From: utzoo!watmath!csc
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Title: One Rave Review is Not Enough
Article-I.D.: watmath.3108
Posted: Wed Jul 28 01:12:24 1982
Received: Wed Jul 28 01:39:44 1982

Every once in a while I read a novel or short story which reaffirms my
faith in the imagination of science fiction.  I just finished reading
"True Names" by Vernor Vinge:  no sigh any human could produce would
express my utter contentment with it.  Wow!  VV has presented a brilliant
look at future computer networks (and his solution for interfacing humans
to increasingly complex systems is [I want one] fantastic) and what might
be able to happen on one.  Suddenly Mike is just an ignorant hick computer
and the Nicky Haflinger is an IBM 1130 hack.  Right now I suggest that
YOU RUN RIGHT OUT AND GET A COPY AND READ IT!  Rape, pillage, genocide -
stop at nothing!  Published as the second half of Binary Star #5, you
will probably have some difficulty finding it.  I am going home now to
sigh over it for a while. . .

            Tracy Tims (watmath!csc)