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Title: visionary, lucid, entrancing
Review: The ironic thing about Rheingold's "Virtual Community" is that in the communities forming online aren't so virtual at all -- they are real in every sense of the word. From homesteads to the storefronts (like Amazon!), virtual communities are thriving. Rheingold weaves a fascinating tale of the development of several of these communitites, vividly describes the research carried out at places like PARC/Xerox (years ahead of its time), and emotionally involves the reader as he takes you on his journeys of new (virtual) worlds.
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