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Pleroma

My small but fine of modern is steadily growing. :)

Do you know any good ones I should add?

I would love to mention all the authors, but it seems like only @MossRC is on Mastodon?

@metalsnake @MossRC this is the best recent one. I believe there are non-kickstarter versions available.

@metalsnake @MossRC Console Wars. Masters of Doom.

@metalsnake @MossRC There was also a book released recently on the Apple II (and others).

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo195231688.html

@metalsnake What's the Oddworld book like? I keep going back and forth on whether to buy a copy, after having read that there's not much new information about the game's history/development in there.

@miah @metalsnake I can vouch for Soul of a New Machine. Brilliant book. That and Steven Levy's Hackers were big influences on how I approach long-form journalism and history writing.

@SRG24 @metalsnake I agree on Masters of Doom. Console Wars is full of bad recreated dialogue and portrays a warped/inaccurate view of what actually happened. (And I've also spoken to women whose stories were left out of the book despite being interviewed, for unknown reasons.)

@MossRC I don't know how much of the information in it is new. But feels like most of the book is artwork/concept art. Also it looks much bigger than it is. It just has thick paper. It's "only" ~290 pages.

@metalsnake Wow, that must be really thick paper stock. Sounds like I'll be keeping it on the maybe list for a while longer, then.
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@metalsnake @MossRC Suggestions: My Tiny Life by Julian Dibbel, Wizzywig by Ed Piskor, You by Austin Grossman

@MossRC @metalsnake it’s definitely a hollywood story but it entertained me. Looking forward to the tv show.

@metalsnake @MossRC This one's pretty good, made by someone who really needs to get his arse over here. https://unbound.com/books/ashens/

@miah @metalsnake @MossRC I was going to add Microserfs as well Miah~!

Soul of the New Machine is a great one to add. Totally agree.

@metalsnake @MossRC Also this one! I feel it has went under the radar as one of software journey’s great books.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreaming_in_Code

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UNIX: A History and a Memoir - Brian Kernighan

Imagine That! - Ed Smith
(Smith designed the Imagination Machine, an early microcomputer. It is a very powerful memoir.)

Turing’s Cathedral - George Dyson

@metalsnake @MossRC "What the Dormouse Said" is a favorite of mine.

@metalsnake @MossRC Arcade Game Typography by Toshi Omagari

A hardcover book titled Arcade Game Typography, the cover emblazoned with a large pixelated letter A. A blue/orange gradient runs from the top of the letter down to the bottom.

@metalsnake @MossRC how about The C Programming Language by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_C_Programming_Language

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The Text Games book, if you can find a copy? @aaronareed
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