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DAVID H. ROTHMAN
“A considerable achievement.”—William F. Buckley, Jr.
“A considerable achievement. You findyourself wanting to read NetWorld!even if you have no thought of baptisminto the great new scene.” —William F. Buckley, Jr.
“David H. Rothman has done the best job yet of illustratingexactly how and why the Internet will change the texture ofdaily life. Most discussion of the information age is full of airygeneralizations. NetWorld! is full of specific, amusing, oftenracy illustrations of how people around the world have alreadyput the Net’s possibilities to work. This is a very useful andentertaining book.” —James Fallows Washington editor of the Atlantic Monthly
Exploring Life on the Net
Praised by the New York Times For his entertaining style, David H.Rothman has written a lively, revealing, and sharp-eyed account of lifeon the Net. Read how a handsome young librarian in Adelaide, Australia,got engaged to a Kansas City woman he’d never met—except online.Disco