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artists Dick Higgins and Ken Friedman; University of Iowa art historian and archival director Estera Milman; and mail art patron Jean Brown. Many of the 42 chapters appearing in Eternal Networkare original, previously unpublished essays pertaining to the origin and history of mail art networking , collaborative aesthetics, new directions for mail art networking in the I990s, mail art projects exploring the interconnection of marginal on- and offiine networks, mail art criticism and dialogue and, finally, parables, visions, dances, dreams and poems that articulate the living mythology of mail art. Editor Chuck Welch has been an activemail artist since 1978. Eternal Networkintroduces mail art to both artists and academic scholars. For more information , send e-mail to Cathryn.L.Welch@dartmouth.edu or write to Eternal Network, P.O. Box 978, Hanover, NH 03755, U.S.A. MATERIALS RECEIVED Multimedia Products Artificial Life Lab Rudy Rucker. Waite Group Press, Corte Madera, CA, U.S.A., 1993. 276 pp., illus., plus floppy disk and 3D glasses. Paper, $34.95. ISBN: 1-878739-48-4. Fractal Creations Tim Wegner and Bert Tyler. 2nd Ed. Waite Group Press, Corte Madera, CA, U.S.A., 1993.463 pp, illus., plus CD-ROM, floppy disk and 3D glasses. Paper, $34.95. ISBN: 1878739 -34-4. Mediamatic Vol. 7, No. 3/4 (Winter 1994). "The End of Advertising" Issue. Journal and CD-ROM. In Dutch and English. Morphing on Your PC David K. Mason. Waite Group Press, Corte Madera, CA, U.S.A., 1994. 172 pp., illus, plus 2 floppy disks. Paper, $29.95. ISBN: 1878739 -53-0. Musicworks 58. TheJournal ofSound Exploration No. 58 (Spring 1994). "Sound on Stage" Issue. Journal and audio CD. In English and French. Radio Rethink: Art, Sound and Transmission Daina Augaitis and Dan Lander, eds. Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada, U.S.A., 1994. Book only: 335 pp, illus.; paper, $25.00. Package including book, 74-page Selected Survey ofRadio Art in Canada (1967-1992) and compact disk: $40.00. ISBN: 0-92015966 -4. VRBasic The Waite Group. Waite Group New Media, Corte Madera, CA, U.S.A., 1994. Software package including manual (229 pp, illus., paper), 3.5-in disk, quick reference card and 3D glasses. $69.95. ISBN: 1-87873945 -X. Windows API New Testament Jim Conger. Waite Group Press, Corte Madera, CA, U.S.A., 1993. 1,026 pp., illus., plus CD-ROM. Paper, $44.95. ISBN: 1-878739-37-9. ZERO-Nodes on the Net Robert Adrian X and Gerfried Stocker, project directors. Book and computer disk documenting the network and telecommunications project U"'RO-The Art ofBeing Everywhere. Steirische Kulturinitiative, Graz, Austria, 1993. ISBN 3-7011-7270-6. Audio Compact Discs Electro Acoustic Music II Jonathan Berger, Peter Child,James Dashow,John Duesenberry, Gerald Shapiro. Neuma Records, Acton, MA, U.S.A., 1991. Heldon IV: "Agneta Nilsson" Richard Pinhas and Michel Ettori. Cuneiform Records, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A., 1994. Rhizosphere/Live, Paris 1982 Richard Pinhas. Cuneiform Records, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A., 1994. Transforms: The Nerve Events Project Nick Didkovsky, curator. Cuneiform Records, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A., 1993. The Virtuoso in the Computer Age-W Salvatore Martirano, Allan Schindler, Douglas Scott, Morton Subotnick, Rodney Waschka. CDCM Computer Music Series Vol. 14. Centaur Records, U.S.A., 1993. Audio Cassette Unispace Living Vision Ensemble. Roger Davidson, composer. Posthorn Recordings, Croton Falls, NY,U.S.A. Books Arts TV: A History ofArts Television in Britain John A. Walker. John Libbey, London, U.K., 1993.245 pp. Paper. ISBN: 0-86196-435-7. Breaking Frame: Technologyand the Visual Arts in the Nineteenth Century Julie Wosk. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, U.S.A., 1992. 267 pp. Trade. ISBN: 0-8135-1924-1. Chaos in Wonderland: Visual Adventures in a Fractal World Clifford A. Pickover. St. Martin's Press, 1994.300 pp., illus. Paper, $29.95. ISBN: 0312 -10743-9. Chemistry Imagined: Reflections on Science Roald Hoffmann and Vivian Torrence. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 1993. 168 pp. Trade, $19.95. ISBN: 1-56098-214-4. Computer Ethics: Cautionary Tales and Ethical Dilemmas in Computing Tom Forester and Perry Morrison. 2nd Ed. MIT...