Hi folks,
Here are details of the book reviews published by the Resource Center for
Cyberculture Studies(RCCS)during July and August when the list was off-line
for the summer vacation.
Paul A. Taylor's _Hackers_ and the issue of _Angelaki_ edited by John
Armitage - "Machinic Modulations" - feature among the books reviewed. These
reviews together with the responses from Paul and John are certainly worth
reading.
URL: http://otal.umd.edu/~rccs/
Best wishes.
Joanne.
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New Book Reviews in Cyberculture Studies
Each month, the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies (RCCS)
<otal.umd.edu/~rccs/> publishes two or three full-length book reviews.
The reviews reflect a modest attempt to locate critically various
contours of the emerging and interdisciplinary field of cyberculture
studies. To date, RCCS has reviewed over 60 books, covering a range of
topics, from online culture, communities, and identities to hypertext,
digital literacy, and artificial intelligence to Internet policy, the
digital divide, and online privacy.
July:
This month, RCCS features a special treat. We begin with *three* separate
reviews (by Richard Barbrook, Arthur L. Morin, and Graham J. Murphy) of
Pierre Levy's *Collective Intelligence: Mankind's Emerging World in
Cyberspace* (Plenum Trade, 1997), followed by an original essay in English
from Levy himself. Next up are two separate reviews (by Maren Hartmann
and EJM Duggan) of Paul Taylor's *Hackers: Crime in the Digital Sublime*
(Routledge, 1999), accompanied by an engaging rejoinder from Paul Taylor.
August:
This month, RCCS features five reviews of three books. We begin with two
reviews (by Mark Andrejevic and M. Michael Schiff) of "Machinic
Modulations: New Cultural Theory & Technopolitics," a special issue of
*Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities* edited by John
Armitage, followed by a rejoinder from Armitage. Next is a review by Ryan
Bishop of Paul N. Edwards' *The Closed World: Computers and the Politics
of Discourse in Cold War America* (MIT Press, 1996). Finally, we feature
two reviews (by Dan Orr and Andrew Hess) of Lawrence Lessig's *Code and
Other Laws of Cyberspace* (Basic Books, 1999).
Forthcoming books to be reviewed include Zillah Eisenstein's *Global
Obscenities: Patriarchy, Capitalism, and the Lure of Cyberfantasy* and
Anne B. Keating with Joseph Hargitai's *The Wired Professor: A Guide to
Incorporating the World Wide Web in College Instruction*.
If you or your colleagues have any interest in reviewing books for RCCS,
contact us directly at <[log in to unmask]>. Please feel free to forward
this message.
david silver
http://www.glue.umd.edu/~dsilver/
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