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Authors
- Isaac Asimov ("Foundation" novels and others)
- Iain Banks ("Culture" novels, FEERSUM ENDJINN and others)
- John Barnes (MOTHER OF STORMS)
- Stephen Baxter ("Xeelee" novels and others)
- Greg Bear (BLOOD MUSIC, THE FORGE OF GOD, THE ANVIL OF STARS, QUEEN OF ANGELS, SLANT, DARWIN’S RADIO and others)
- Gregory Benford ("Galactic Center" novels, COSM and others)
- James Blish (CITIES IN FLIGHT)
- David Brin ("Uplift" novels, EARTH, GLORY SEASON, and others)
- Max Brooks (WORLD WAR Z)
- Bartle Bull (THE WHITE RHINO HOTEL, THE DEVIL'S OASIS, A CAFE ON THE NILE and others)
- John Brunner (STAND ON ZANZIBAR)
- Algis Budrys (ROGUE MOON)
- Truman Capote (IN COLD BLOOD non-fiction)
- Orson Scott Card ("Ender" novels)
- John le Carre ("Smiley" spy novels)
- Michael Chabon (THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION)
- Raymond Chandler ("Phillip Marlowe" detective novels)
- Jang Chang (WILD SWANS: THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA)
- Arthur C. Clarke (RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA and others)
- Susanna Clarke (JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORRELL)
- Allan Cole and Chris Bunch ("Sten" novels)
- Michael Chrichton (THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, JURASSIC PARK and others)
- Gordon R. Dickson ("Dorsai" novels)
- George Alec Effinger ("Budayeen" novels)
- Greg Egan (PERMUTATION CITY, DISTRESS, QUARANTINE and others)
- James Ellroy (L. A. CONFIDENTIAL and other crime novels)
- William Gibson ("Cyberpunk" novels, THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE and others)
- Malcolm Gladwell (THE TIPPING POINT, BLINK, and other non-fiction books)
- Joe Haldeman (FOREVER WAR, FOREVER PEACE and others)
- Dashiell Hammett (THE MALTESE FALCON and other detective novels)
- Robert H. Heinlein (THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS and others)
- Frank Herbert ("Dune" novels)
- John Irving (THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP and other mainstream novels)
- Stephen King (THE STAND and other horror novels)
- Elizabeth Kostova (THE HISTORIAN)
- Ursula K. LeGuin (THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS and others)
- Harper Lee (TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD)
- Elmore Leonard (crime novels)
- Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (FREAKONOMICS non-fiction)
- David Liss (A CONSPIRACY OF PAPER and other historical detective novels)
- H. P. Lovecraft ("Cthulhu Mythos" novels)
- Ken MacLeod (COSMONAUT KEEP and other "Engines of Light" novels, and others)
- Yann Martel (LIFE OF PI)
- Cormac Mccarthy (ALL THE PRETTY HORSES, THE ROAD, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN)
- Will McCarthy ("Queendom of Sol" novels)
- Ian McDonald (EVOLUTION'S SHORE aka CHAGA, THE RIVER OF GODS, BRASYL)
- Maureen McHugh (CHINA MOUNTAIN ZHANG)
- Walter F. Miller Jr. (A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ)
- Anchee Min (RED AZALEA)
- Richard K. Morgan ("Takeshi Kovacs" novels)
- Audrey Niffenegger (THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE)
- Larry Niven ("Known Space" novels)
- Larry Niven/Jerry Pournelle (THE MOTE IN GOD'S EYE, OATH OF FEALTY and others)
- Larry Niven/Jerry Pournelle/Stephen Barnes ("Grendel" novels)
- Robert B. Parker ("Spenser", "Sunny Randell", "Jesse Stone" detective novels and some good westerns)
- Marisha Pessl (SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS)
- Fredrick Pohl ("Heechee" novels and others)
- Alastair Reynolds ("Revelation Space" series)
- Mary Doria Russell (THE SPARROW, CHILDREN OF GOD)
- Carl Sagan (CONTACT)
- John Scalzi (OLD MAN'S WAR, THE GHOST BRIGADES, and others)
- Dan Simmons (HYPERION, FALL OF HYPERION, and others)
- Martin Cruz Smith ("Arkady Renko" detective novels and others)
- Neal Stephenson (SNOW CRASH, DIAMOND AGE, CRYPTONOMICON, and others)
- Charles Stross (SINGULARITY SKY, IRON SUNRISE, ACCELERANDO, HALTING STATE and others)
- James Surowiecki (THE WISDOM OF CROWDS and other non-fiction books)
- Robert Sutton et al. (HARD FACTS, THE NO ASSHOLE RULE, and other business books)
- Studs Turkel (THE GOOD WAR non-fiction)
- Vernor Vinge (A FIRE UPON THE DEEP, A DEEPNESS IN THE SKY, RAINBOWS END, and others)
- Robert Charles Williams (DARWINIA, THE CHRONOLITHS, BLIND LAKE, SPIN, and others)
- Walter Jon Williams (ARISTOI, METROPOLITAN, CITY ON FIRE, "Dread Empire's Fall" novels, and others)
- Connie Willis (DOOMSDAY BOOK, TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG, and others)
- David Zindell (NEVERNESS)
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Presentation: Implications of Memory Consistency (or Lack of It) Models for Java, C++, and C Developers (more)
Seminar Review: Jack Ganssle, Better Firmware Faster, 2006 (more)
Article: Depending Upon the Kindness of Strangers: Notes on Open Source and Free Software (more)
Article: Vaster than Empires and More Slow: The Dimensions of Scalability (more)
Article: In Praise of do-while (false) (more)
Book Review: Joel Spolsky, Best Software Writing I, Apress, 2005 (more)
Presentation: Robert Austin, Measuring and Managing Performance in Organizations, Dorset House, 1996 (more)
Book Review: Joel Spolsky, Joel on Software, Apress, 2004 (more)
Presentation: James Surowiecki, The Wisdom of Crowds, Doubleday, 2004 (more)
Travelogue: China Journal: Dancing with a Sleeping Giant (more)
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