>>106293194
'Best' is a relative term. What one person conciders the 'best', maybe trash to the next. Also, /sec/ is a really big field, with many specialities, and noone here knows what your current skill level, or interests are. I would start by accessing your current knowledge, and then ask yourself what area of /sec/ you might be drawn to. Once you've figured that out, follow up with YT videos to help you narrow down your choices, then start collective resource. If your dead set on books, I'd recommend you do general /sec/ book searches to see what titles grab your attention. May book sellers let you preview books online, and this will help you decide if you want to get any given book. Be aware that some people who write books maybe experts in thier fileds, but don't have a teacher's mindset. A good teacher is engaging, expains complex ideas in easy to digest ways, and will employ lots of diagrams and examples to help visualize complex concepts. I think you get the idea. Knowledge of a subject and being able to teach effectively are two different skillsets and are not mutually inclusive, and then there is your own personal way of learning that is best suited to you.
>>106291191
His site's been back up, and so are the file links. I guess you didn't see my updates. No word from him, though. Usually, if he's lurking and sees VALIS in a post he responds to it. I haven't gotten an email from him since the first day 4chan came back online.
>>106295545
He's the only one that has spent real money for this dog-forsaken thread, but he doesn't seem to have time to for upkeep and participation. His interest is waining, or maybe having trouble in the meat-space vortex. In any case, if you build something, and commit to it, I'll help promote it, if you'd like.
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