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Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1992 09:01:30 MST
>From: Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
Subject: File 7--Krol's Whole Internet User's Guide (Review #3)
A number of guides to the Internet have been published recently, and
others have been announced for the near future. As of this writing
there is a new, undisputed champion that is available at a reasonable
price.
Yesterday FedEx delivered our copy of Ed Krol's _The Whole Internet
User's Guide & Catalog_ direct from the publisher, O'Reilly &
Associates, Inc. This latest publication in their renowned Nutshell
Handbook series is worth every penny of the $24.95 list price. The
ISBN is 1-56592-025-2. O'Reilly can be reached at 103 Morris St, Ste.
A, Sebastopol, CA 95472, or 800-998-9938.
Many are familiar with the Nutshell Handbooks that O'Reilly has
published, mostly for the Unix and X Window environments. This book
is a high quality paperback of 376 pages that is printed on acid-free
paper (not that it will need to last that long, considering the rate
of change of the Internet). Those not familiar with O'Reilly's
publications will be familiar with Krol's RFC 1118, "The Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Internet," which this new book updates and obsoletes.
To indicate how comprehensive and current the book is, I'll take the
liberty of listing the chapter titles:
1. What is this book about?
2. What is the Internet?
3. How the Internet works.
4. What's allowed on the Internet?
5. Remote login.
6. Moving files: FTP
7. Electronic mail
8. Network News
9. Finding software [all about Archie]
10. Finding someone
11. Tunneling through the Internet: Gopher
12. Searching Indexed databases: WAIS
13. Hypertext spanning the Internet: WWW
14. Other applications [fax, chatting, games, etc.]
15. Dealing with problems [error msgs, dealing with operations folks, etc.]
There are also appendices covering resources on the nets, how to get
connected, international connectivity, acceptable use, and other
matters. The glossary is adequate, but does not try to compare to the
_The New Hacker's Dictionary_. The index is very good.
In conclusion, I recommend this very highly. Although there are many
other competing works out there, this one covers almost everything
anyone could want to know, is well written for both the novice and the
experienced user, and is available now at a very reasonable price.
All who are reading this review should have a copy on their desk, and
a copy in their public, academic, or special library for reference by
other potential users.
Obligatory disclaimer: I do not know the author and have no business
or other connections with the author or publisher. I'm just a very
happy consumer.
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