I never really got into some of his books but Snow Crash and Diamond Age
are a must read. As for the girls training, it works for her as she's young
and has no pre-conceived notions of programming. If I wanted to follow the
same path and logic I'd probably fail as I'd have to unlearn things. On the
other hand, if someone wrote up a 'learn programming' game in that vein,
I'd buy it for my kids in a heartbeat.
As long as we're looking at cyberpunk type books, keep an eye out for a
book called True Names by Verner Vinge. This is a fantastic work and
introduced cyberspace a few years before Gibson (Neromancer). Oh, and look
for stuff from Rucker like "The Hacker and the Ants" and Headcrash. Both
are excellent and I can tell you from first hand, the description of the
corporation work environment in Headcrash is totally true.
At 12:22 PM 8/21/01, you wrote:
>FYI, if you have not read any of Stephenson, you are _really_ missing out.
>His books are the best sci-fi I've read in my life, and have some _damn_
>interesting ideas, especially Snow Crash and Diamond Age. (For those of you
>who have ready DA, what did you think of the computerized training the
>little girl received? I thought it was dead on correct in regards to how
>training could be done... although its been a while since I've read it.)
>
>-Ray
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 12:06 PM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: Re: Fairy Myths (was: The Bushwacking continues...)
> >
> >
> > Neal Stephenson in his book The Cryptonomicon discussed an interesting
> > concept concerning our industry, I'll have to check it in more
> > detail when I
> > get home from work. Regardless, in one passage Stephenson equated coders
> > with Tolkien's Dwarves, designer/graphic artists with Elves, and marketing
> > types with Man. Considering some of the marketing types and designers I've
> > met, it fits fairly well.
> >
> > larry
> >
> > --
>
>
>
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