Good books in computer science?

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message <d177c9ea-4643-4dbe-
a889-6556ff32db06 at x1g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, koranthala wrote:

> I do have Mythical Man-Month - a great book indeed.
> I was looking for more technical books ...

No-one has mentioned Andrew Tanenbaum's "Computer Networks". So much of 
programming seems to involve networking these days, I think the current 
(4th) edition is a great introduction to how to think in network terms, 
particularly about security issues.