Originally posted here by MsMittens
Digital Fortress is a poor example IMHO. Cryptonomicon -- by Neal Stephenson, now that is a book on Encryption.
Another good book...if I may play off MsMitten's suggestion of Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon, is another of his books I have that I think is a good read: In the Beginning...Was the Command Line. Not a hacking book...but interesting just the same.

In the Beginning...Was the Command Line - A Review



P.S. Looks like I'm a senior, now. Took long enough.