Books Recommended by John Carmack
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Freedom's Forge
How American Business Produced Victory in World War II
Arthur Herman
Source: "A bit uncomfortable as an example of how a mass production strategy can overwhelm a generally technically superior adversary." - John Carmack
2 recommenders
The Book of CP-System
Fabien Sanglard
Source: "I learned from [this book] that the arcade system had rarely used, dedicated hardware to render star fields." - John Carmack
1 recommender
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
Source: "If you can't see its archetypes in the world around you, you aren't paying attention." - John Carmack
Zones of Thought (3 books)
Vernor Vinge
Source: John Carmack mentioned this series on Twitter.
1 recommender
Hackers
Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Steven Levy
Source: "A really formative book for me as a teenager." - John Carmack
1 recommender
Sprawl (3 books)
William Gibson
Source: John Carmack mentioned this series on Twitter.
4 recommenders
1 recommender
2 books
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