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  <title><![CDATA[True Names: and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier]]></title>
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  <default_description>In 1981, three years before the publication of Neuromancer, Vernor Vinges critically acclaimed novella True Names invented the concept of cyberspace, introducing fictionally the idea of a global network of computers. In forums as diverse as Wired, The Whole Earth Catalog, Artificial Intelligence conferences, and Omni, Vinges concept of cyberspace has been the subject of articles and debate. This book is the first forum to explore, in original articles and never-reprinted magazine pieces, the frontier of the Internet and all its subsets.</default_description>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Vinge is becoming one of my top scifi writers. Despite his almost humorous obsession with tall, thin, red-headed women characters. <br/><br/>This collection is a bit odd, as there are many out of date essays as a prelude to the fiction. Some of the essays are great, and still apply, some of them d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52074582">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In 1981, three years before the publication of Neuromancer, Vernor Vinges critically acclaimed novella True Names invented the concept of cyberspace, introducing fictionally the idea of a global network of computers. In forums as diverse as Wired, The Whole Earth Catalog, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27543.Artificial_Intelligence_A_Modern_Approach_2nd_Edition_" title="Artificial Intelligence  A Modern Approach (2nd Edition) by Stuart J. Russell">Artificial Intelligence</a> con...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6070450">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Urgh couldn't stomach the overwhelming cyberpunkiness.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A mixed bag.  Some of the essays seem dated and/or trivial and a couple of them overlap (those on cryptography), but others are good (in particular Marvin Minsky's Afterword) and of course Vinge's novella itself is excellent.  It really is remarkable that the vision he expounded in 1981 has remained...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28494217">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't read the essays included, just the True Names story itself.  Really fascinating, Vinge created a lot of the standard elements for sci-fi online worlds here.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[read so long ago that i can't say much about it. but its interesting that gibson always gets credited with &quot;inventing cyberspace&quot; even though true names was first. ]]></body>
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