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Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 10:51:15 -0700
From: bmorgan@silver.sdsmt.edu (Bradford A. Morgan)




Spring semester isn't far away, and I'm still looking from an inexpensive (under
$15.00) text which lays out Unix basics in clear, user-friendly prose.  I've
 seen
Douglas Topham's "The First Book of Unix" (1991) listed in the LCIS catalog, but
several major libraries I've telnetted to don't include this book in their
collections, so I can't identify the publisher.  It would sure be nice to find
a cheap book for my technical writing sections that would allow students to get
functioning right away with using mail, changing directories, and the like.

I'm looking for a cheap Unix primer because my technical writing courses are
based on using the Internet, and I've found that Tracey LaQuey's _Internet
Companion_ is an inexpensive way to introduce students to Internet resources,
but it contains only minimal exposure to Unix itself.  A combined Internet and
Unix book would be ideal, but I've only seen Ed Krol's _Whole Internet Guide_
which seems to bury the Unix instruction, for my purposes, under layers of
qualifying detail, well into the body of the book itself.  Because of my course
focus on writing and information research in the networked environment, the
credibility of the course on my campus can't involve too indirect a grounding
in "necessary background material" before the hands-on stuff is presented.  If
possible, I'd like to keep the student expense under $30.00 for one or two
books.  Any suggestions would be appreciated...and acted on immediately.

Bradford A. Morgan
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
bmorgan@silver.sdsmt.edu