User Profile

Ben Combee Locked account

unwiredben@bookwyrm.social

Joined 1 year, 6 months ago

Software developer in Austin, TX Reads a lot of computer history, science fiction, politics, and science

Follow on Fediverse

This link opens in a pop-up window

Ben Combee's books

To Read (View all 68)

Martha Wells: System Collapse (Hardcover, 2023, Tordotcom)

Tamara Shopsin: Arbitrary stupid goal (2017)

Heather Einhorn, Adam Staffaroni, Janet Harvey, Joan Hilty, Sonia Liao: The Curie Society (Paperback, 2021, The MIT Press)

Currently Reading (View all 10)

Hal Hartley: Our Lady of the Highway (2022, Elboro Enterprises)

Hugh Aldersey-Williams: Periodic tales (2011, Ecco)

Matthew Diffee: The best of the rejection collection (2011, Workman Pub., Workman Publishing Company)

Read (View all 105)

Isaac Asimov: Foundation (Paperback, 2004, Bantam Books)

Cixin Liu: The Three-Body Problem (Hardcover, 2014, Tor Publishing Group)

Neal Stephenson: Snow Crash (Paperback, 2008, Bantam Spectra)

User Activity

Ben Combee rated Republic, Lost: 5 stars

No cover — Lawrence Lessig: Republic, Lost (2011, Grand Central Publishing)

Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessig

Ben Combee rated Spilt Milk: 4 stars

Doug Schwartz: Spilt Milk (Paperback, 2018, Douglas Schwartz)

Spilt Milk by Doug Schwartz

Ben Combee rated Wild Robot Series 2 Books Collection Set By Peter Brown: 5 stars

Wild Robot Series 2 Books Collection Set By Peter Brown by Peter Brown, The Wild Robot By Peter Brown, 978-0316382007, 0316382000, 9780316382007, and 2 others

Ben Combee rated The Hardware Hacker: 5 stars

Andrew "Bunnie" Huang: The Hardware Hacker (2017, No Starch Press)

The Hardware Hacker by Andrew "Bunnie" Huang

Ben Combee rated The Atrocity Archives: 4 stars

Charles Stross: The Atrocity Archives (Paperback, 2011, Orbit)

The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross

Bob Howard is a computer-hacker desk jockey, who has more than enough trouble keeping up with the endless paperwork he …

Ben Combee rated iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: 5 stars

Steve Wozniak, Gina Smith: iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon (2007)

iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon by Steve Wozniak, Gina Smith

Ben Combee rated Effective C++: 5 stars

Scott Meyers: Effective C++ (2005, Addison-Wesley)

Effective C++ by Scott Meyers (Effective C++ Series, #1)

Since early in the 90s, working C++ programmers have relied on Scott Meyers s Effective C++ to dramatically improve their …

Ben Combee rated Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi: 4 stars

Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi by John Scalzi

Ben Combee rated Atomic Accidents : A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: 4 stars

James Mahaffey: Atomic Accidents : A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters (Paperback, 2015, Pegasus Books)

Atomic Accidents : A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters by James Mahaffey

Ben Combee rated Endless Loop: 5 stars

Mark Jones Lorenzo: Endless Loop (Paperback, 2017, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform)

Endless Loop by Mark Jones Lorenzo

Ben Combee rated A Slow Year: 5 stars

Ian Bogost: A Slow Year (Paperback, 2010, Open Texture)

A Slow Year by Ian Bogost

Ben Combee rated The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom?: 5 stars

David Brin: The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom? (1999)

The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom? by David Brin

Ben Combee rated Racing the Beam: 5 stars

Nick Montfort, Ian Bogost: Racing the Beam (2009, The MIT Press)

Racing the Beam by Nick Montfort, Ian Bogost (Platform Studies)

A study of the relationship between platform and creative expression in the Atari VCS.