The Billion Dollar Story of Silicon Valley
by Michael S. Malone
Recommended by Patrick Collison and Saku Panditharatne
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books.
An investigative, behindthescenes report on the semiconductor/computer industry traces the history of Silicon Valley and the electronics industry, and the entrepreneurs, innovations, industrial espionage, drug scene, and other realities of Silicon Valley...
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Why recommended
Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books.
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Patrick Collison
Co-founder and CEO of Stripe
“This book is great. I know the cover looks very 80s, but that's because it's about... the 80s. The extreme stories and personalities behind the first wave of personal computing, from Atari to Apple”
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Consider 11/22/63 by Stephen King. Recommended by 4 sources.
“Starts as a lean, suspenseful time-travel premise that quickly settles into an immersive, character-focused saga. Its chief useful part is the way everyday 1960s small-town life and personal relationships make the historical stakes feel immediate; the novel rewards readers who relish atmosphere and slow moral puzzles. The main limitation is length and digressions—long domestic passages and episodic subplots stretch the middle and can undercut urgency for readers who wanted a tighter thriller.”
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