From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxi!houxz!ihnp4!gjm Newsgroups: net.books Title: Announcing net.books Article-I.D.: ihnp4.192 Posted: Wed Feb 23 00:44:27 1983 Received: Wed Feb 23 05:57:27 1983 Reply-To: gjm@ihnp4.UUCP (G. J. Murakami) net.books is here! This news group is for the discussion of books of all kinds: classic or current, comic or tragic, thick or thin, famous or infamous. To get things started, I would like to mention a book that Paul Lustgarten kindly lent to me. THE NETWORK NATION - HUMAN COMMUNICATION VIA COMPUTER by Starr Roxanne Hiltz and Murry Turoff (1978 Addison- Wesley) is a comprehensive work on computer conferencing. The authors cover the full range of the subject including the technology, the sociology and psychology, the politics, the economics, and the opportunities. Usenet, the usenet community, and its history have brought the dicussion of Hiltz and Turoff into real life. We have already experienced many of their "predictions" and have already progressed through some growing pains toward the establishment of a communications community. While I haven't yet had the free time to read much of the book in depth, I am very impressed by what I have read. The book is also heightened by opening each chapter with a "ficitious issue of the Boswash Times, the computerized news service of the Boston-Washington megalopolis." [THE BOSWASH TIMES, June 1, 1993 -- Social News column] Capulet-Montague -- Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague announce with joy their forthcoming marriage. In order that both families may attend without undue risk of disturbing the ceremony, it will be conducted by computerized conference. Welcome to net.books! Enjoy! Gary Murakami IH/IW/IX netnews administrator - networking Bell Labs - Indian Hill ihnp4!gjm