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1998ref. 33115New Jersey 1998. Very Good. New Jersey 1998. Green plastic three-ring binder with collaged covers and spine. 114 plastic sheaths filled to completion with all dragon-themed mythological summaries Chinese restaurant menus poetry artwork astrology dragon boat racing Stevie Nicks tributes debates about Christian metal band Stryper Puff the Magic Dragon etc.; principally printed from the internet along with some typed and manuscript material and original art. Light edgewear; a few scuffs. Very Good. An impressive and incredibly touching gift from a woman to her goddaughter assembled and given in the wake of the death of the goddaughter's husband. In the introductory typed letter the godmother counsels that alcohol is not the answer to her pain advises her to visit a "wise Indian man" she knows and hopes that the Dragon Book she has assembled will be of some comfort. A fascinating mix of pre-Wikipedia early internet material culture. The bulk of the material is printed internet articles: draconian.com still active and more or less in its same form gives a wide-ranging dragon background and articles from Emergency Librarian People Magazine the South Florida Business Journal and many many others are included painting a full picture of dragons in mythology and popular culture. The compiler has also included two excised Yellow Pages pages and highlighted the "Dragon" entries several pages of Stevie Nicks internet fanpages a few hand-written student reports original color drawings and dozens of poems printed and typed all dragon themed of course. A heartfelt collection highlighting mid to late 90s internet culture and the comfort fantasy can offer well before the nerd wall was broken in the early 2000s. unknown books
1994ref. List38118New York City: Ziff-Davis 1994. Double-sided poster measuring 36 ½ x 24 ½ inches. Folded as issued with some wrinkling throughout and some very small tears at folds; very good plus. A 1994 "road map" of the Internet designed by technical artist and graphic designer Timothy Edward Downs for PC Computing. Inspired by subway maps and packaged for PC Computing readers like a AAA road map Downs' map organizes the interesting and useful sites on the early Internet by type of content with URLs and quippy summaries. It includes links to everything from a Star Trek drinking game to the U.S.-Japan Technology Management Center. We find seven copies of the 1994 map on OCLC. A scarce piece of early Internet ephemera of interest to Internet historians and users alike. Ziff-Davis unknown books
ref. List2993New York: Ziff-Davis 1995. 24 ¾ x 37 inch two-sided poster. Some slight creasing; near fine. A 1995 “road map” of the Web designed by technical artist and graphic designer Timothy Edward Downs for PC Computing. In 1995 the World Wide Web had only been available to the public for a handful of years – but it was growing massively with over ten times as many websites in 1995 as in 1994. This guide to the Web inspired by subway maps and packaged for PC Computing readers like a AAA road map organizes the interesting and useful sites on the early Internet by type of content with URLs and opinionated summaries. It includes links to everything from the US EPA website to the live info page for the disastrous Woodstock 94 music festival described on the map as “Worth seeing.” We find five copies of Downs’ map on OCLC. A scarce piece of interest to Internet historians – and users. Ziff-Davis unknown books
