What books are on YOUR bedside table?

Grid Goddess was never big on romance novels, but things have taken a turn to the extreme these days.

Grid Computing: The Savvy Manager's Guide by Pawel Plaszczak and Richard Wellner, Jr. and Grid Computing For Developers by Vladimir Silva are at the top of the stack right now.

Silva's book is heavy on the Globus Toolkit, but gives a good overview of grid concepts and technology and boy, are there a lot of code samples!!?!?! The Saavy Manager's book, on the other hand, is targeted toward, well, managers. It gives a broad overview of the technology, some case studies, and a good dose of competitive advantages vs. implementation challenges. More details when I'm back from TX... plenty of airport and airplane time to savor these beasts from cover to cover.

'Til next time, GG

P.S. If you know of a fabulous HPC/Cluster/Grid book that keeps you up turning pages until the wee hours, I'd love to hear about it. Drop me a line!

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