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Posted by Mark (Member # 6393) on :
 
I wonder if OSC knows the world's youngest billionaire is a fan. It's the only book he lists on his facebook page, though it's not his favorite.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/09/20/100920fa_fact_vargas

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In our last interview—this one over the phone—I asked Zuckerberg about “Ender’s Game,” the sci-fi book whose hero is a young computer wizard.

“Oh, it’s not a favorite book or anything like that,” Zuckerberg told me, sounding surprised. “I just added it because I liked it. I don’t think there’s any real significance to the fact that it’s listed there and other books aren’t. But there are definitely books—like the Aeneid—that I enjoyed reading a lot more.”
 
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
 
I don't know that I'd call Ender a computer wizard, either.
 
Posted by C3PO the Dragon Slayer (Member # 10416) on :
 
Describing the protagonist as a "computer wizard" is very misleading to those who haven't read Ender's Game, but Ender does do his share of hacking.
 
Posted by Fremen (Member # 11984) on :
 
Yeah, I think he's right behind Bean as far as manipulating the Computer System (HE BEAT THE GIANT'S DRINK).

Although it is weird that EG is the only game on Zuck's FB...
 
Posted by Boothby171 (Member # 807) on :
 
Well, I think that since the only OTHER book he mentions is the Aeneid, that EG is in good company....
 


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