrived, and only present in hopes that Hollywood would buy the movie rights and it's only there bring some general appeal for the masses.

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                        The greatest programming fiction of all times. "My code doesn't have any bugs."

                        Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

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                        thatraja
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                        Agree. And I have few more to compile.

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                          Hi, Check out the fiction by Mark Russinovich[^], it's called the 'Jeff Aiken' series. I don't want to put a direct link because it would probably qualify as spam.

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                          thatraja
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                          I'll add this to my list. Thank you :thumbsup:

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                            It's sci-fi and has coding as part of the story, an interesting form of coding - The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin.

                            “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                            ― Christopher Hitchens

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                            I heard about this one last last year. Some notable people endorsed this book at that time. Thanks for bringing this.

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                              If you can understand german there is a tech-magazine (CT) that comes twice in a month and always have short histories (15 - 20 mins read max) at the end. 95% of them are matching your criteria and there are many that are really good too.

                              M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                              thatraja
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                              Unfortunately No. And I'm looking for Fiction.

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                                Do you mean like this...The Phoenix Project (A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win): Kim, Gene: 9781942788294: Amazon.com: Books[^]? Or are you just saying a novel of intrigue that focuses on IT / Hacking etc? Mark Russinovich is the author of Windows Internals and also writes fiction: Zero Day: A Jeff Aiken Novel (Jeff Aiken Series Book 1) - Kindle edition by Russinovich, Mark, Howard Schmidt. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.[^] You probably already know about... Amazon.com: Cryptonomicon eBook: Stephenson, Neal: Kindle Store[^]

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                                thatraja
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                                Exactly! 1st book. That's kind of fiction, I'm looking for. Thanks :thumbsup:

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                                  Neil Stephenson's [Cryptonomicon - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon) is probably something you should look at.

                                  I'd rather be phishing!

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                                  thatraja
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                                  Yep, already in my list! :thumbsup:

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                                    The WWW Trilogy by Robert J Sawyer. The three novels are Wake, Watch, and Wonder. [Wake by Robert J Sawyer | Penguin Random House Canada](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/391699/wake-by-robert-j-sawyer/9780143056300) Also, almost anything else by this author.

                                    "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

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                                    Awesome! Never searched book sites with trilogy title(WWW). Thanks for this :thumbsup:

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                                      Unfortunately No. And I'm looking for Fiction.

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                                      Nelek
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                                      It is fiction, but tech - science fiction

                                      M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                                        Check through the various business related sources (books, magazines) that convinced a generation of management that it was cheaper to buy then to build and then, when that didn't work out so well, how they fall-back plan was to outsource overseas because the labor is cheap. Based upon true events, both plans were embraced by innocent and gullible captains of industry - the articles and books fall under the category of "Fairy Tales" but the actual events, as they unfolded, into many a nightmare.

                                        Ravings en masse^

                                        "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                                        "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                                        thatraja
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                                        Unexpected reply for my question. Corporates. It's been long time I bought technical books. Course websites like Lynda, Pluralsight & Udemy reduced that. From last decade, I'm more interested on arts. But still day job is mandatory for now. Recently spending time on writing. Somehow got a thought about writing(not yet) fiction set on this field. That's why I want to read fiction books related to this field.

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                                          It is fiction, but tech - science fiction

                                          M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                                          thatraja
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                                          Oh! I thought it's non-fiction after seeing the word histories. Sorry

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