July 1999
Dogs and Gods Both Welcome
The Perly Gates of Cyberspace: A History of Space from Dante to the Internet
By Wade Roush
In 1993, when a now-famous New Yorker cartoon appeared with the caption "On the Internet, no one knows you 're a dog," it was already a clich that cyber-space is a magical place where the bodily limits and petty prejudices of the real world no longer hold. But the number of people who log on every day in search of like minds, novel experiences or safe sex continues to grow exponentially, proving that this is a clich with staying power.
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