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The definitive guide to the UNIX networking API. Few technical authors can match Stevens, who unfortunately passed away not too long ago.

I bought this book simply because I liked the title, but it turned out to be quite enjoyable.

You’d think I’d remember reading a book with this title, but I don’t.

A great sci-fi story about an inter-planetary terrorist (for the good guys, that is, depending on your point of view).

Lovecraft is spoooky. But good.

A nice set of Arabian Nights stories with illustrations by Maxfield Parrish and an interesting introduction by Mark Helprin.

A compendium of articles about myths and legends in different parts of the world. Interesting, but a little dry.

This is a really big book. I thought it was okay.

Adam’s humorous, but shallow take on the business world, or at least the part of it filled with cubicles and engineering teams. Adams is funny, but the humor never really goes beyond poking fun at the status quo. Strangely, he never seems to advise *getting out* of it, as he himself did.

Neil Gaiman writes good stories. You should read one.