SwellJoe

This reader’s recommendations and supporting excerpts from the sampled discussions.

24 books

SwellJoe · May 10, 2009
Non-fiction, but the best tech startup story I know of:
SwellJoe · Aug 7, 2016
I can read Elements of Style in an afternoon without feeling like it's a chore.
SwellJoe · Aug 16, 2009
Books like Programming Pearls, Beautiful Code, etc. tell stories about code, rather than just show you code
SwellJoe · Mar 19, 2008
Rendezvous with Rama left me breathless...and I could not put it down
SwellJoe · Aug 16, 2009
I just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy a couple of weeks ago. It's really good.
SwellJoe · Mar 19, 2008
Dune is also astoundingly good, though after the first three, the quality goes downhill
SwellJoe · May 19, 2008
the same ideas presented in Positioning
SwellJoe · Mar 19, 2008
one of the best ever is The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood