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>>O'Reilly & Associates will publish winners of a $5,000 writing contest
>>called "Spider or Fly?" dealing with the general question: "Are we masters
>>of the Web or trapped in it?" and the relationships between technology and
>>human consequences. Info: < http://www.ora.com/staff/stevet/netfuture/ >.
The "stevet" in that URL is Stephen L. Talbott, author of "The Future Does
Not Compute" (O'Reilly, 1995). I reviewed the book (inadequately) in the Dec
95 Micro. If you're interested, you can find the review on my web site,
under Writing Samples. ...RM
