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This is a list of recommended computer history-related books. Dealers of lightning: Xerox PARC and the dawn of the computer age Michael A. Hiltzik Harper Business, 2000 ISBN: 0887309895 A truly great book being a fascinating story of rise and fall of legendary Xerox PARC laboratory and people behind such inventions as personal computing, graphical user interface, Ethernet et al. Every page brings new interesting facts and recollections, showing that Hiltzik’s Pulitzer was a truly deserved one. Even the title and table of contents themselves are captivating, promising an immense read the book more than delivers. Its only fault, albeit a forgivable one? Not a single picture inside. Buy at Amazon.com , Buy at Barnes & Noble High score! The illustrated history of electronic games Rusel DeMaria, Johnny Lee Wilson McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2002 ISBN: 0072224282 Maybe not the prettiest and most portable book ever, but filled with great and rare facts, figures, illustrations and interviews regarding the birth and evolution of video and computer games. Divided logically into eras (prehistory, the 70s, the 80s and the 90s) it becomes less interesting as one goes further, but that might be as well due the industry itself growing dehumanized and ruthlessy commercialized – a fact the book does not fail to recognize. Still, a must-read for everyone who spent their youth in arcades or in front of TV/computer screen. Buy at Amazon.com , Buy at Barnes & Noble

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