{"product_id":"9781466893191","title":"True Names and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince its first publication in 1981, the short novel \u003ci\u003eTrue Names\u003c\/i\u003e by Vernor Vinge has been considered one of the most seminal science fiction works to present a fully fleshed-out concept of cyberspace. A finalist for the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novella and winner of the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, \u003ci\u003eTrue Names\u003c\/i\u003e was an inspiration to many innovators who have helped shape the world wide web as we know it today.\u003cbr\u003eThe paperback edition of \u003ci\u003eTrue Names and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier, \u003c\/i\u003epublished in 2001, also contained a feast of articles by computer scientists on the cutting edge of digital science, including Danny Hillis, the founder of Thinking Machines and the first Disney Fellow; Timothy C. May, former chief scientist at Intel; Marvin Minsky, co-founder of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab, considered by many to be the \"father\" of AI; Chip Morningstar and F. Randall Farmer, co-developers of habitat, the first real computer interactive environment; Mark Pesce, co-creator of VRML and the author of the \u003ci\u003ePlayful World: How Technology Transforms Our Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e; and others.\u003cbr\u003eThis first e-book edition includes all this, plus:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e a preface written especially for this edition by editor James Frenkel. \u003cbr\u003e an article on the difficulty of keeping information secure by Internet security expert Bruce Schneier.\u003cbr\u003e a passionate plea regarding the right to privacy by Richard Stallman, founder of the project to develop the free\/libre GNU operating system and one of the most important advocates of free\/libre software. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrue Names \u003c\/i\u003eitself is the heart of this important book: an exciting, suspenseful science fiction tale still as fresh and intriguing  as when it was first published nearly thirty-five years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172711973104,"sku":"9781466893191","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466893191_p0.jpg?v=1763688671","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466893191","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}