Notice Computers and Composition's new look? We have passed another milestone in the life of a small journal--a glued, "perfect" binding rather than a stapled binding. And the new binding has inspired a revised cover design, as well. All in all, an improvement, we think, and an increasingly classier look for the journal--we're aiming for the big leagues! We hope readers like the changes, too. Please let us know what you think.

To go with the new look, we have a fine collection of articles and reviews in this issue. In the Feature Articles section, Nancy Kaplan and Stuart Moulthrop, kick off the discussion with an exploration of interactive fiction in "Something to Imagine: Literature, Composition, and Interactive Fiction." Their discussion is sure to encourage some productive thinking about the practical applications of interactive fiction in writing teachers' classrooms. Following Moulthrop and Kaplan, Walli Andersen updates us on computer-supported invention tools. Andersen's discussion provides a comprehensive picture of the software that can help teachers do their jobs in composition classrooms.

In the Computers and Practice section, Charles Moran offers a detailed lesson plan for a computer-equipped writing class one that features the Daedalus Interchange program and an exceptionally well thought out set of goals and activities for teaching synthesis, generalization, and the value of multiple "voices." As always, Charlie Moran, leads by providing an example of excellent teaching.

In the Computers and Controversy section, we offer Joe Janangelo's article on the dangers associated with electronic conferences, "Technopower and Technoppression." This disturbing portrait of electronic abuse points to the need for computers and composition teachers to be active critics of--as well as supporters of--technology. None of our readers--we are convinced--will want to experience the challenges that Janangelo describes for us.

In the Computers and Research section, Charles Hill, David Wallace, and Christina Haas illustrate the value of collaborative thinking when it is applied to complex research projects. This team of three investigators discusses why recent studies of word-processing have offered contradictory results about computer-assisted revision and describes its own study of writers' cognitive processes for revision activity on computers. Readers will find this piece both thought provoking and instructive.

Finally, our review section provides Joe Amato's insightful discussion of Writing Space, by Jay Bolter, and Dave Harralson's thoughtful review of Writing with the Macintosh by Ann Duin and Kathleen Gorak. Both books, Gail and I are convinced, are making important contributions to thinking in our field.