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From: WMartin@SIMTEL20.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Introductory book sought
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Date: Wed, 4-Jan-84 13:25:55 EST
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From:  William G. Martin <WMartin@SIMTEL20.ARPA>

I can't give a review of this book, as I just saw it on the "NEW
NONFICTION" shelf of the St. Louis Public Library and picked it up
and glanced through it, but it seems that it might do what you want,
as a general intro to computers. It is by Michael Crichton and is
titled ELECTRONIC LIFE. If that is the same Michael Crichton who
wrote Andromeda Strain and other novels, it should be at least readable.
It seemed to be in the form of a glossary, with discussions under
alphabetically-arranged subject headings.

Will Martin
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