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>Dear Colleagues,
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>Have any of you had the opportunity to read a new book entitled "Silicon Snake 

>Oil"  Second Thoughts on the Information Highway written by Clifford Stoll, 

>published by Doubleday, 1995, ISBN O-385-41993-7?
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>I found the book very interesting reading and presents some interesting 

>observations about the Internet, the use of E-mail and Go pher, etc.  He also 

>comments on the importance of physical libraries and librarians.
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>The title "Silicon Snake Oil" does not due justice to the thoughts presented 

>in the book. Clifford Stoll is also the author of "The Cuckoo's Egg"-the best 

>selling book about how he caught German spies prowling through computers at 

>the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Lawrence Berkeley 

>Laboratory.
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>I would welcome any comments from those who might read this interesting and 

>informative book.
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>Frank E. McClure         fmcclure(--nospam--at)ccnet.com
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