REVIEW: INTERNET CHAT QUICK TOUR  Donald Rose  Ventana Press

INTERNET CHAT QUICK TOUR is another in the series of "Quick Tour"
titles introducing readers to real-time on-line conversations.  This book
will guide you into this fascinating world that has been compared by
many to Citizens' Band (CB) Radio, mainly for its similarities in engaging
in communiations with total strangers on a random basis.

INTERNET CHAT QUICK TOUR will tell you what to do in order to get connected
to IRC and how to communicate within this multi-channel medium, showing
which of these channels are fun, wierd and informative and how to participate
in them.  Also covered are rules of etiquette, behavioral quirks and patterns
you're likely to encounter and some warnings as well.

There is pretty decent coverage of the various chat channels on a multitude
of subjects which explains what kind of discussion you may expect to find
on them and information on IRC-related World Wide Web pages.  The appendices
list many IRC servers, contain a glossary of terminology and an explaination
of the free On-line Companion service offered by Ventana Press.

Although I am not personally familiar with IRC and on-line chatting, the
book seems to explain the basics quite satisfactorily and thoroughty
enough to satisfy anyone interested in becoming active on this interesting
new communication medium.  Donald Rose's book managed to pique my interest
to the point that I may give it a try, when I have a few hours to kill.


%T      Internet Chat Quick Tour
%A      Donald Rose
%I      Ventana Press
%C      Chapel Hill NC
%D      1995
%O      $14.00
%G      ISBN: 1-56604-223-2 
%P      174 pp, paperbound
%K      Internet, IRC, on-line chat


(C) 1995
Michael Crestohl
Nahant Massachusetts  USA
mc@shore.net

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