"The writing of a novel used to be a solitary, unheralded task, wherein the writer wrestled alone with his muse and, when needed, his editor. The reading public didn't need to be involved, and certainly not the millions of users of the Internet.

"But Floyd Kemske happens to write novels about 'the way people relate to computers,' so to him it made sense to let Net-heads be the first to read and critique his work. They're even invited to title it...