Umberto Eco and His Travels in Hyperreality - "Umberto Eco in his essay, Travels in Hyperreality, saw the emergence of the age of simulation. He recognized that when simulations promise us something better than real, it is often a disguised sales pitch." Commentary on Eco's commentary. - http://www.transparencynow.com/eco.htm
The World According to Eco - "Italian novelist and semiotician Umberto Eco expounds upon the Net, writing, The Osteria, libraries, the continental divide, Marshall Mcluhan,and, well, God." A profile/interview. - http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.03/ff_eco.html