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Władca PierścieniDwie wieże. Tom 2 Author: J. R. R. Tolkien

Władca PierścieniPowrót króla. Tom 3 Author: J. R. R. Tolkien

The HobbitThere and Back Again Author: J.R.R. Tolkien I’ve read “Hobbit” for the first time back in high school, and then again years later with my kids. It was one of the first fantasy books I ever picked up—not exactly my favourite, but definitely a solid introduction to the genre. There were things that puzzled me at the time, like the difference between dwarfs and gnomes, or why “elfs” are called “elves” here. Luckily, I had friends who introduced me to the arcana of “Hobbit”,“The Lord of the Rings”123 and even the world of Forgotten Realms4. Thanks to them, I started to see the bigger picture and the connections between these universes. ...

ReporterAuthor: A. J. Quinnell It’s one of the first books I remember. First of this kind and was probably the first that I’ve read just for the fun of reading. I remember reading few more books about spies, but it’s this one that started it.

Kukułcze jajoEkscytujące łowy na nieuchwytnego hackera Author: Clifford Stoll I’ve read it in Polish, so I kept polish picture. This book had a huge impact on how I perceive IT security. It was the way that shaped my fascination by Unix systems and probably impacted some of my decisions about my future 😉 It’s a fascinating lecture on the battle between “sys admin” (actually an astronomer and a random guy, but with a skill) and a hacker. Cold war times. Quite “analog” IT systems, printers as terminals, etc. A time machine to the beginnings of networks and Internet. ...