I was looking at the bookshelf as I put The Dream Machine, it dawned on me that there were a lot of books that discuss the history of computing. They tell the same story, just different parts of it. Some focus on different individuals, other focus on different machines. The history of the computer makes me wonder about the future of technology and machines. Here is a list of the books that are on my bookshelf:
Dealers of Lightning: Xerox Parc and the Dawn of the Computer Age by Michael Hiltzik, 2000
Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer by Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine, 1999
Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything by Steven Levy, 2000
In the Beginning…Was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson, 1999
Where Wizards Stay Up Late… by Katie Hafner and Matthew Lyon, 1998
Bootstrapping: Douglas Engelbart, Coevolution, and the Origins of Personal Computing by Thierry Bardini, 2000
The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer by Doron Swade, 2002
Go to: The Story of the Math Majors, Bridge Players, Engineers, Chess Wizards, Scientists and Iconoclasts who were the Hero Programmers of the Software Revolution by Steve Lohr, 2001
Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented, Then Ignored, the First Personal Computer by Douglas K. Smith and Robert C. Alexander