Good hacker fiction

[Marder]

I haven't read too much hacker fiction aside from Dan Brown's Digital Fortress, but I don't even know if you can really call that hacker fiction. I've come under the perception that most fiction about hackers lives and dies off of cliches that society has about hackers and "nerds" in general. That they're reclusive, obsessive, overtly smart people typing random things onto a screen that the common person would never understand to destroy life as we know it and bring about the new world order. Or they're like Matrix/.Hack stuffs that portrays the internet and the world of technology as some kind of alternate dimension that can be accessed and navigated by humans.

I'm looking for anything that sort of breaks this mold and is realistic. Anybody know of any such stories?

[dellex]

"Stealing the Network" series: http://www.amazon.com/Stealing-Network-Complete-Collectors-Chapter/dp/159749299X/

...and of course "Little Brother", which is free to download: http://craphound.com/littlebrother/download/
and there is a whole thread here dedicated to the book: http://www.hackthissite.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=3042

[Marder]

Thanks for the tip . I'll have to check these out.

[Goatboy]

I whole-heartedly second both of those books. I read Little Brother twice in a row, and I am about 50 pages away from the Stealing The Network series. Both are fantastic books which demonstrate very real attacks in a fictional setting. Not only will you be entertained, but you will learn something as well.

[Marder]

I just finished downloading the free copy of Little Brother and am currently reading the first chapter. Entertaining so far, and I like the style. Will have to keep reading this. Thanks for the recommendations guys, I sure hope to learn a thing or two.

[TheCheeseDemon]

Daniel Saurez is a good bet as well and Cory Docotorows other books are all worth reading - there not really hacker fiction but they tend to revolve around technology and well, there good.

[fabianhjr]

For the Win and Down and Out In the Magic Kingdom are the greatest of Cory Doctorow's books.

[apples]

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. Not technically about hacking, but whatever.