The Electronic Traveller 
Exploring Alternative Online Systems 
by PAUL WALDINGER and ELIZABETH POWELL CROWE 

An informative and entertaining journey through the backroads of electronic
communication.

Everyone with a PC and a modem has at least heard of, if not used, big
online services such as CompuServe, GEnie, and Prodigy. But the fact is,
there are hundreds of interesting and useful information outlets that can
be accessed by computer, most of them a lot less expensive and a lot more
fun to use than The Big Three.

The Electronic Traveller takes a breezy, colorful, and sometimes irreverent
look at the best spots on the underground online map, complete with
information on how to get there, tips on what to do and see while there,
and plenty of tongue-in-cheek advice on how to remain a welcome visitor.
Paul Waldinger and Elizabeth Powell Crowe profile such lesser-known, but
nonetheless worthwhile, online/bulletin board services as:

- UseNet                - BitNet          - PeopleLink
- America Online        - The Well        - Exec-PC
- FidoNet               - BIX             - Connect
- I-Link                - SmartNet        - Portal

Here's what the Electronic Traveller has to offer:

-- Complete explanations on how to access and log on to 
   each system 
-- Descriptions of the special attractions, events, and 
   people on the networks
-- Entertaining critiques on the personality of each online
   system, including the unique customs, rituals, and quirks 
   of the regular clientele
-- Important background information on the networks, including
   size, geographic range, number of nodes and users, daily
   message flow, and other "gee-whiz" statistics
-- Reports on the state of alternative European networks
-- What the future holds for the online underground,
   technologically and otherwise.

The Electronic Traveller contains information that is much in demand, but
can be found nowhere else in such an amusing, easy-to-read format.

Paul Waldinger operates one of the nation's largest computer bulletin board
-- The Sound of Music -- and is the publisher of The Modemer newsletter.
Elizabeth Powell Crowe is director of publications and communications for
the Society of Logistics Engineers, where she maintains daily access to a
wide variety of online information services.

The Electronic Traveller: Exploring Alternative Online Systems Order
No.4171 * AUGUST * WINDCREST * 256pp.. 160 illus., 7xl0 Paper $16.95 (FPT)
ISBN 0-8306-4016-9 * ($22.95 CANADIAN)

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