From: Chris.Knight@f99.n121.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Knight)
Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
Subject: Sources, part IV
Date: 27 Dec 92 22:16:52 GMT

The Bootlegger/Hacker Magazine
1080 Hays Cut-off Road
Cave Junction, OR  97523
This puppy was distributed on disk and was a fantastic periodical,
electronic or otherwise in it's time.  Unfortunately the last copies I saw
were from about 1985-86, but if you want to try subscriptions WERE about
$25 per year.
 
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- Books -
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By an Order of the Magnitude, aka "Live Free or Die!"
by Thomas Icom & John J. Williams
Written by the editor of Cybertek, a technological survival guide.
$39.95 from Consumertronics.
 
The Hacker Handbook
by Hugo Cornwall
Published by E. Arthur Brown Company.  ph.# 612.762.8847
Written for hackers, a great book for the learning beginner.  Does not go
to deep technically into actual hacking.  ISBN 0-912579-06-4.
 
Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier
by Katie Hafner and John Markoff
Published by Simon and Schuster
A sequel to Steven Levy's book, Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution,
it is a more up-to-date book that talks about hackers NOW, not back in the
50's and 60's at MIT.  Unfortunately it takes a rather negative view of
phrackers.  $22.95
 
Beginners Guide to Electronics
From Radio Shack.  It'll help the beginner in electronics start to know
what other, more experienced people are talking about.
 
The Computer Underground
by M. Harry
Published by Loompanics Unlimited.
Considered to be an okay book, The Computer Underground is NOT a fantastic
book, but will help add to the knowledge of the aspiring hacker or self-
educator.  Its probability analysis is reputed to be wildly inaccurate
though.  ISBN 0-915179-31-8.
 
Computer Viruses, a High-Tech Disease
by Ralf Burger
Published by Abascus
More or less an interesting how-to book on computer viruses.  ISBN 1-55755-
043-3.
 
The Little Black Book of Computer Viruses
Published by American Eagle Publications
Box 41401,
Tucson, AZ 85717
A book on how to write computer viruses.  190 pages including full IBM PC
source code.  $14.95 ISBN 0-929408-02-0.
 
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
by Steven Levy
A chronological book about the history of hackers from their beginnings in
the late 1950's at MIT, to the middle 1980's.  The BEST historical account
of the culture to date.  A definite read.
 
Die Hacker Bibel I & II
Published by Der Grune, also available from:
Chaos Computer Club,
Schwenckestr 85, D-2000
Hamburg 20, Germany.
Considered a nice book, even though half of the book is in German (that's
why the title is the way it is).  ISBN 3-922708-98-6.
 
The FBI and Your BBS
Published by The FBI Project.  ph.# 313.747.7027
For Sysops worried about their legalities.  Only one quarter of the book is
considered valuable by 2600 Magazine, but that 25% is considered important.
 
Out of the Inner Circle
by Bill Landereth
A book about computer security and "The Cracker"(Bill Landereth).  It also
explains a little bit about the hacker ethic and what makes a hacker tick.
ISBN 0-914845-36-5.
 
The Cuckoo's Egg
by Clifford Stoll
Published by Doubleday.
About a computer users adventure chasing down computer criminals.  A true
story.  ISBN 0-385-24946-2.
 
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- Other Assorted Books -
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                 (a couple of the books below are fiction)
 
Poor Man's James Bond - by Kurt Saxon
Big Secrets - by William Poundstone

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