Re: [-empyre-] the book

[c.dena@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au]

Oh, and I forgot to answer Alan's question about books they have been
influenced by: 

Before entering academia - 'Cyberia' by Douglas Rushkoff, 'Virtual Organisms'
by Mark Ward **; 'Living Dolls' by Gaby Wood.
After entering academia - Marie-Laure Ryan's writings **
Her website: <http://lamar.colostate.edu/~pwryan/indml.htm>

I'm off now,
Christy

In message <200401130051.i0D0pwLd032477@cassius.its.unimelb.edu.au> c.dena@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
 writes:
> Hello again,
> 
> I must echo Alan's praise of NMR. I bought the book last year as soon as I 
> could and was so relieved when it arrived. I had been reading a lot of anti-tech
> writing (Sven Birkerts and the like) at the time and, being the only student
> researching new media writing in my department felt quite isolated. As soon as 
> it arrived I was overcome with relief. And then yesterday, as i quickly glanced 
> over it again I was pleasantly surprised to find a Scott McCloud excerpt  
> (since I'm reviewing an interactive comic at the moment). So convenient!
> 
> Christy
> 
> 
> In message <Pine.NEB.4.58.0401121824060.15856@panix3.panix.com> Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
>  writes:
> > 
> > 
> > Just want to say that the contents of the book look excellent! I've
> > already read some of the articles in other places of course. What's
> > interesting to me is the breadth of the book - which is much broader, I
> > think than the discussion here has indicated. I'm particularly glad to see
> > anything from the Wingrad/Flores book reproduced - it's always been one of
> > my favorite -
> > 
> > It's hard, on this list, to deal with books, anthologies, etc., that
> > aren't present. For me, the new media book seems really exciting.
> > 
> > One other book, in conjunction - only because I found another copy at the
> > Salvation Army! - is Benedikt's Cyberspace: First Steps.
> > 
> > I'm curious what books have influenced people here?
> > 
> > Also want to mention something called the Internet Handbook from the early
> > 90s - it was my first guide to the technical aspects of things, and had
> > articles by Barry Wellman, Cerf, and others.
> > 
> > And glad to see that Tim Bernars-Lee is getting the knighthood!
> > 
> > Also - there are Ted Nelson selections; what could be better?
> > 
> > - for me, just to end this choppy email - theory has moved well into these
> > areas; it's a lot more interesting to read, say, Lessig, than Foucault at
> > this point (only speaking for myself), and Deleuze/Guattari already seem a
> > bit ossified.
> > 
> > On the other hand, there's Sartre's discussion of seriality and the hit
> > parade in Critique of Dialectical Reason - which relates directly to
> > online - so who knows?
> > 
> > Now onto Shaviro's Connected -
> > 
> > Alan
> > 
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