Ask HN: What are the books to learn the hacker culture?

Re:Ask HN: What are the books to learn the hacker culture? by veddox on Thursday December 14, 2017 @06:49AM (#15921558)

To understand the hacker culture, you must understand its background and history. Here are some good books:

"The Jargon File", Eric S. Raymond (ed.) http://www.catb.org/jargon/

"The Cuckoo's Egg", Cliff Stoll

"Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution", Steven Levy

"Where Wizards Stay up Late", Katie Hafner

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Re:Ask HN: What are the books to learn the hacker culture? by decasteve on Thursday December 14, 2017 @09:52AM (#15922650)

I'd also suggest "the innovators", Walter Isaacson, on top of those.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the books to learn the hacker culture? by inp on Monday December 18, 2017 @02:24AM (#15950050)

Great! Thank you for all these references.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the books to learn the hacker culture? by dasmoth on Thursday December 14, 2017 @09:53AM (#15922653)

I’d add “The Soul of a New Machine” by Tracy Kidder.

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