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This reader’s recommendations and supporting excerpts from the sampled discussions.
thorin · Oct 9, 2023this was the only book I had with me
thorin · Mar 5, 2021Probably code complete, I'd studied engineering and programmed at home for years at a very poor level really.
thorin · Jul 22, 2016Code complete was a great early read
thorin · Oct 9, 2023Again the mythical man month still holds true
thorin · Sep 13, 2018The hobbit - came with the adventure game that my aunty had on her c64 got me into computers and reading aged about 7
thorin · Jul 4, 2024Old man and the sea
thorin · Oct 9, 2023and the Old Man and the Sea
thorin · Jun 18, 2020Jonathon Livingston Seagull - again well known on here, but not so much generally
thorin · Jul 11, 2017I also enjoyed Jonathon Livingston Seagull, which seems to have fallen out of favour recently.
thorin · Jul 4, 2024i can't get the stranger, Camus out of my head
thorin · Oct 9, 2023like L'Etranger
thorin · Apr 23, 2016l'etranger as it's so easy to read in a single sitting and do compelling.
thorin · Oct 9, 2023Heart of darkness is very short
thorin · Oct 9, 2023Republic is quite long but very approachable and I really enjoyed it.
thorin · Apr 23, 2016Probably the trial (kafka)
thorin · Apr 23, 2016or the plague (camus)