John Carmack

John Carmack's Book Recommendations

Technology

John Carmack is a computer programmer and engineer best known for his work at id Software as lead programmer on games like Doom and Quake. He later served as CTO of Oculus VR. Based on his book recommendations, he seems to enjoy science fiction and technology-related topics.

7 books recommended

📚 Books Recommended by John Carmack 7

Lucifer's Hammer

Lucifer's Hammer

by Larry Niven

"John Carmack mentioned this book on Twitter."

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Zones of Thought (3 books)

Zones of Thought (3 books)

by Vernor Vinge

"John Carmack mentioned this series on Twitter."

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Atlas Shrugged

Atlas Shrugged

by Ayn Rand

"If you can't see its archetypes in the world around you, you aren't paying attention."

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Sprawl (3 books)

Sprawl (3 books)

by Robert Bruegmann

"John Carmack mentioned this series on Twitter."

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The Book of CP-System

The Book of CP-System

by Fabien Sanglard

"I learned from The Book of CP-System that the arcade system had rarely used, dedicated hardware to render star fields."

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