Here be Books

Steve Smith tagged me with his books post last week, which was his response to Sadukie’s post on books. I will of course keep this modern chain letter going. Here be dragons books.

Currently and just finished reading: I just visited my local library and picked up a copy of Planet of Twilight, which is the third book in a Star Wars trilogy. I’ve recently finished reading the second book of the same trilogy, Darksaber. Although I don’t like the name “Darksaber,” it is a well-written, entertaining book. My wife tells me, however, that I will not find the same to be true of Planet of Twilight.

On the technical side of things I’ve just started reading Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C#, which lines up very well with a lot of the techniques I use in my day-to-day development, and I will be adding it to my required reading list shortly.

I plan to be reading a little bit less right now as I have been playing StarCraft 2. Let me know if you want to play a match.

From what medium I like my books: I haven’t ever gotten any of the digital readers, but I have read PDFs on my computer and on my phone. I’ve also used some of the book reader applications for my phone, and I tend to prefer reading books on pages printed on dead trees. Perhaps it’s just that I’ve not yet tried a good enough interface for digital reading. I intend to try one eventually.

Some book recommendations: If you’re interested in reading any Star Wars novels I would recommend that you begin with either the Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zhan: Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command or with the Michael Stackpole’s X-wing series: Rogue Squadron, Wedge's Gamble, The Krytos Trap, and The Bacta War.

If you’re interested in reading some fantasy stories I would recommend starting the Drizzt books starting with the first trilogy written about him, The Icewind Dale trilogy: The Crystal Shard, Streams of Silver, and The Halfling's Gem.

For technical books, please check my not-so-up-to-date list of recommended software development books.

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