[e12e]

> How could anyone not be familiar with Ted Nelson's work? In the broad sense, anyway.

Computer Science is not renowned for it's diligent study of history. And that's just for those that actually study it in some form of institution, not all the people who "practice" it without any formal training.

That said, the fact that Ted Nelson/the publisher have stubbornly refused to just publish for example "Computer Lib/Dream Machines" free on the (inferior) web, or at least as a DRMed ebook or merely a dead-tree re-print -- makes it unnecessarily hard for people to read up on the concept(s).

[teh_klev]

"Computer Lib/Dream Machines" was in print once upon a time. I bought a copy circa 1992, the copy I have is the revised edition which was published in 1987, these are photos of my copy (it's a wee bit aged looking now):

http://imgur.com/a/ghtEb

You can still find copies on Abe Books but they're not cheap.

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?isbn=091484549...

Glad I held on to this little bit of dead tree history even if it is the revised version.