Re: Artificial Life Beginner

Read the first three books from Chris Langton,
the founder of AL (Artificial Life) :

Artificial Life
Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity. Vol. 6
Christopher G. Langton (Editor)
Addison-Wesely, 1988

Artificial Life 2
Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity. Vol. 10
Christopher G. Langton, Charles Taylor, J. Doyne Farmer and Steen Rasmussen
(Eds.)
Addison-Wesely, 1992

Artificial Life 3
Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity. Vol. 17
Christopher G. Langton (Editor)
Addison-Wesely, 1994