Reviewed by Douglas Eyman CFCC

Plateaus Tom Meyer       Tom Meyer's "Plateaus" is (in his own words) "a mishmash of passages from [Deleuze and Guattari's] 1000 Plateaus , [William Burroughs's] Naked Lunch , [Italo Calvino's] Invisible Cities , various writers on the Cabbalah and Tarot, my own critical writings, a story I wrote, some of my and your [Landow's] criticisms of the actual work-in-progress, and a few quotations from the TNC electronic conference." The pastiche of such varied sources works particularly well in hypertext--the different fonts and forms of communication give this text a more three-dimensional feel to it than some of the others; it seems not so much a work of fiction as it is a mystory--Meyers explores "hierarchies, freedom, and methods and realms of knowledge" through his construction of these texts--producing a rich and inviting hypertext. 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!