Re: if you could have just one dead tree book
on Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 11:57:50AM -0600, Dan Hunt (Dan@TillageTools.com) wrote:
> I am taking care of my big sister's farm here in western Canada
> while she is visiting her daughter at UC Davis in Davis
> California. My brother in law phoned and asked me if there was a
> book I would like from the ucdavis book store.
> Oh fellow debian-users, if you could have just one dead tree book
> what would you ask for?
> If I don't reply to his I will own a big book about red-hat!
> All I could think of is Rute, but I see Matt Welsh's Running
> Linux was reccomended.
Hmm...
I'm checking with some folks who'd know the bookstore well. If you're
aiming for something that can only be obtained at UCD.
I'd recommend:
- _Wind, Sand, and Stars_, Antoine de Saint Exuperey
- _The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_, Douglas Adams (preferably
one of the compendia of all six books from the trilogy).
- _Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance_, Robert Pirsig.
- Anything by Neal Stephenson. If you want moderately topical,
there's _Cryptonomicon_, though _The Diamond Age_, _Snowcrash_,
_Zodiac_, and _U_ are all recommneded. "In the Beginning Was the
Command Line" is available online (Google for it).
- Temperate-Zone Pomology. After all, Davis *is* an ag school.
- A UC Davis Coffeehouse mug. You can't get these just anywhere.
For technical books, you can get just about anything at Powells:
http://www.powells.com/
Peace.
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