21stC: Issue 3.2 Special focus: The Future of the Written Word

Making sense of a permanent revolution: an introduction By the Editors Special issue overview: The things that change, and the things that endure By Tom Goldstein The Dickensian Memex; or, the 19th-century roots of hypertext By Steven Johnson Hypertext and the limits of interactivity By Ursula K. Heise New technology for old writing By Roger Bagnall Will online books have a role in our lives? By Mary Summerfield New media go to school By Joan Lippert Does the past have a future? By G. Beato The newspaper of the future By Maury M. Breecher Words and meaning in the age of images By David Sterritt Texts and artifacts in the electronic era By G. Thomas Tanselle Media after McLuhan: active extensions of the mind By James Carey

	Run for your lives! (Uh, never mind.) By Tony Reichhardt Media contagion: botching the science behind the bioterror headlines By Gerry O'Sullivan

	E-Mail/Letters Publisher's Corner: The deafening gong of the meta-media By Mike Hoyt Cartoon By Harley Schwadron 21stC's Masthead