Reviews

True Names: and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier by Timothy C. May, James Frenkel, Mark Pesce, Marvin Minsky, Vernor Vinge, Richard M. Stallman

scheu's review against another edition

4.0

Five stars for the title novella (which I had not encountered until last week), but three stars for the rest of the book (which would have been cutting-edge at the time of publication).

titusfortner's review against another edition

5.0

This novella predates cybperpunk genre and the term "cyberspace" and 30 years later, it still represents one of the most visionary stories of the internet and AI.

yukbon's review against another edition

5.0

Prescient and as ahead of it's time as Kraftwerk is to electronic music. If you've any interest in science fiction or computer networking, at the very least you should read Vinge's novella "True Names".