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:BOOKS
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                                 ~electronic books and references~

 │*`AIDS`
 │ `Buyers_Guide_to_Collectibles`
 │ `Cold_Fusion`
 │ `Electronic_Publishing_Forum`
 │ `Everglade`
 │ `Floppyback_Sampler_#1`
 │ `Future_Systems`
 │ `Home_Business_Guides`
 │ `Koran`
 │ `LoveFire`
 │ `PeopleSystems`
 │ `Ready_For_Calculus`
 │ `Reviews`
 │ `Serendipty_Anthology`
 │ `ShareDebate_#1`
 │ `Think_Thunder!`
 │ `Tutor`
 │ `Alien_Resonance`
 │ `Gnothi-Karion`
 │ `Kinzel`
 │ `Ten`
 │ `Electronic_Democracy`
 │ `Operation_Desert_Storm`
 │ `Star_Wars`
 │ `DayDreamer`
 │ `Follow_Me`
 │ `Hitchhikers_Guide`
 │ `SF_Review_Library_1989`
 │ `Virtual_Society`


:AIDS
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`(AIDS Hypertext, (c)1988 Hamilton Spectator, $0)`

~contact:~ Attn Wayne MacPhail, AIDS hypertext.
         Hamilton Spectator,
         44 Frid St, Hamilton, Ontario Canada L8N 3G3.

" Most researchers believe HIV (human immunodeficiency
  virus) causes AIDS. This is a theory and it may be wrong
  .. Hypotheses abound. But, at best, researchers can make a
  case for HIV as the cause of AIDS based only on
  circumstantial evidence. To some it is an open and shut
  case, excellent evidence pointing to an obvious conclusion
  - HIV causes AIDS. But to other scientists it's a case of
  mistaken identity.

  This is a shareware program but The Hamilton Spectator
  does not want your money .. If you find it useful please
  send a donation of any amount to an AIDS charity in your
  area. " This is research material collected by the Hamilton
  Spectator, and being distributed in a hypertext format. If
  you're interested in either AIDS or hypertext, you would
  want to take a look at this.
"
~Dated:~ May 1988; ~Entered:~ Dec 1989.


:Buyers_Guide_to_Collectibles
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                 `(Buyers: The Instant Guide to Making Money with`
                     `Collectibles, (c) G.Howard Poteet Ed.D, $4)`

~contact:~ G. Howard Poteet, Ed.D.
         PO Box 217, Cedar Grove NJ 07109.

" Do you know that a collector recently paid $1,350 for a
  small figure of Mickey Mouse? Anouth paid $1,700 for a
  glass candy container. Another shelled out $16,500 for a
  baby doll.

  Objects like these are being found every day in attics,
  cellars, garage sales and flea markets. In fact, you may be
  sitting on a fortune in collectibles right now and not know
  it.

  This virtual directory show syou what to look for. And once
  you find these objects, you won't be tempted to sell them
  for a song.

  Use the built-in want-list to find where you can sell
  collectibles for top dollar. In addition to an instantly
  accessible directory of buyers, you'll also find a complete
  directory of auctioneers who'll sell your collectibles on
  commission and specialized magazines in which you can
  advertise. This electronic book is packed full of money
  making tips. It will actually pay for itself. Price: $4.
"
~Dated:~ Apr 1991.  ~Entered:~ Nov 1991.


:Cold_Fusion
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                            `(Cold Fusion, (c)1989 Remthink, $19)`

~contact:~ Remthink,
         2167 Crown Hill Road, San Diego CA 92109.

" Coldfuse is a graphics animation program illustrating the
  various theories proposed to explain the reported cold
  fusion experiments at the University of Utah and Brigham
  Young University. These reports appeared in March of 1989
  and caused great excitement in the field of physics
  throughout the world.
"
If you're the least bit excited by the idea of cold fusion,
this program is a must have.  The presentation is colorful
and easy to follow.

~Dated:~ Oct 1989; ~Entered:~ Dec 1989.


:Electronic_Publishing_Forum
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                         `(EPF6, (c)1991 Serendipty Systems, $4)`

~contact:~ John Galuszka, Editor,
           The Electronic Publishing Forum, PO Box 140,
           San Simeon CA 93452

" The Electronic Publishing Forum is a quarterly, on-disk
  publication devoted to the subject of electronic publishing using
  computer disks. It includes information on publications,
  publishers, and programs related to this subject. Information
  for writers, included writer's guidelines from publishers, is
  also included. Articles on related subjects are included. A
  database of electronic books "in print" is updated quarterly.
  Information on the topics discussed in the back issues of the
  Forum will be found in the Catalog section of this disk.

  The October 1991 issue of The Forum includes information on:

   Postmodern Culture,
   Save the Planet Software,
   The Micro Home Library,
   The Hypertext Hamlet,
   and more.

  Writers,  publishers,  and others interested in this subject
  are invited to contribute to the discussion.
"
 For more on the Forum, See "SoftCopy.#XF" and "SoftCopy.#XP".

~Dated:~ Oct 1991; ~Entered:~ Nov 1991.


:Everglade
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                        `(Everglade, (c)1990 Rod Willmot, $5-$10)`

~contact:~ Rod Willmot,
         Hyperion SoftWord, 535 Duvernay,
         Sherbrooke, QC Canada J1L 1Y8.
         819-566-6292 (voice).

" This is a gunboat poem, adrift on the slow black stream of
  someone's unsuspected house turned everglade.
"

Everglade is a hypertext poem. Keywords in one verse act as
"doors" to another poem. For example, by selecting
"someone's" from the opening verse, a new poem displays
which contains another door, "silver". Selecting silver
displays another poem, which opens:

" They were better than marbles, one lying in your palm
  would roll steely cold, dense with secret power.
"

Other doors in the remainder of "silver" lead to yet other
poems. And so on.

This is a very complete and well written system. Anyone
interested in hypertext, or creative writing, should
consider it a "must see".

Everglade was completed with the aid of a grant from the
Ontario Arts Council. Rod Willmot not only wrote Everglade,
but the Hyperion reader which drives it.

Here's one last snippet we couldn't resist, taken from the
"happening" door:

" Get your hands on a computer, my friends. This is not
  icing on civilization's cake. The past is a fuse to the
  fireworks I think about, exploding as we open our eyes.
"
~Dated:~ Jan 1990; ~Entered:~ Sep 1990.


:Floppyback_Sampler_#1
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                  `(Floppyback Sampler #1, (c)1991 FPI Inc., $12)`

~contact:~ FPI Inc.
         PO Box 2084, Hoboken NJ 07030, 201-319-5312 (voice).

" This floppyback is a sampler, containing extracts from the
  floppybacks in the FPI Library, as well as the opportunity
  for YOU to have your work distributed on floppyback through
  our People's (Electronic) Press.

  Included on this disk are:

   - 2 complete O. Henry short stories
       - Tobin's Palm
       - the famous 'Gift of the Magi'

   - 2 complete Sherlock Holmes stories
       - The Adventure of the Red-Headed League
       - The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual

   - 50 of William Shakespeare's Sonnets

   - 5 other complete-in-themselves extracts from some of
       our other books.

" Floppybacks are great for browsing at work or at home, for
  students, for kids (who won't read any other way!), for
  travelers and make great gifts for computer-people-who-
  have-everything.

  What does FPI offer you? Well -

    a) Classic Texts & Authors - e.g. Shakespeare, Conrad,
       Twain

    b) Out-of-Print Work that's only available from FPI
       (including yours?) - e.g. "On Hazardous Service" -
       eye-witness accounts of the Scouts & Spies of the
       Civil War, originally published in 1912.

    c) New Work that's only available from FPI (including
       yours?) - e.g.  "Love, War & the Movies" - a
       collection of real poetry by NJ poet (and software
       marketeer) Paul F. Peacock that deals with the events
       we all face everyday.

  FPI Inc. is staffed by a group of creative people who
  thought that if writer Vaclav Havel could be President of
  Czechoslavakia then they could sure as heck run a
  Floppyback Publishing House and the very first People's
  (Electronic) Press of America.
"
~Dated:~ Oct 1991. ~Entered:~ Nov 1991.


:Future_Systems
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                    `(Future Systems, (c)1988 Mark T. Nadir, $35)`

~contact:~ Mark T. Nadir,
         PO Box 1096, Rocky Mount VA 24151.

" THIS IS A TEXT BOOK ON DISKS FOR THOSE WISHING TO KEEP IN
  THE FOREFRONT

  This book is written ENTIRELY for those who like to
  think for themselves. Those who need pre-digested mental
  food will get indigestion -- of the mind. They might also
  develop violent symptoms.

  There will not be many real readers for this book. It is
  the most ELITIST of books. IT SELECTS ITS OWN READERS by
  making the inferior put it down with declamations of
  "nonsense", "garbage", etc. THAT leaves the select. These
  are they whom I want for my reading public. If you are one
  of the "elite" write me and let me know you exist.
"
This text describes communication and computing systems
based upon "Positional Transduction Methology".

PTM is an non-conventionial approach to data transfer.

~Dated:~ Apr 1988; ~Entered:~ May 1989.


:Home_Business_Guides
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         `(4 Complete Home Business Guides, (c)1991 James Menton)`

~contact:~ James Menton
         SW Books, 2747 Wentworth Dr, Grand Prairie TX 75052,
         214 944-7454.


" SEVEN MOST PROFITABLE BUSINESSES

  These are the most profitable home based businesses that can
  be found in America today.  The amazing thing about every one
  of these ventures is that it does not require much capital.
  Unlike the majority of businesses where you need a large
  capital outlay of $10,000 to $50,000 just to get started, you
  can start on a shoe string and make a great deal of money in
  a short period of time.  Another unique feature is that you
  can work at home. You don't need an office, you can start at
  your kitchen table.  And you'll probably make so much money
  that you can quit your job if you want to.

  PROOF

  None of these enterprises are get-rich-quick schemes.  They
  are, however, proven get-rich-slow programs.  If you ever
  dreamed of the freedom of operating your own profitable
  business, then this is for you!  While you are reading this,
  hundreds of people are making thousands of dollars every
  month -- part time -- with these fascinating ventures.  Now
  you have the opportunity to do exactly what they are doing.
  You too can easily be the proud owner of your own successful
  business, earning thousands of dollars in your spare time --
  and best of all -- in the privacy of your own home!

  GUARANTEED

  This incredible book is full of valuable information that
  insiders have kept to themselves for many years.  Their
  secrets have been revealed in this amazing book.  I want you
  to see it for yourself.  Send in your order now.  Read it.
  Study it for 10 days.  If you don't agree that it's worth at
  least 100 times what you have paid for, return it within 10
  days for a full refund, no questions asked.  That is my IRON
  CLAD GUARANTEE.
"
~Dated:~ Dec 1991; ~Entered:~ Jan 1992.


:Koran
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                             `(An English Language Translation of`
                      `The Holy Koran by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, $15)`

~contact:~ William B. Brown
         RT#4 Box 233, New Haven MO 63068-9772, 314-237-2971.

" Why have I, as a Christian, decided to devote so much of my
  time over the last two years in the task of adapting the
  Holy Koran to computer files? .. My interest in the Koran
  began while I was a teacher in Iran .. I found that belief
  in Islam is more than a religion .. Islam is an Arabic word
  that measn 'acceptance', 'commitment', submission' or
  'surrender', and it express the innermost attidue of those
  who follow the teachings of the Prophet.
"
  I believe that a computer readable English language
  interpretation of the Koran would help non-Muslims better
  understand the beliefs of Muslims around the world and also
  make available the Koran for study by non-Arabic speaking
  muslims.
"
  English language interpretations of the Koran are hard to
  find. I selected as my major reference a translation of an
  eminent Indian Islamic Scholar, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, who made
 his beutiful translation in the middle 1930s.
"
This is an ambitious work, spanning four 360k disks, even
when compressed.

~Dated:~ Apr 1991. ~Entered:~ Nov 1991.


:LoveFire
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            `(Love's Fiery Imbrolio, (c)1989 Natasha Mirage, $25)`

~contact:~ Pinnacle Software,
         PO Box 386, Town of Mount Royal,
         Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3P 3C6.

" The Torrid Tale of what could be THE perfect date .. A
  Computerized Escapade FOR WOMEN ONLY! You men just go play
  Space Invaders for a while, okay?

  This is a "branching story" program. You get to make
  decisions about the way the story develops. It's a cross
  between a novel and an "adventure" game. " The $25.00
  includes the "source code" for LoveFire and Pinnacle's
  story compiler, so you can write your own stories.
"
~Dated:~ Aug 1989; ~Entered:~ Dec 1989.


:PeopleSystems
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                   `(PeopleSystems, (c)1987 Louis A. Warner, $10)`

~contact:~ PeopleSystems, Ltd.,
         Louis A. Warner, P.E.,
         78 Maplevale Dr, Woodbridge CT 06526, 203-393-3913.

" Welcome to a SNEAK PREVIEW of PeopleSystems, a new
  approach to a very old problem. PeopleSystems, or
  people-patterns as they are often called, have been around
  for many centuries, but seem to be getting nowhere lately.
  Perhaps it is because PS are falling far behind as
  compared to thing-systems, also known as today's
  technology.

  PeopleSystems is not a religion, not a political party and
  PeopleSystems is non-fattening. Like a magnifying glass,
  PS can help repair and improve the PeopleSystems that,
  today unfortunately seem to be floundering so badly.
"
~Dated:~ May 1987;  ~Entered:~ May 1989.


:Ready_For_Calculus
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                 `(Are You Ready .. 2.01, (c)1987 David Lovelock)`

~contact:~ David Lovelock,
         Department of Mathematics,
         University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721,
         602-621-6855 (my office),
         602-621-6893 (departmental office).

" .. a computer program which a student can use before
  starting calculus.  The student is quized on all sections
  of algebra which are essential to calculus.  In other
  words, it does not review all of college algebra, but
  concentrates on those areas which are actually needed in
  calculus.
"
Includes Are You Ready for Business Calculus and
         Are You Ready for Calculus 1

~Dated:~ Sep 1987; ~Entered:~ May 1989.


:Reviews
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                 `(PC Reviews, (c)1988-9 David W. Batterson, $10)`

~contact:~ David W. Batterson,
         2093 Sandalwood Drive, Palm Springs CA 92262.

" This disk contains my original hands-on reviews and
  evaluations.  My computer articles, reviews and commentary
  have been published in PC WORLD, MicroTimes, LINK-UP,
  Computer Currents, Los Angeles Business Journal,
  Information Today, PC WEEK, The Editorial Eye, and other
  periodicals.

  All products are tested before I write the review. I call
  'em the way I see 'em, and let the chips fall where they
  may!
"
~Dated:~ Oct  1989; ~Entered:~ Dec 1989.


:Serendipty_Anthology
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                     `(Anthology, (c)1987 Serendipty Systems, $4)`

~contact:~ Serendipty Systems,
         PO Box 140, San Simeon CA 93452.

" Excerpts from books to be published by Serendipity Systems
  and a demonstration of the disk-reading program.
"
Here's some catalog listings from the Anthology disk (actual
text from the novels is also included):

" BABY APRIL, a novel by John Peter. This is a science
  fiction retelling of the Glatea myth, but updated to
  include aestetics, politics, liberated women, and a whole
  range of contemporary subjects. This is a two-disk set of
  DS/DD, 360K disks. $10.00 postpaid, USA.

  THE DEER HUNTERS, a novel by John Peter. This novel
  appears to detail the initiation of a young man into the
  intracacies and rites of deer hunting. In the manner of
  E.A. Poe, the details of time, place, and circumstance are
  nebulously left to the reader's imaganation as the full
  horror of the tale unfolds. This is a DS/DD, 360K disk.
  $6.00 postpaid, USA.

  LEFEU, a novel by John Peter. The picaresque novel is
  back! Not since the days when Tom Jones wandered across
  the English countryside has a more endearing hero graced
  the pages of literature: Rene LeFeu, revolutionary,
  smuggler, master chef, lover, and (alas, above all else)
  klutz. LeFeu's travels begin in rural Canada and take him
  to Dallas, Mexico, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, New Orleans, and
  eventually back to Canada. This is a two-disk set of
  DS/DD, 360K disks. $10.00 postpaid, USA.

  A MAINE YANKEE IN BIG SUR, a novel by John Peter. Step
  aside Keroac, Brautigan, and Miller, this is the
  definitive Big Sur novel! This is a two-disk set of DS/DD,
  360K disks. $10.00 postpaid, USA.

  KING JACK AND THE GIRL WITH THE SUNSHINE SMILE, A novel by
  John Peter. This is a Medieval tale of romance, mystery,
  and adventure. It is a two-disk set of DS/DD, 360K disks.
  $10.00 postpaid, USA.

Serendipty is also accepting new manuscripts. Here's a
synopsis of their terms:

" Contract: If your book is found to be acceptable for
  publication, you will be offered a contract. Your book
  contract will only transfer electronic rights to
  Serendipity Systems. You, the author, will retain all
  print rights and therefore will also be able sell your
  material to print publishers.

  Copyright: The electronic edition will be copyrighted in
  the author's name.

  Remuneration: Your royalty will be 1/3rd of the profit
  from the sale of your disks. Profits will be computed
  quarterly.
"
~Dated:~ Jan 1980;  ~Entered:~ Jan 1990.


:ShareDebate_#1
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                `(ShareDebate International, (c) R.H. Martin, $5)`

~contact:~ Applied Foresight,
        PO Box 20607, Bloomington MN 55420 USA.
        71510,1042 (CIS)  rhmartin (BIX)  R.MARTIN43 (GEnie)

" In February 1990, Applied Foresight,Inc. released its first
  issue of ShareDebate International, a ShareWare diskette
  magazine, which is a debate forum for PC users by PC users
  who are concerned about the present and the future. A
  distributor identification capability is built into the
  magazine, along with a commission schedule, so that readers
  can become distributors and earn money copying the magazine,
  whether they subscribe or not.

  This Charter issue advances six debate forums and solicits
  non-fiction and fiction writers, with a payment schedule, to
  deal with the issues. The forums, initially established,
  deal with a National Interest Project-Level Stock Market,
  Occupational Representation vs. Geographical Representation,
  Computer Modeling Future Cities; Japanese vs. U.S. Patent
  Law; Economic Impact of Corporate Income Tax; and the
  Existing Cost of Government Intervention in Health Areas.
"
Applied Foresight published it's eighth issue of SDI in
February 1992.  For details about later issues, contact the
publisher as above.

~Dated:~ Mar 1990. ~Entered:~ Apr 1990.


:Think_Thunder!
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                    `(Think Thunder! and Release Your Creativity,`
                                  `(c)1988 Thomas A. Easton, $29)`

~contact:~ R.K. West Consulting,
         PO Box 8059, Misson Hills CA 91346.

" THUNDER THOUGHT is not an outlining program. It is not a
  think tank program. It is computer-aided brainstorming,
  and it facilitates the creative process by automating its
  initial stages. With it, you need no longer worry about
  how to come up with novel combinations of words, images,
  or ideas. THUNDER THOUGHT will do that for you, leaving
  you with the task of finding or recognizing sense in
  whatever combinations of words and ideas it produces.
"
The text accompanying this brainstorming program is complete
and well-written. (Dr. Easton is an established writer.)
While it's meant as an aid to people using the Think
Thunder! program, it is also an interesting text on the
creative process, generally. Also, for the
technically-inclined, registration includes Clipper and
BASIC source code for the Thunder! program.

Also included with this 3-disk set is "Verisifer", Rosemary
West's amazing poetry writing program that works with your
vocabulary to create fascinating free-verse or haiku poetry.
This program was featured in Scientific American, Analog,
Pulpsmith, and Factsheet Five.  Version 2.2 requires: DOS
2.0 or later, 400k RAM.

R.K. West also distributes Curses!* and the Poetry Generator*.

~Dated:~ Jan 1989; ~Revised:~ Feb 1990.


:Tutor
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               `(Tutor 4.4, (c)1985-1988 Computer Knowledge, $10)`

~contact:~ Computer Knowledge,
         PO Box 91176, Los Angeles CA 90009.

An excellent tutorial on computers and DOS.

Building tools are also available so that you can write your
own tutorials using the TUTOR.COM reader ($40).

~Dated:~ Jun 1988; ~Entered:~ May 1989.


:BPLAN_Virtuals
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                                             `About the publisher`

~contact:~ BPlan Virtuals,
         PO Box 338, Waterville ME 04901 USA.

BPLAN Virtuals is an innovative publisher and distributor of
material for the active reader and writer. All BPLAN Virtual
books are professionally written and edited to bring you the
highest quality of disk-based entertainment and information
possible. If you have a book in progress or own the copyright to
material that would make a good disk-based book please let us
know: we're always looking for excellent material to publish or
distribute on a royalty basis.


:Alien_Resonance
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                     `(Alien Resonance, (c) Thomas A. Easton, $7)`

~contact:~ BPlan Virtuals,
         PO Box 338, Waterville ME 04901 USA.

This is a delightful original production from BPLAN Virtuals,
written by SF pro Thomas A. Easton. Starting with the scinece
fictional question "What if?", Easton posits the sudden
appearance of remarkable objects that can help people
communicate far better than they usually do. A tug-of-war
develops between the government -- which fears the changes in
society such a development would bring -- and an unlikely
"resistance movement" which battles the government's ever more
strident efforts to destroy and denounce the objects.  Despite
the fun, Easton's story has a lot to say about how we, and those
in power, see the world. Just $5, plus $2 shipping and handling.
Maine residents add 5% sales tax.


:Disk-Top_SF_Reader_#1
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                        `(The Disk-Top Science Fantasy Reader #1,`
                     `(c) Steve Miller and Sharon Lee, et al, $7)`

~contact:~ BPlan Virtuals,
         PO Box 338, Waterville ME 04901 USA.

A collection of stories you haven't seen before from some of the
writer's you'll be seeing lots of in the near future! Stories
include eluki bes shahar's haunting SF tale of a writer whose
stories take on a computerized life of their own, W.D. Farrell's
quiet fantasy about a man whose guardian angel becomes a mite
too visible. You'll also find work by Steve Silver, Sharon Lee,
and more as well as information on writing science fiction and
the world of fandom. There's nothing else like it!  Send $5 plus
$2 shipping and handling for Number 1, or $15 for the first
three issues, postpaid!

~Dated:~ Jun 1990. ~Entered:~ Nov 1991


:Gnothi-Kairon
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            `(Gnothi-Kairon, (c) Steve Miller and Sharon Lee, $7)`

~contact:~ BPlan Virtuals,
         PO Box 338, Waterville ME 04901 USA.

Origin Systems commissioned Steve Miller and Sharon Lee to
create this exciting computer-oriented space adventure set in
the Space Rogue universe.

This fast-moving novella features Drew Faro, trying to become a
Master of Information, and the unexpected Trikura Dai, a
slightly furry member of a race whose culture is based on
information gathering and trading. Drew's quest brings them
face-to-face with soliders, pirates, wormholes in space, and the
compelling Duchess Avenstar. The adventure of computing comes to
the fore in this fun story.

Boolist says Steve Miller and Sharon Lee's CARPE DIEM (Del Rey
Books) is "classic space adventure" and that their "World
building is outstanding..." Gnothi-Kairon shows why they have
thousands of loyal fans. Order today! $5. plus $2 shipping and
handling, Maine Residents add 5% sales tax.

~Dated:~ Jun 1990. ~Entered:~ Nov 1991


:Kinzel
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    `(The Naming of Kinzel", (c) Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, $7)`

~contact:~ BPlan Virtuals,
         PO Box 338, Waterville ME 04901 USA.

The Naming of Kinzel is an expanded version of the popular
wizard stories from FANTASY BOOK; the first edition was created
for members of the Midnight BBS in Baltimore.

Kinzel is an unlikely magician who encounters unicorns, angry
fathers, sneaky apprentices, evil wizards, and larcenous crows
as he grows from a pudgy little boy to a wizard who likes his
cheese and ale a little better than he ought.

Steve Miller and Sharon Lee write science fiction and fantasy
professionally and have three novels in print from Del Rey Books
as well as the computer-adventure virtual book GNOTHI-KAIRON.
Kinzel is a good read and has gained them fans across the
country. Join the fun today!

~Dated:~ Mar 1990.  ~Entered:~ Apr 1990.


:Ten
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         `(Ten Science Fiction Stories, (c) Thomas A. Easton, $7)`

~contact:~ BPlan Virtuals,
         PO Box 338, Waterville ME 04901 USA.

Thomas A. Easton is a well-known science fiction critic for
Analog magazine has been gaining respect as a short story writer
and novelist in his own right. His novel SPARROWHAWK was
serialized in Analog and will be published as a paperback book
by Ace in the near future, and his short stories have appeared
in numerous magazines. Here is a collection of his innovative
short stories, many with a touch of his own unique humour. A
great introduction to a writer you'll be hearing a lot more of!

$5. plus $2 shipping and handling, Maine residents add 5% sales
tax

~Dated:~ Nov 1989. ~Entered:~ Dec 1989.


:Electronic_Democracy
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                        `Finally, now you can vote on the issues!`

~contact:~ The Unlearning Foundation
         A California Non-Profit Corporation
         PO Box 7885, Santa Cruz CA 95061

" This ELECTRONIC BOOK is the first of its kind.  In it we
  actually begin the next step in THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION!
  Educate yourself on the most important issues of National
  Importance and then vote on some of the solutions to this
  country's greatest problems.  You will print out a ballot and
  mail it back to the NEW AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, where it will be
  tabulated and the results declared to be the POPULAR LAWS OF
  THE LAND!

  This book will establish a Real Democracy in America and is
  the first of its kind anywhere!  With it we will eventually
  change the Constitution so that the will of the majority of
  Americans is the greatest ruling force in the land.  No
  longer will the American people have to be dependent on the
  will of the PACS, the lobbyists, the Senators, the
  Congressmen, the Presidents.  We will create the major laws
  of the land by placing them on the ballot and voting on them
  as a nation.  We must begin by reading all about it and using
  this electronic version of democracy before the rest of the
  country will follow.  Therefore, your participation will go
  down in history! Finally, you can do something about it!

  Thomas Jefferson once said that he wanted to give the people
  the ability to rule themselves.  He did not trust the
  politicians.  He even went so far as to say that we should
  have a bloody revolution every twenty years because he knew
  that power would corrupt the handful of men who would gather
  to represent us.  His great dream was not fulfilled in his
  lifetime because the rest of the founding fathers of this
  great nation did not trust the average citizen. This body was
  composed mainly of wealthy slaveowners and they wanted a
  system that would protect their interests.  And, of course,
  you couldn't give the vote to women or slaves!

  Today, times have changed.  We are a great working class
  nation. Our interests are all interwoven.  We are all
  educated to the best of our ability.  The vast majority of us
  work hard for a living. Very few of us owns slaves!  More
  importantly, the average citizen seems so much wiser than
  those we send to Washington to rule in our name.  For
  example, few American taxpayers would vote for foreign aid
  while millions of us are homeless in our own country and we
  go deeper and deeper in debt.  Very few of us would vote for
  a Welfare system that does not require the recipient to give
  something back, to do something valuable for society in
  return.  Very few of us would put convicted murderers back on
  the street to repeat their crime.  It's time to trust in the
  wisdom and goodness of ordinary American people.

  Today, the technology exists to fulfill Thomas Jefferson's
  dream of democracy in America.  Don't let another day go by
  without doing something to see it happen.  Join the
  Revolution!  Invest a small portion of your energy in the
  future of your country.  You may find it paying back
  dividends for you and your progeny for centuries.  If those
  who have gone before you had not done at least as much, where
  would we be now?

  Operation Desert Storm reminds us that many millions of brave
  young American boys have given their lives for Democracy and
  many millions of people all over the world are giving their
  lives for the first precious promise of Democracy.  Now, it's
  our turn to do our part! STAND UP AND BE COUNTED!
"
Price: $12.50

~Dated:~ Mar 1991. ~Entered:~ Nov 1991.


:Operation_Desert_Storm
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                                `(Operation Desert Storm Part II,`
                               `Edited by Edward R. Taro, $12.50)`

~contact:~ The Unlearning Foundation
         A California Non-Profit Corporation
         PO Box 7885, Santa Cruz CA 95061

" The Gulf War as told by the Combatants who were actually
  there!!

  "OPERATION DESERT STORM - PART II" is the rest of the story
  you are now reading.  We have had the time to record only the
  air war in PART I.  We are now busy collecting stories from
  combatants in the ground war phase of the war as well as more
  stories of the air war.

  You will read about the many acts of heroism in piloting the
  Apache helicopters which were so decisive in this war, the
  tank commanders who blew away thousands of enemy tanks,
  artillery, armored personnel carriers with very accurate
  weapons, as well as the many interesting and intriguing
  stories of the ground soldiers who had to flush out all the
  thousands of enemy prisoners of war to rescue the country of
  Kuwait.  You will also learn about the Iraqi atrocities in
  this war. (Not for the squeamish.)
"
~Dated:~ Mar 1991. ~Entered:~ Nov 1991.


:Star_Wars
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        `(The Emperor's New Clothes by Michael Mathiesen, $12.50)`

~contact:~ The Unlearning Foundation
         A California Non-Profit Corporation
         PO Box 7885, Santa Cruz CA 95061

" The next episode in the famous STAR WARS SAGA, by George
  Lucas. This story takes up where 'Return of the Jedi' left
  off.  Luke Skywalker has become the spiritual leader of the
  Rebel Forces. Princess Leia has married Han Solo who has
  become the Commander-in-Chief of all military forces.  After
  a brief respite from the fighting, the Alliance learns that
  the Empire has managed to secretly build another weapon even
  more powerful than all the others to date and are preparing
  to use it by eliminating the entire galaxy which is home to
  most of the Rebel Alliance.

  The Emperor's son has taken over the Empire which has been
  diminished only a little as a result of all the previous
  fighting. Now, a battle looms ahead that will either destroy
  the Empire once and for all, or it will set the Rebel Forces
  back for many centuries.  This battle will require all the
  strength and skill of the Rebels and it will take the next
  great leap in faith by Luke to bring his powers to bear on
  the Empire without flirting with the 'Dark side' of 'The
  Force'.
"
~Dated:~ Jan 1991. ~Entered:~ Nov 1991.


:DayDreamer
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                           `(The DayDreamer, (c) Dan Departo, $8)`

~contact~: The UserWare Library
         4 Falcon Ln E, Fairport NY 14450-3312 USA,
         716-425-3463, CIS 71540,3660.

Survivalist fiction for the rest of us. Here's how it begins:

" In the year two thousand thirty-four, after worldwide
  devastation by the more deranged members of our species, a
  highly specialized historian of eighty-four intellectually
  stimulating years will, at long last, sit down in an
  underground bunker library and program the computer to go
  into a hands-off mode of operation the next time someone
  sits down before the keyboard.

  When a scholar next takes that seat, a summary of the
  subject to which the old historian had dedicated a lifetime
  will fill the small computer chamber as the voice of the
  historian narrates the story, illustrated life-size on
  screen while a printout emerges from a noisy peripheral
  behind the glowing keyboard.
"
A companion essay, "Psychopathology of the Civilizer" is bundled
with the DayDreamer.

~Dated:~ Aug 1989. ~Entered:~ May 1989.


:Follow_Me
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                               `(Follow Me, (c) Levi Mathews, $8)`

~contact~: The UserWare Library
         4 Falcon Ln E, Fairport NY 14450-3312 USA,
         716-425-3463, CIS 71540,3660.

" Follow Me is a harmonic narrative of the ministry of Jesus
  the Nazarene based on the Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke,
  and John. The events described in Follow Me were recorded in
  at least three of the four Gospels.

  Although contemporary grammar and punctuation have been
  used, this does not represent a re-translation.  The object
  here was to create a brief, unified text which would serve
  to introduce the Gospels to the modern reader.
"
Using "contemporary grammar and punctuation" is more effective
than it sounds:  Follow Me reads very well, but remains faithful
to the original text.

Note that Follow Me is based on a Greek Orthodox harmony, rather
than the venerable King James.

~Dated:~ Jan 1989. ~Entered:~ May 1989.


:Hitchhikers_Guide
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                      `(The Hitchhikers Guide to Science Fiction,`
                                  `(c) 1989 Husted & Rhodes, $12)`

~contact~: The UserWare Library
         4 Falcon Ln E, Fairport NY 14450-3312 USA,
         716-425-3463, CIS 71540,3660.

Beam aboard, suspend your disbelief, and tour the multiverse!

The Hitchhikers Guide to Science Fiction is a compendium of the
many worlds and wonders found in award-winning science fiction.
Over 200 encyclopedic entries have been carefully compiled,
referenced, and indexed, each only a keystroke away.

Since the Guide is published as a virtual book, there are as
many ways to read it as there are readers:  alphabetically,
topically, by title and author, and every way in between.

If you like science, or science fiction, or new ways of looking
at things, the Guide is a "Must See."  Weight your data
retrieval program accordingly.

~Dated:~ Jan 1989. ~Entered:~ May 1989.



:SF_Review_Library_1989
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                       `(The Science Fiction Review Library 1989,`
                                       `(c) Thomas A. Easton, $8)`

~contact~: The UserWare Library
         4 Falcon Ln E, Fairport NY 14450-3312 USA,
         716-425-3463, CIS 71540,3660.

Tom Easton's book review column on-disk!

These are the same reviews that appeared in Analog Science
Fiction & Science Fact during 1989.  But even if you're an
Analog regular, you'll find this disk useful.

Each of the 99 reviews has been indexed by author, title, and
one or more themes.  Now finding the books you want to read is
easier than ever before.

With sufficient response, we'll add prior years and other
reviewers.  So if good data about good books is important to
you, order your copy of the Review Library today.

~Dated:~ Nov 1989. ~Entered:~ Dec 1989.


:Virtual_society
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                   `(The Virtual Society, (c) Harvey Wheeler, $8)`

~contact~: The UserWare Library
         4 Falcon Ln E, Fairport NY 14450-3312 USA,
         716-425-3463, CIS 71540,3660.

The Virtual Society examines the development of the modern
library -- from its prehistoric roots to its present form -- and
a little bit further.

The author, Harvey Wheeler, is director of the Virtual Academy,
a modem-based educational facility associated with USC.
Professor Wheeler is also co-author of Fail Safe, a gripping
novel of nuclear suspense.

Appropriately enough, this new edition of The Virtual Society is
being released as a "virtual book," and includes a number of
special CRT effects and hypertext reading aids.

Although it will be some time before phosphor and pixel replace
paper and ink, The Virtual Society is a good glimpse of what's
to come.

~Dated:~ Jul 1989. ~Entered:~ Dec 1989.

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(c)1989-92 UserWare, 4 Falcon Ln E, Fairport NY 14450.