Virtual Spaces (Paperback: 192 pages)

Cleo Odzer, Ph.D., an anthropologist who has spent years studying human sexuality, now applies her expertise and experience to unraveling the complex evolution of human relationships on the net. Dr. Odzer takes us from the on-line equivalent of playing footsie to the hardcore playrooms of private chat areas. She tackles such controversial subjects as net sex and pornography, ethics in cyberspace, digital obsessions and love affairs. In the end, she discovers a virtual community as rich and diverse as any real-life counterpart -- a brave new world of e-mail, chat rooms, and video-conferencing that offers not only a glimpse of our technical future, but a timeless exploration of the human heart.