REALITY SOFTWARE: WHO WE ARE AND HOW TO CONTACT US Reality Software is a small, two person company run by myself, Ben Blumenberg, and my wife, Leslie Berger Blumenberg. We do it all: author, design, produce, test and ship the software, maintain our PC's and feed the cat. We started Reality Software in the winter of 1991 when our two daughters were preparing to go out into the world on their own and PC technology had arrived that allowed us to execute various product ideas we had developed. Our first product line was mythology E-books, a commitment that has its roots in our intense personal interest in humankind's spiritual journey, both past and present. Before entering the computer software business, I ad a college faculty position for 21 years and had done considerable published research in such fields as biometry, population genetics, human evolution (physical and cultural anthropology) and history of hand tools in America. Although my casual acquaintance with religious history goes back to my undergraduate years, I began to develop a deep curiosity about ancient, classical and medieval history and the evolution of religious and mythic systems. In the fall of 1994, we began to develop two additional, but interrelated, product lines. From the early '80s through the early '90s, we were full time antique dealers and thereby became quite involved with various aspects of American history. During that period, we collected antique transportation photography, particularly that of early railroads and classic sailing ships. Our collection is fascinating to us and we hope you enjoy it as well. Many of the photos are unique, quite rare and contain valuable historical data. We decided to have this collection scanned, making it available to both enthusiasts and media professionals at the lowest possible cost, accompanied by whatever reliable historical data can be determined for each image. As many of these early photos are severely damaged, Leslie brings her exceptional skill at restoration to this project in order to both accurately preserve the important data in the images and make an attractive computer graphic available for sale. You will rarely see small graphic files at 256 grey scale with this level of clarity and quality. Leslie has a degree in special needs education for young children. Her experience with the diversity of perceptual worlds manifested by young children, whose alternative visions may be unique unto themselves, has provided an endlessly fertile ground for metaphoric artistic exploration. Our third product line rests upon the her artistic talents. Her thematic focus stems from a study of the archeology and anthropology of tribal and Neolithic cultures. Leslie then draws upon this data to create important artistic motifs which illustrate the clan experience, totemic relationships and the vision quest. Her compositions illustrate the great mythic diversity that has, and still does, exist among the world's peoples. We hope you enjoy these exceptional images as they capture important mythological motifs and may they enrich your imagination and spiritual lives. HOW TO CONTACT US Ben and Leslie Blumenberg REALITY SOFTWARE 1015 Main Street Waldoboro, ME 04572-0105 Phone: (207) 832-7348 most days noon to 10 PM EST Internet - bennett@pipeline.com (almost daily mail run) CompuServe - 71044,1645 World Wide Web - http://www.maine.com:80/reality/Welcome.html Let us hear from you!