Reviewed by Douglas Eyman CFCC

The Optics Carlos D. Aizenman-Stern       Aizenman-Stern's "The Optics" is an interesting collection of text and image, with some material borrowed directly from Joshua Rappaport's "The Hero's Face." In this spirit of appropriation, Aizenman-Stern directs the reader to take over his text. He warns the user to "keep in mind that the only purpose of this text is play. Words for the sake of words, it is a play of associations. . .adding a lexia is like fitting a piece of a jigsaw puzzle. . . I hand you my scalpel and my pen an invite you to dissect, cut open, rupture and rebuild 'The Optics.'" Contents: The Optics Carlos D. Aizenmann-Stern Simulations: Baudrillard through Hypertext Ethan Fiks Circular Voice(s) John P. Garland Electronic Zen Taro Ikai Ultramundane Tom McHarg Breath of Sighs and Falling Forever Nathan Marsh The Dead Letter Office David Mayer Plateaus Tom Meyer Food for Thought Jane Park An Evening at Roy's Roy Perlis Bodily Writing Anne Pycha The Hero's Face Joshua Rappaport Rhizome Maggie Skodon Freud Web David B. Stevenson LBJ Timothy Taylor Adam's Bookstore Adam Wenger Contact the Reviewer!