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Lauren Ipsum: a story about computer science and other improbable things
Bueno C., No Starch Press, San Francisco, CA, 2015. 192 pp. Type: Book (978-1-593275-74-7)
Those among us who have line printed the jargon dictionary on greenbar fanfold will love this book. But what of the target audience, girls and young women who may be on the verge of attraction to computer science? Amazon rankings are s...
May 25 2016
Turing (a novel about computation)
Papadimitriou C., The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005. 283 pp. Type: Book (9780262661911), Reviews: (2 of 2)
Let me get the storyline of this book out of the way quickly, so that we can get to the stronger parts of this “novel.” Girl meets boy, falls in love (?), has sex, runs away back to her true lover, her true lover di...
Sep 29 2006
Hacking a terror network
Rogers R., Syngress Publishing, Sebastopol, CA, 2005. 364 pp. Type: Book (9781928994985)
This fictional work tells the story of a terror network that uses the Internet to plan and (almost) carry out its nefarious plans. The network is stopped by the good guys, who manage to break the code and stop the situation from happen...
Nov 3 2005
Turing (a novel about computation)
Papadimitriou C., The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005. 283 pp. Type: Book (9780262661911), Reviews: (1 of 2)
Reviewing a piece of fiction means satisfying a different set of requirements than what would be expected from a review of an academic text. For one, it is essential that I do not reveal the whole plot by providing a chapter-by-chapter...
Sep 26 2005
The bug
Ullman E., Anchor, 2004. Type: Book (9781400032358)
If you thought only medical thrillers were possible, you were wrong. This book proves that computer programming thrillers are just as entertaining and gripping....
May 2 2005
Stealing the network: how to own a continent
Craig P., Grand J., Kaminsky D., Pfeil K., Russell R., Syngress Publishing, 2004. Type: Book (9781931836050), Reviews: (2 of 2)
This is the second book in the Syngress series of information security cyber-thrillers. The premise of this fictional book is that a clandestine figure, known only as Knuth, is, for reasons unknown, trying to score enough money on one ...
Apr 6 2005
Stealing the network: how to own a continent
Craig P., Grand J., Kaminsky D., Pfeil K., Russell R., Syngress Publishing, 2004. Type: Book (9781931836050), Reviews: (1 of 2)
This is an unusual book, one unlike any other traditional computer book. It is a successor to
Stealing the network: how to own the box
[1], which focused on the individual computer hacker. This book, on “how to own a c...
Dec 30 2004
Turing (a novel about computation)
Papadimitriou C., MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003. Type: Book (9780262162180)
On one hand, this is a novel about romance: Alexandros meets Ethel on a sunny Greek Isle, loses her, she takes up with another, and, well, I dont want to give away all of the plot. On the other hand, this is a textbook about computatio...
Feb 4 2004
The bug
Ullman E., Doubleday, New York, NY, 2003. 368 pp. Type: Book (9780385508605), Reviews: (2 of 2)
In this sometimes-earthy novel, Roberta Walton, returning from an overseas trip, fumes at being delayed at the immigration station. Looking at the agents computer terminal, she recognizes the Telligentsia transaction interface, an anci...
Jan 23 2004
The bug
Ullman E., Doubleday, New York, NY, 2003. 368 pp. Type: Book (9780385508605), Reviews: (1 of 2)
Most publications in the computer science field deal with some important relevant topic of interest to professionals. Readers are well served when such a paper or book is written. Once in a while, it is possible to read a paper or book...
Sep 12 2003
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