The Decameron Volume 2 |
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 - 1375) |
The Decameron is a collection of 100 very readable novellas finished in 1353. It is known for its bawdy tales that span the spectrum from erotic to tragic. The tales are told by a party of ten fleeing the black plague, on each of 10 days they each tell a tale on a particular theme. The stories remain compelling for the modern reader while providing a unique window into medieval life. |
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
Lewis Carroll (1832 - 1898) |
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland -The book that spawned a plethora of films, expressions and catchphrases. The word "wonderland" itself has been introduced to the English language referring to a marvellous, imaginary place. When Alice falls down a rabbit hole, she finds herself in a fantasy world - talking animals, playing cards and a whole lot of other fanciful, comical and wonderfully absurd nonsense. A story that has been delighting and enchanting children and adults alike for generations. |
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The Red Badge of Courage |
Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900) |
1895 Best Seller.
One of the most influential anti-war stories ever written The Red Badge of Courage was adapted as a film in 1951 by John Huston.
Crane wanted to show what war was like and achieved a ground breaking 'psychological portrayal of fear'.
The story follows an archetypical 19 year old recruit in the American Civil War.
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The Man Who Would be King |
Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) |
Two British ex-soldiers find adventure in Kafiristan which is now part of Afghanistan
The story was inspired by real life characters who became the Rajah of Sarawak in Boreno and the Prince of Ghor.
In 1975 the story was made into a John Huston film starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine.
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Code v2 http://codev2.cc/ |
Lawrence Lessig ( - ) http://www.lessig.org/ |
Lessig's "Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace" was published in 1999. The book quickly began to define a certain vocabulary for thinking about the regulation of cyberspace. More than any other social space, cyberspace would be controlled or not depending upon the architecture, or "code," of that space. And that meant regulators, and those seeking to protect cyberspace from at least some forms of regulation, needed to focus not just upon the work of legislators, but also the work of technologists.
Code v2 updates the original work. It is not, as Lessig writes in the preface, a "new work." Written in part collectively, through a Wiki hosted by JotSpot, the aim of the update was to recast the argument in the current context, and to clarify the argument where necessary.
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 License |
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Halo |
Tom Maddox ( - ) |
Tom Maddox is one of the original cyberpunk writers, this his first novel became a cyberpunk classic. Exploring AI, machine self awareness, virtual realities, and philosophy.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) |
Literature's pre-eminent detective, Sherlock Holmes, shines again and again in these 12 thrilling adventures, set in England's Victorian era.. |
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