Which is your favorite 70-80s computer book? ↗

The books people recommended

2008-04-29 · 6 points · 28 comments · 11 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

4
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Harold Abelson
4 here · 316 all-time · #2 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 742 ratings on Amazon
3
The C Programming Language
Brian Kernighan, Dennis Ritchie
3 here · 124 all-time · #15 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 182 ratings on Amazon
2
The Soul of a New Machine
Tracy Kidder
2 here · 76 all-time · #43 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 1,741 ratings on Amazon
1
Gödel, Escher, Bach
Douglas Hofstadter
1 here · 347 all-time · #1 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 2,713 ratings on Amazon
1Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Steven Levy
1 here · 39 all-time · #123 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 836 ratings on Amazon
1
Programming Pearls
Jon Bentley
1 here · 35 all-time · #145 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 402 ratings on Amazon
1
Chaos
James Gleick
1 here · 31 all-time · #181 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 3,339 ratings on Amazon
1Thinking Forth
Thinking Forth
Leo Brodie
1 here · 15 all-time · #430 overall
Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 35 ratings on Amazon
1Software Tools
Software Tools
Kernighan and Plauger
1 here · 12 all-time · #542 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 29 ratings on Amazon
1Starting Forth
Starting Forth
Leo Brodie
1 here · 5 all-time · #1364 overall
1The Engines of Creation
The Engines of Creation
Eric Drexler
1 here · 3 all-time · #2397 overall