Ed Krol's The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog (O'Reilly and Associates, 1993). A good, thorough, detailed look at the Internet. Heavily slanted toward UNIX but still a solid reference.
Steven Levy's book, Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, (Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1984). Describes the early culture and ethos that ultimately resulted in the Internet and Usenet.
John Quarterman's The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide (Digital Press, 1990) is an exhaustive look at computer networks and how they connect with each other.
FYI on Where to Start - A Bibliography of Internetworking Information, by Tracy LaQuey, Joyce K. Reynolds, Karen Roubicek, Mary Stahl and Aileen Yuan (August, 1990), is an excellent list of articles, books, newsletters and other sources of information about the Internet. It's available via ftp from nic.ddn.mil in the rfc directory as rfc1175.txt (see the FTP chapter for information on getting documents through FTP).
The Cuckoo's Egg, by Clifford Stoll. A suspense thriller about one scientist's successful attempt to track down and identify an intruder on one of his computers hooked to the Internet. A very entertaining introduction to the Internet and how it works, in non-technical language.
The Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh, Adam Engst, Hayden Publishing. The 650-some pages of text and the disk is an exhaustive introduction to the Internet for Macintosh users. Along with InterCon's free InterSLIP, QUALCOMM's free Eudora, Dartmouth's freeware/shareware Fetch, and the free TurboGopher from the University of Minnesota, the disk includes version 2.0.2 of MacTCP from Apple. The only legal way for users to acquire MacTCP 2.0.2 is to buy it or a product that includes it. This book will be the cheapest way to get MacTCP, given that the book will cost around $25 and MacTCP itself costs $52 with shipping if you order from MacWarehouse. The book discusses many of the software programs available on the Net. Shentel does recommend The Internet Valet package for Mac users to access the net. It is the easiest to set up product we have found to date. It can be found at our local Computer Software Stores.
The Windows Internet Tour Guide, by Michael Fraase, Ventana Press. An excellent introduction to the Internet for Windows users. Written clearly and simply for novices, this book includes a disk of free software. The book discusses many of the software programs provided on the NEt.
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