From roadie!bilver!gator!fang!att!att-in!fnnews.fnal.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!pad-thai.aktis.com!pad-thai.aktis.com!not-for-mail Wed Feb 9 14:21:06 1994 Xref: roadie misc.writing:10260 rec.mag:797 alt.internet.services:1932 misc.answers:309 rec.answers:2765 news.answers:14051 Path: roadie!bilver!gator!fang!att!att-in!fnnews.fnal.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!pad-thai.aktis.com!pad-thai.aktis.com!not-for-mail From: johnl@netcom.com (John Labovitz) Newsgroups: alt.zines,alt.etext,misc.writing,rec.mag,alt.internet.services,alt.answers,misc.answers,rec.answers,news.answers Subject: Zines on the Internet Supersedes: Followup-To: poster Date: 17 Jan 1994 00:01:04 -0500 Organization: none Lines: 1171 Sender: faqserv@security.ov.com Approved: news-answers-request@mit.edu Expires: 21 Feb 1994 05:00:10 GMT Message-ID: Reply-To: johnl@netcom.com (John Labovitz) NNTP-Posting-Host: pad-thai.aktis.com X-Last-Updated: 1993/12/04 Archive-name: writing/zines Last-modifed: 93/11/9 (This document has been brought to you in part by CRAM. See the bottom for more information, including instructions on how to obtain updates.) === This is a summary of electronically-accessible zines. The format of this document should be fairly self-explanatory. In most cases, descriptions are excerpted from the masthead of the zine listed. RECENT CHANGES TO THIS LIST Additions: Bad Subjects Bits and Bytes Online Chaos Corner Dogwood Blossoms The Neon Gargoyle Gazette Slither The Trincoll Journal Twilight Zone Changes: Cousins: corrected FTP entry DargonZine: added USENET entry FactSheetFive-Electric: changed phone number FSFNet: corrected editor's e-mail address; added explanation InterText: added WWW & GEnie entries ADMINISTRIVIA If you have any additions, deletions, or changes to this list, please email them to johnl@netcom.com. A notice about new editions of this list is posted to the following mailing lists: Net_Info@gibbs.oit.unc.edu ZINES-L@uriacc.uri.edu The full text is posted to the following USENET newsgroups: alt.zines alt.etext misc.writing rec.mag alt.internet.services It can also be obtained via anonymous FTP from netcom.com as "/pub/johnl/zines/e-zine-list", via gopher at gopher.well.sf.ca.us and etext.archive.umich.edu, and via email from me (johnl@netcom.com). If you publish an e-zine, or know someone who does, please send a copy to me and I'll add the relevant info to this database. Comments, suggestions, changes, deletions, etc., are welcomed and encouraged. WHAT IS A "ZINE"? For those of you not acquainted with the zine world, "zine" is short for either "fanzine" or "magazine," depending on your point of view. Zines are generally produced by one person or a small group of people, done often for fun or personal reasons, and tend to be irreverent, bizarre, and/or esoteric. Zines are not "mainstream" publications -- they generally do not contain advertisements (except, sometimes, advertisements for other zines), do not have a large subscriber base, and are generally not produced to make a profit. FORMATS Most e-zines listed here are in standard ASCII text format, which you can read on just about any computer or terminal, and print on any printer. A few are available in PostScript for printing on a laser printer (or viewing on-screen if you have a PostScript interpreter in your window system). A small number are available in some system-specific format (i.e., Macintosh HyperCard). HOW DO I GET THE E-ZINES? I have listed the various methods of access for each particular e-zine. Briefly, I use the following: FTP -- File Transfer Protocol Only accessible if you are directly on the Internet, or know of an FTP-mail server (I don't). The host/pathname is given in the form (host:path) that certain FTPs (like NCFTP) can use directly; otherwise, you'd probably type "ftp host" and then "cd path" or some such. All FTP sites listed accept anonymous logins (use "ftp" as username and your email address as password). E-Mail -- Electronic Mail You can usually request current or back issues via this address. Sometimes a site will run a mail server that automates some of this work. Instructions are listed, if applicable. Usenet -- Usenet News Only accessible if your site carries the specific Usenet group. Gopher Only accessible if your site is directly on the Internet. Try typing "gopher". If it works, you have a gopher client, and can usually type "gopher host". WWW -- World Wide Web Only accessible if your site is directly on the Internet, and supports a WWW-compatible hypertext browser. Current browsers include www (ASCII line mode), lynx (ASCII full-screen mode), xmosaic (X Windows), Mac Mosaic (Macintosh), PC Mosaic (PC), Cello (PC), and probably a few others. Postal Last resort, or point of contact for zines that have paper editions. Phone Why? I dunno; because it was there. CompuServe You know, that out-dated system that charges ridiculous rates. Other BBSes and other on-line systems the zine resides on. SYSTEMS ARCHIVING E-ZINES The following are sites that archive e-zines. Many of them are primary archive points for e-zines in this list. FTP: ftp.eff.org etext.archive.umich.edu ftp.cic.net quartz.rutgers.edu ftp.msen.com ftp.halcyon.com world.std.com netcom.com:/pub/johnl/zines nigel.msen.com:/pub/newsletters grind.isca.uiowa.edu:/info/journals nic.cic.net:pub/nircomm/gopher/e-serials Gopher: gopher.eff.org etext.archive.umich.edu (mirrors all FTPable files) gopher.cic.net gopher.msen.com gopher.well.sf.ca.us world.std.com gopher.unt.edu THE E-ZINES Albert Hofmann's Strange Mistake "A hypertext 'zine commemorating the 50th anniversary of the accidental discovery of LSD, 16 April, 1943. The document contains archives by authorities from Albert Hofmann to Abbie Hoffman, hypertext fac/tion on CIA-sponsored acid tests, and testimonials solicited from users all over the world." Editor(s): Bobby Rabyd Format: Storyspace (Macintosh hypertext application) FTP: brownvm.brown.edu:/pub/bobby_rabyd/ The Amateur Computerist Editor(s): Ronda Hauben or Michael Hauben Format: ASCII text FTP: wuarchive.wustl.edu:/doc/misc/acn E-Mail: or Usenet: alt.amateur-comp Postal: R. Hauben, P.O. Box 4344, Dearborn, MI 48126, USA Arm The Spirit "Arm The Spirit is a anti-imperialist/autonomist collective that disseminates information about liberation struggles in advanced capitalist countries and in the so-called 'Third World.' Our focus is on armed struggle and other forms of militant resistance but we do not limit ourselves to this. In Arm The Spirit you can find news on political prisoners in North America and Europe, information on the struggles of Indigenous peoples in the Americas, communiques from guerrilla groups, debate and discussion on armed struggle and much more. We also attempt to cover anti-colonial national liberation struggles in Kurdistan, Puerto Rico, Euskadi and elsewhere." Editor(s): Autonome Forum Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Politics/Arm.the.Spirit Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu gopher.well.sf.ca.us E-Mail: aforum@moose.uvm.edu, subject: "ATS: e-mail request" Postal: Arm The Spirit, c/o Wild Seed Press, POB 57584, Jackson Stn., Hamilton, Ontario, L8P 4X3, Canada Arm The Spirit, c/o Autonome Forum, POB 1242, Burlington, VT 05402-1242, USA Phone: +1 416 527 2419 (FAX for Canadian group) Armadillo Culture "Being the excremeditation of a hyperactive armadillo's activities, opinions, and other stuff..." Editor(s): Steve Okay Format: ASCII text Armadillo.Culture Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu Postal: Armadillo Culture, 2857 Foxmill Rd. Herndon, VA 22071, USA ART COM "An online magazine forum dedicated to the interface of contemporary art and new communication technologies." Editor(s): Carl Eugene Loeffler Format: ASCII text Usenet: alt.artcom Postal: ART COM, POB 193123 Rincon, San Francisco, CA 94119-3123, USA Phone: +1 415 431 7524 (voice), +1 415 431 7841 (fax) Other: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (WELL): ART COM Electronic Network (ACEN) Athene "The online magazine of amateur creative writing." Editor(s): Jim McCabe Format: ASCII text PostScript FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Literary/Athene network.ucsd.edu: /intertext/Athene Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu NOTE: Athene became defunct in 1989. Intertext is its immediate successor. Bad Subjects "Bad Subjects is intended to promote radical thinking and public education about the political implications of everyday life. We offer a forum for rethinking American "progressive" or "leftist" politics. We invite you to join us and participate in all aspects of Bad Subjects. Recent and upcoming issues of Bad Subjects feature articles on malls, _Beverly Hills 90210_, poetry slams, popular music, and the culture of addiction." Editor(s): The Bad Subjects Collective Format: ASCII text Gopher: gopher-registry.berkeley.edu Bits and Bytes Online "An electronic newsletter for text-based life-forms, published irregularly, 2 or 3 times a month." Editor(s): Jay Machado Format: ASCII text FTP: ftp.dana.edu:/periodic Gopher: gopher.law.cornell.edu:Discussions and Listserv archives/Teknoids gopher.dana.edu:Electronic Journals Other: America Online: in telecom files area Compuserve: telecom forum library Postal: 1529 Dogwood Drive, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003, USA Phone: +1 609 795 0998 (evenings) BLINK "BLINK would like to be a forum for the issues surrounding the intersection of consciousness and technology. This is our best defense against postmodern angst: To critically look at and anticipate the cultural and social changes spurred by the rapid development of technology." Editor(s): Justin Kerr Joe Germuska (managing editor) Danny Dunlavy (chiphead) Jake Eldridge (assistant editor) Format: ASCII text FTP: blink.acns.nwu.edu:/pub/blink Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us WWW: http://www.acns.nwu.edu/blink/ Chaos Control "Focusing on electronic music. Chaos Control is published bi-monthly and features interviews with both major and underground acts." Editor(s): Bob Gourley Format: ASCII text Macintosh Hypercard Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us Other: America Online Postal: $5 to Bob Gourley, 3 Greenville Dr., Barrington, RI 02806, USA Chaos Corner Editor(s): Robert D. Cowles Format: ASCII text FTP: pelican.cit.cornell.edu:/pub E-Mail: chaos-request@pelican.cit.cornell.edu Computer Underground Digest "An open forum dedicated to sharing information among computerists and to the presentation and debate of diverse views." Editor(s): Jim Thomas and Gordon Meyer Format: ASCII text FTP: ftp.eff.org:/pub/cud etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/CuD/cud halcyon.com:/pub/mirror/cud aql.gatech.edu;/pub/eff/cud ftp.ee.mu.oz.au:/pub/text/CuD (Australia) nic.funet.fi:pub/doc/cud (Finland) ftp.warwick.ac.uk:pub/cud (United Kingdom) Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu gopher.cic.net Postal: Jim Thomas, Department of Sociology, NIU, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA Phone: +1 815 753 0303 (voice), +1 815 753 6302 (fax) Usenet: comp.society.cu-digest CompuServe: DL0 and DL4 of the IBMBBS SIG; DL1 of LAWSIG; DL1 of TELECOM Other: GEnie: PF*NPC RT libraries; VIRUS/SECURITY library America Online: PC Telecom forum under "computing newsletters" Delphi: General Discussion database of the Internet SIG PC-EXEC BBS (+1 414 789 4210) Rune Stone BBS (IIRG WHQ) (+1 203 832 8441) NUP:Conspiracy RIPCO BBS (+1 312 528 5020) via Fidonet File Request from 1:11/70 ComNet in LUXEMBOURG BBS (+352 466893) Bits against the Empire BBS (+39 461 980493) (Italy) CORE "CORE is an electronic journal of poetry, fiction, essays, and criticsm." Editor(s): Format: ASCII text FTP: ftp.eff.org:/pub/journals etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Literary/CORE_Zine Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu Cousins "A place for the Witches, pagans, nature spirits, fey-folk, and assorted elder kin of Sherwood to share ideas, challenges, dreams, and projects, and to stir up a little magic of our own." Editor(s): Susan Gavula Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Cousins Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu CPU: Working in the Computer Industry "Dedicated to sharing information among workers in the computer industry. CPU is a project of the 'Working in the Computer Industry' working group of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility / Berkeley Chapter." Editor(s): Michael Stack Jim Davis Format: ASCII text E-mail: listserv@cpsr.org (with a single line in the body of the message: "SUBSCRIBE CPSR-CPU ") FTP: cpsr.org:/cpsr/work etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/CPSR/work Phone: +1 510 601 6740, Postal: PO Box 3181, Oakland, CA 94609, USA Crash "A guide to traveling through the underground. Alternative travel stories, hints, and tips." Editor(s): John Labovitz Miles Poindexter Nigel French Format: ASCII text FTP: netcom.com:/pub/johnl/zines/crash Postal: Crash, 519 Castro #7, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA Cropduster "Cropduster revolves, as perhaps everything does, around the substance that one calls pop-culture. With various jargon thrown around including: post-modernism, nihilism, etc. in an attempt for one generation to understand the next, people forget what the essence of pop-culture really is -- a collection of somewhat useless artifacts which are given exceptional value by groups of people. What we hope to show is not the trends but rather the idols of pop-culture. We hope to convey the simplicity of everyday life through the icons which lead generation upon generation onwards." Editor(s): Steven Meece Chris Woodill FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Cropduster Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu:/Zines/Cropduster/ Postal: 79 O'Hara Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M6K 2R3, Canada CTHEORY -- Virtual Review of Books for Post-Modern Theory "CTHEORY is a new international, electronic review of books on theory, technology and culture. Reviews are posted monthly of key books in contemporary discourse as well as theorisations of major 'event-scenes' in the mediascape. Editors and contributors include: Kathy Acker, Jean Baudrillard, Bruce Sterling, Arthur and Marilouise Kroker, Deena and Michael Weinstein. CTHEORY will also offer the possibility of interactive discussions among its subscribers in the electronic theory 'sim-posium/salon.'" Editor(s): Anastassia Khouri St-Pierre Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu Gopher: gopher.cic.net etext.archive.umich.edu E-Mail: LISTSERV@VM1.MCGILL.CA with text body: "SUBSCRIBE CTHEORY " Cyberspace Vanguard "News and Views of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Universe" Editor(s): TJ Goldstein Sarah Alexander, Administrator Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Sci_Fiction/Cyberspace.Vanguard Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu gopher.well.sf.ca.us E-Mail: cn577@cleveland.freenet.edu Cyberspace Vanguard@1:157/564 (FidoNet) CVANGUARD (Delphi) Postal: Cyberspace Vanguard, POB 25704, Garfield Heights, OH 44125, USA Other: Cleveland Freenet FIDONET: via file request from 1:157/200 DargonZine -- The Magazine of the Dargon Project "DargonZine is an electronic magazine printing stories written for the Dargon Project, a shared-world anthology similar to (and inspired by) Robert Asprin's Thieves' World anthologies, created by David "Orny" Liscomb in his now retired magazine, FSFNet. The Dargon Project centers around a medieval-style duchy called Dargon in the far reaches of the Kingdom of Baranur on the world named Makdiar, and as such contains stories with a fantasy fiction/sword and sorcery flavor." Editor(s): Dafydd Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Sci_Fiction/DargonZine ftp.eff.org: Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu Usenet: rec.mag.fsfnet Dogwood Blossoms "An at-least-monthly publication of the Internet community. The goal of this digest is to be a place where Haiku can be shared and discussed with other lovers of the art." Editor(s): Gary Warner Matt Burke Nori Matsui Format: ASCII text Drum "Drum is not an isolated event but an ongoing process." Editor(s): R Patrick Jones Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Drum Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us etext.archive.umich.edu Ego Project "This 'zine is a product of me and as such will contain anything I feel like putting in it. Whatever I feel like putting in it shall include, but is not limited too, anything I feel applies to Gothdom in general. Album/single/tape reviews, book and movies reviews, etc. The Sisters of Mercy and the Mission are my main focuses, but since neither of them put out music on anything resembling a frequent basis I imagine other groups will be featured quite frequently." Editor(s): Corey Nelson Format: ASCII text Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us Postal: Ego Project, 1717 Monroe #b, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA Factsheet Five / Factsheet Five - Electric "FactSheet Five is the central clearinghouse of information about zines, those opinionated publications with press runs of 50 to 5000 (often done through surrepticious use of on-the-job supplies and xerox). Mike Gunderloy of Rennsalaer, NY published 44 editions of F5. Hudson Luce published issue #45. Seth Friedman has published issue #46 onwards. I opened my big mouth (or, rather, let my fingers blab away) about doing an online, net-accessible version of FactSheet Five." Editor(s): Jerod Pore (electronic version) Seth Friedman (paper version) Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Factsheet.Five Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us etext.archive.umich.edu WAIS: nigel.msen.com Postal: Seth Friedman, POB 170099, San Francisco, CA 94117-0099, USA (This is for the paper version *only*, especially subscriptions) Factsheet Five, 1800 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94102, USA (This is for *BOTH* the electronic and paper versions; or for items that can't be delivered to a PO box) Phone: +1 415 668 1781 (paper version *only*) Other: The WELL BBSes around the world FSFNet "BITNET fantasy-science fiction fanzine." Editor(s): "Orny" Liscomb Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Sci_Fiction/FSFNet Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu NOTE: Defunct since 1988; replaced by DargonZine (see above) FUNHOUSE! -- The cyberzine of degenerate pop culture "Dedicated to whatever happens to be on my mind at the time I'm writing. The focus will tend to be on those aspects of our fun-filled world which aren't given the attention of the bland traditional media, or which have been woefully misinterpreted or misdiagnosed by the same. FUNHOUSE! is basically a happy place, and thus the only real criteria I will try to meet is to refrain from rants, personal attacks, and flames -- and thus FUNHOUSE! is an apolitical place. Offbeat films, music, literature, and experiences are largely covered, with the one stipulation that articles are attempted to be detailed and well documemnted, although this is no guarantee of completeness or correctness, so that the interested reader may further pursue something which may spark her interest." Editor(s): Jeff Dove Format: ASCII text FTP: netcom.com:/pub/johnl/zines/funhouse etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Funhouse Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu gopher.well.sf.ca.us GMJ Editor(s): Anthony Shubert ace@ace.com Format: ASCII text ANSI text Clipboard (VGA/SVGA pictures with text, IBM PC-compatible) Postal: Innovative Creations, 29 David Road, South Carver, MA 02330, USA ($2 will get a 30+page printed newsletter) GRIST On-Line "A new journal of electronic network poetry, art and culture. GRIST will be eclectic. GRIST will be open to all the language and visual art forms that develop on the net." Editor(s): John Fowler Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Poetry/Grist Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu:/Poetry/Grist Postal: GRIST ON-LINE, John Fowler, editor, Columbus Circle Sta., P.O. Box 20805, New York, NY 10023-1496, USA HardC.O.R.E. "The official rap music fanzine of The Committee of Rap Excellence." Editor(s): Steve "Flash" Juon, Chief Editor and Chief Rocka David J. Warner, Music Editor, Director of Network Distribution Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/HardCORE Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu:/Zines/HardCORE Hi-Rez "Electronic Journal for CyberBeatniks" Editor(s): Will Longman Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/CyberPunk/HI-REZ Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu gopher.well.sf.ca.us Holy Temple of Mass Consumption "Articles, opinions, reviews, and artwork of a loosely-defined collection of cranks, weirdos, freaks, net.personalities, curmudgeons, and anyone else who turns us on at the time. Commentary on nearly everything, with particular attention to societal decay in general and mass-media conspiracy programming in particular. Or anything else we decide to write about, with strong ties to the finest SubGenius traditions." Editor(s): Wayne Aiken Format: ASCII text FTP: quartz.rutgers.edu:/pub/journals/HToMC Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us Postal: HToMC, PO Box 30904, Raleigh, NC 27622-0904, USA Phone: +1 919 954 5956 (voice) Usenet: alt.slack, alt.discordia Other: StarFleet BBS (+1 919 954 5028) Hardcopy version available from PO Box address Free with SASE, otherwise $1, trade, or "neat stuff" inter\face "inter\face is an offering." Editor(s): Benjamin Henry Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Interface Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu International TeleTimes "International Teletimes is a general interest magazine. There are several recurring monthly columns but the rest of the content changes from month to month as new themes are chosen. The goal of Teletimes is to attract a large variety of writers from all over the world so that the readers will be exposed to a great variety of ideas and opinions." Editor(s): Ian Wojtowicz Format: Macintosh Doc-Maker application FTP: sumex-aim.stanford.edu:/info-mac/per/teletimes-*.hqx Postal: TeleTimes International, 3938 West 30th Ave., Vancouver, BC V6S 1X3, Canada Other: OneNet (network of FirstClass BBSes) InterText "InterText is a bi-monthly fiction magazine printing stories in all genres from mainstream to science fiction. It's read by thousands of subscribers on six continents." Editor(s): Jason Snell Geoff Duncan (assistant editor) Format: ASCII text PostScript FTP: network.ucsd.edu:/intertext etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Literary/InterText Gopher: ocf.berkeley.edu:OCF On-Line Library/Fiction/InterText etext.archive.umich.edu WWW: file://network.ucsd.edu/intertext/other_formats/HTML/ITtoc.html CompuServe: Electronic Frontier Foundation's "Zines from the Net" section, accessible by typing "GO EFFSIG" GEnie: Science Fiction Roundtable #3 (SFRT3) download section Postal: InterText, 21645 Parrotts Ferry, Sonora, CA 95370, USA The Lighthouse "Shining Light on Today's Christian Music" Editor(s): J. Warner Soditus (exec. editor/publisher) Beth Blinn Format: ASCII text Postscript FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu/pub/Zines/lighthouse nic.cic.net/pub/Zines/lighthouse Postal: The Lighthouse, 256 East College Avenue, Suite 302, State College, PA 16801, USA (814) 238-6730 LIMINAL -- Liminal Explorations "LIMINAL seeks to apply new inter and transdisciplinary methods, theories, ideas, concepts, and approaches to the study of cultural phenomena as well as the inventive application of existing approaches. The term 'cultural phenomena' is taken to mean, but not limited to meaning: 1) an activity engaged in by humans as members of a social network, 2) the product(s) of such engagement(s), 3) the motivators of such activities or engagements, 4) the functioning of such social networks themselves." Editor(s): Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Liminal Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu Postal: The Liminal Group, Box 154, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA The Neon Gargoyle Gazette "The goal of this magazine is to enlighten the public at large about the world of horror from the tiny details of splatter to the grand sweeping theories of hidden psychological appeal. The GARGOYLE contains discussion forums on horror in all its forms. History, art, poetry, biography, modern cinema, professional make-up techniques, and horror productions both present and past are all examined here, as well as a trivia Q&A section." Editor(s): Dan Krumlauf Format: ASCII text USENET: alt.horror, alt.cult-movies Other: Cleveland Free-Net Community Computer System (+1 216 368 3888 or IP address 129.22.8.38); once logged in type "GO HORROR" Phone: +1 216 491 4616 Obscure Electronic "OBSCURE is the zine that profiles the people in this publishing subculture." Editor(s): James P Romenesko Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Obscure.Electric Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us etext.archive.umich.edu Postal: POB 1334, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA Parthenogenesis Editor(s): Dan Herrick Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Parthenogenesis Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu Postal: Parthenogenesis, 804 S. College Suite 8363, Ft. Collins, CO 80524, USA People Power Update The newsletter of the bicycle advocacy group "People Power" Editor(s): Ron Goodman Format: ASCII text FTP: netcom.com:/pub/johnl/zines/ppu Postal: People Power, 226 Jeter Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA Phone: +1 408 425 8851 (voice/fax) Play by EMail "Electronic 'zine about free play-by-electronic-mail wargames. Reviews, game openings, information." Editor(s): Greg Lindahl Format: ASCII text FTP: ftp.erg.sri.com:/pub/pbm/PBEM-Fanzine Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us Usenet: rec.games.pbm Power to the People Mover "POWER TO THE PEOPLE MOVER concerned with unusual and noteworthy behavior observed on mass transit systems, particularly the bus lines." Editor(s): Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/People.Mover Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu Postal: Cool It, P.O. Box 232741, Leucadia, CA 92023, USA Practical Anarchy Online "An electronic zine concerning anarchy from a practical point of view, to help you put some anarchy in your everyday life. The anarchy scene is covered through reviews and reports from people in the living anarchy." Editor(s): Chuck Munson Bitnet: cmunson@wiscmacc.bitnet Mikael Cardell Fidonet: Mikael Cardell@2:205/223 Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Politics/Spunk Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us etext.archive.umich.edu Postal: Practical Anarchy, POB 173, Madison, WI 53701-0173, USA Practical Anarchy, c/o Mikael Cardell, Gustav Adolfsgatan 3, S-582 20 Linkoping, Sweden PURPS Editor(s): Pope Jephe Doc Simpson Format: ASCII text E-Mail: FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Purps Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu Postal: IGHF, 955 Massachusetts Ave., Suite 209, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Quanta "Quanta is the electronically produced and distributed magazine of science fiction and fantasy. As such, each issues is packed with fiction from amateur and professional authors from around the world and across the net." Editor(s): Daniel K Appelquist Format: PostScript ASCII text FTP: export.acs.cmu.edu:/pub/quanta ftp.eff.org:/journals/Quanta lth.se:/documents/Quanta catless.newcastle.ac.uk:/pub/Quanta etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Sci_Fiction/Quanta Gopher: gopher-srv.acs.cmu.edu (in the Archives directory) etext.archive.umich.edu Postal: Quanta, 3003 Van Ness St. NW #S919, Washington, DC 20008, USA CompuServe: "Zines from the Net" area of the EFF forum (accessed by typing GO EFFSIG) R.A.D! ON-LINE "Review And Discussion of Rock & Roll." Editor(s): Keith A. Gordon Format: ASCII text Usenet: alt.zines alt.music.alternative Postal: 826 Old Charlotte Pike East, Franklin, TN 37064, USA Other: MONDO GORDO! BBS (+1 615 791 8050) A Brother To Dragons BBS (+1 615 781 9943) Random Access Humor -- The Electronic Humor Magazine "A rag-tag collection of fugitive humor, some of which is vaguely related to the BBS/Online System world." Editor(s): Dave Bealer Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Humor/RAH r/RAH Postal: Random Access Humor, c/o Dave Bealer, P.O. Box 595, Pasadena, MD 21122, USA Other: The Puffin's Nest BBS (FidoNet: 1:261/1129, +1 410 437-3463, 1200-14400/V.32bis) SCRATCH "One of the things that kept me from doing something sooner was the idea that you sort of had to have a focus to do a proper zine. I got over it. I found a new desire and enjoyment in rambling about whatever seems appropriate at the time. So here we are." Editor(s): James Barnett Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Scratch Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu Postal: J. Barnett, 28 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10805, USA Scream Baby "What do I want? Besides world peace, a sexy Mexican maid, and someone to use their fucking brains around here, I want a really good all-encompassing-sub-culture zine. Music, literature, art, television, film, weird space-time kinks, events, information, news, humor, interviews, and re:views of 'Stuff I Think Is Cool.' Not all at once, of course. Each issue of Scream Baby will come out whenever I can scrape together 25-30 kilobytes of really good stuff." Editor(s): Blade X Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/CyberPunk/ScreamBaby ftp.eff.org:/pub/journals/ScreamBaby Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu gopher.well.sf.ca.us Other: WWIV: 46@5285 Tejas BBS (+1 512 467-0663) (16.8 HST modem) Screams of Abel "SOAE is published weekly giving you the latest in brutal music, from heavy gothic metal to grindcore to hardcore and even some... ick.. pop metal. But that won't be much, I assure you.. :-)." Editor(s): Phil Powell Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Screams.of.Abel Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu Usenet: alt.zines Other: FIDONET: CCM Conference WWIVNET: CCM conference from node @7313 Slither "inSobordinate Leftists Intellectual Trash Hopefully Earmarked for Revolution." Editor(s): Format: ASCII text Postal: 7514 Girard #228, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA Phone: +1 619 230 7106 TapRoot Reviews Electronic Edition "Short reviews of micropress poetry, experimental literature and art -- 100+ reviews per issue." Editor(s): Luigi-Bob Drake Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Taproot Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu Postal: Burning Press, PO Box 585, Lakewood, OH 44107, USA Taylorology "TAYLOROLOGY is a newsletter focusing on the life and death of William Desmond Taylor, a top film Paramount film director in early Hollywood who was shot to death on February 1, 1922. His unsolved murder was one of Hollywood's major scandals. This newsletter will deal with: (a) The facts of Taylor's life; (b) The facts and rumors of Taylor's murder; (c) The impact of the Taylor murder on Hollywood and the nation. Primary emphasis will be given toward reprinting, referencing and analyzing source material, and sifting it for accuracy." Editor(s): Bruce Long Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Taylorology Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu The Trincoll Journal "The Trincoll Journal is a weekly publication for Macintosh users. The Journal is a student-run publication at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut." Editor(s): Format: Macintosh HyperCard stack E-Mail: Journal@mail.trincoll.edu (make sure you include the words "subscribe Journal" in the subject line) Twilight Zone "An all-format on-line magazine aimed at everybody who is interested in any sort of fiction -- although it usually tends to concentrate on fantasy and science-fiction." Editor(s): Richard Karsmakers Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Twilight.Zone Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu:Zines/Twilight.Zone USENET: alt.zines, alt.prose, rec.arts.prose Postal: Richard Karsmakers, Looplantsoen 50, NL-3523 GV Utrecht, The Netherlands The Undiscovered Country "the undiscovered country is a netzine put out by myself and my coeditor, l.b. noire. it is the latest flatulence from our brains regarding life/art/literature/cyberspace/philosophy/etc. it's a large enchiladaesque bunch of stuff." Editor(s): SR Prozak and LB Noire Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Literary/ The_Undiscovered_Country eff.org:/pub/journals/The_Undiscovered_Country cs.uwp.edu:/pub/music/lists/tuc pomona.claremont.edu in po_1995:[cblanc.tuc] Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu Unit Circle Magazine "An eclectic quarterly magazine of art, prose, poetry, music reviews, and liberal commentary." Editor(s): Kevin Goldsmith Format: Postscript FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/UnitCircle sgi.com:/pub/UnitCircle* Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu Postal: Unit Circle, PO Box 640 885, San Francisco, CA 94164, USA Unplastic News "the odd e-mail magazine w/a fever" Editor(s): Format: ASCII text FTP: ftp.eff.org:/pub/cud/misc/journals etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Unplastic_News quartz.rutgers.edu:pub/journals Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us etext.archive.umich.edu uXu "Swedish-based series written in english containing any topic you probably could think of." Editor(s): Erik Soderstrom Format: ASCII text FTP: ftp.lysator.liu.se:/pub/texts/uxu etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/UXU zero.cypher.com:/pub/uxu centreville-3207.dorm.umd.edu:/pub/uxu ftp.uu.net:/doc/literary/obi/NewsLetters/UXU cs.columbia.edu:/archives/mirror2/world-info/obi/NewsLetters/UXU unix.hensa.ac.uk:/pub/uunet/doc/literary/obi/NewsLetters/UXU nic.cic.net:/pub/nircomm/gopher/e-serials/alphabetic/u/uxu FSP: 146.169.2.1 21:/other101/Online-Book-Initiative/NewsLetters/UXU E-mail: uxu-info-request@lysator.liu.se (subscribe) Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu Postal: uXu, P.O. BOX 5, S-790 23 Svardsjo, Sweden Other: +46 13 175042 (BBS) Plus BBSes in a number of countries including the US, Canada, Holland, Australia, Switzerland and Sweden Voices from the Net "There are a lot of folks with at least one foot in this complex region we call (much too simply) "the net." There are a lot of voices on these wires. From IRC to listservs, MUDspace to e-mail, Usenet group to commercial bbs -- all kinds of voices -- loud and quiet, anonymous and well-known. And yet, it's far from clear what it might mean to be a "voice" from, or on, the net. Enter "Voices from the Net": one attempt to sample, explore, the possibilities (or perils) of net.voices. Worrying away at the question. Running down the meme. Looking/listening, and reporting back to you." Editor(s): Bookish CountZer0 NEURO Format: Macintosh HyperCard stack ASCII text FTP: aql.gatech.edu:/pub/Zines/Voices_from_the_Net etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Voices (ASCII text only) wiretap.spies.com:/Library/Zines (ASCII text only) sumex-aim.stanford.edu:/info-mac/recent (HyperCard stack only) Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu E-Mail: Voices-request@andy.bgsu.edu to subscribe: subject: Voices from the Net body: subscribe We Magazine poetry kendall, Jay Curkendall, Roddy Potter, Chris Funkhouser, Belle Gironda, Ben Henry, Katie Yates Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Literary/We_Magazine Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu Postal: We Press, Postoffice Box 1503 Santa Cruz, CA 95061, USA The Web Online Review "Reviews of new and reprinted children's books (picture books through young adult.) Our goal is to provide honest, informative reviews that will help parents and educators find the best, most enjoyable books. We also publish a non-electronic journal reviewing the best old and new children's books." Editor(s): Wendy E. Betts Evan A.C. Hunt Format: ASCII text Usenet: rec.arts.books misc.kids alt.books.reviews Postal: P.O. Box 401, Santa Cruz, CA 95061-0401, USA Whole Earth Review "We are dedicated to demystification, to self-teaching, and to encouraging people to think for themselves. Thus our motto: 'ACCESS TO TOOLS AND IDEAS.' Tools in the Whole Earth sense include hammers, books, and computer conferencing systems. Our readers are a community of tool-users who share information with one another. The ideas we make accessible have not often been found in university courses, but are becoming recognized as part of what you need to know to be truly educated. Our readers contribute to the editorial content as well, with both reviews and articles." Editor(s): Format: ASCII text Macintosh PageMaker 4.2 files Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us Postal: Whole Earth Review, 27 Gate Five Road, Sausalito, CA 94965, USA Phone: +1 415 332 1716 (voice), +1 415 332 3110 (fax) NOTE: e-text of WER is currently available *only* via gopher; do not e-mail requests for issues Xenocide music Editor(s): Jon Konrath Format: ASCII text FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Music/Xenocide Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu Postal: Xenocide, c/o Jon Konrath, 414 S. Mitchell Suite 13, Bloomington, IN 47401, USA ----- end of e-zine-list === DISTRIBUTION: How to obtain this document FTP --- This FAQ is available from the standard FAQ server rtfm.mit.edu via FTP in the file /pub/usenet/news.answers/writing/zines Email ----- Email requests for FAQs go to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with commands on lines in the message body, e.g. `help' and `index'. Usenet ------ This FAQ is posted every 21 days to the groups alt.zines alt.etext misc.writing rec.mag alt.internet.services alt.answers misc.answers rec.answers news.answers === CRAM: the Cyberspatial Reality Advancement Movement In an effort to bring valuable information to the masses, and as a service to motivated information compilers, I (L. Detweiler) will help others unfamiliar with Usenet `publish' their documents for widespread dissemination via the FAQ structure, and act as a `sponsor' knowledgable in the submissions process. This document is being distributed under this arrangement. I have found these compilations tend to appear on various mailing lists and are valuable enough to deserve wider distribution. If you know of an existing compilation of Internet information that is not currently a FAQ, please contact me and I may `sponsor' it. The benefits to the author include: - use of the existing FAQ infrastructure for distribution: - automated mail server service - FTP archival - automated posting - a far wider audience that can improve the quality, accuracy, and coverage of the document enormously through email feedback - potential professional inquiries for the use of your document in other settings, such as newsletters, books, etc. - with me as your sponsor, I will also take care of the technicalities in the proper format of the posted version and updating procedures, leaving you free of the `overhead' to focus on the basic updates alone Send comments relating to the *distribution* of this document (particularly relevant newsgroups not currently covered in its current distribution) or inquiries on other documents to . The choice of who I `sponsor' is entirely arbitrary. You always have the option of handling the submission process yourself. See the FAQ submission guidlines FAQ in news.answers.