NatPryce

I am a computer programmer by trade. I write an online technical journal for my own amusement, and hopefully that of other people, which is at http://nat.truemesh.com. I live on a narrowboat and so have to be very strict about which books I keep and which I pass on to other people.

Books I really like:

• TheOutsider? by AlbertCamus?
• EuropeAHistory by NormanDavies?
• GrammarOfTheFilmLanguage by Daniel Arijon
• GreatApes by WillSelf
• StructureAndInterpretationOfComputerPrograms by Abelson et al.
• PracticalCryptography by NielsFerguson and BruceSchneier
• TheModernAntiquarian by Julian Cope
• TheCompleteBooksOfCharlesFort
• FightingStrategiesOfMuayThai by Mark Van Schuyver & Pedro Solana Villalobos

Books I am currently reading:

Some of the books I have recently read:

• LoisOnTheLoose? by LoisPryce? (very good, I heartily recommend it, etc. etc.)
• VisionaryInResidence? by BruceSterling
• Accelerando? by CharlesStross?
• Freakonomics?
• Blink by MichaelGladwell?
• AmericasSecretWar? by GeorgeFriedman?
• TheZenithAngle? by BruceSterling
• Imperium by RobertHarris
• TheHistorian by ElizabethKostova?
• MoreSecretsOfConsulting by GeraldWeinberg
• TheConquestOfGaul by JuliusCaesar
• Genome: The autobiography of a species in 23 chapters by Matt Ridley.
• Saturday?
• NeverLetMeGo by KazuoIshiguro
• ByzantiumAShortHistory
• FactsAndFallaciesOfSoftwareEngineering by RobertGlass?
• ThreeMenInABoat by Jerome K Jerome
• PersianFire and Rubicon by TomHolland?
• LessonsLearnedInSoftwareTesting?
• WorkingEffectivelyWithLegacyCode by MichaelFeathers
• SecretsOfConsulting by GeraldWeinberg
• Freakonomics?
• BackroomBoys by Francis Spufford
• PatternsOfSoftwareConfigurationManagement?
• Candide? and other stories by Voltaire
• TheOutsider? by AlbertCamus?
• TheAlchemist by Paulo Coelho
• PracticalCryptography by NielsFerguson and BruceSchneier
• TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea? by JulesVerne
• GlobalizationAndItsDiscontents? by Joseph Stiglitz
• PickwickPapers by CharlesDickens
• TheSpartansAnEpicHistory by Paul Cartledge
• TragicallyIWasAnOnlyTwin, the complete works of PeterCooke?
• RightsOfMan? and CommonSense? by ThomasPaine?
• TheAgeOfReason? by ThomasPaine?
• Story by RobertMcKee?
• ZenAndTheArtOfMotorcycleMaintenance by Robert M. Pirsig (again)
• AgileSoftwareDevelopmentEcosystems by JimHighsmith
• FightClub

I used to read a lot of sci-fi, but don't much any more for some reason. I generally prefer near-future sci-fi, rather than space opera or fantasy. These are/were some of my favourite sci-fi books:

• TheShockwaveRider by JohnBrunner?
• Neuromancer by WilliamGibson
• Schismatrix? by BruceSterling
• BloodMusic by GregBear?
• RandomActsOfSenselessViolence? by JackWomack?
• ChinaMountainZhang? by MaureenMcHugh?

For light relief I like the silly jokes and obscure forteana of RobertRankin, especially TheBrentfordTrilogy?.

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