Internet Roadside Attractions
An Electronic Roadmap to the Best on the Net
Seven Ventana authors compile cyber-directory
A comprehensive directory of the best services, information and points of interest on the Internet. Scenes, sites and services -- a compilation of favorite Internet sites from the perspectives of seven veteran Internet surfers, writers and developers. The book includes a CD-ROM and an Online Companion. Organized by topic and indexed by Internet tool,
Internet Roadside Attractions references more than 500 resources, including games, websites, chat areas, news groups and WAIS databases. Each reference includes an anecdotal description followed by access information for all the tools available for that listing.
The authors include:
Gareth Branwyn: contributing editor to Wired and bOING bOING.
Luke Duncan: noted Internet pioneer and programmer.
Sean Carton: writer for bOING bOING and Link Magazine.
Tom Lichty: author of The Official America Online Membership Kit & Tour Guide.
Donald Rose: consultant and lecturer; author of Minding Your Cybermanners
(Alpha Books) and co-author of CyberLife! (Sams).
Shannon R. Turlington: editor of Cyberkind, a Web-based magazine of
Internet-related fiction, nonfiction and poetry, and author of Walking the World Wide Web.
Jan Weingarten: co-author of The Windows Internet Tour Guide, Second Edition
and The Mac Internet Tour Guide, Second Edition.
The Internet Roadside Attractions CD-ROM contains the searchable full text of the book with hyperlinks to online content. The book's Online Companion features a sampler of the sites from each chapter of the book. Also, an online version of the book, with annotated hyperlinks to each site, is available.
Internet Roadside Attractions: Scenes, sites & services along the information superhighway is 320 pages, illustrated, with CD-ROM and an Online Companion. ISBN: 1-56604-193-7.