Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!faqserv From: johnl@ora.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 (2/5) Supersedes: Followup-To: poster Date: 22 Jun 1995 15:56:14 GMT Organization: none Lines: 1486 Approved: news-answers-request@mit.edu Expires: 27 Jul 1995 15:54:13 GMT Message-ID: References: Reply-To: johnl@ora.com (John Labovitz) NNTP-Posting-Host: bloom-picayune.mit.edu X-Last-Updated: 1995/03/20 Originator: faqserv@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu alt.zines:12329 alt.etext:1485 misc.writing:60439 rec.mag:3666 alt.internet.services:54060 alt.answers:10152 misc.answers:2182 rec.answers:12753 news.answers:46865 Archive-name: writing/zines/part2 Last-modifed: 95/3/15 Distribution-agent: ldetweil@csn.org (This document has been brought to you in part by CRAM. See the bottom for more information, including instructions on how to obtain updates.) === ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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." Format: ASCII text Access: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/DargonZine gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/d/dargonzine FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/DargonZine/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/d/dargonzine/ Usenet: rec.mag.dargon Email: dargon@wonky.jjm.com Contact: Editor(s): Ornoth Liscomb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DaveNet "Amusing Rants from Dave Winers' Desktop." Format: HTML Frequency: several times a week Access: WWW: http://www.msen.com/~dwiner/ Contact: Editor(s): Dave Winer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dead Angel "Music-related ezine focusing mainly on undergound/unsigned/unknown bands from all over the world. The ezine's goal is to make people aware of bands that, due to limited resources, remote locations, or inexperience (new bands, etc.), would like another outlet for making the world at large aware of their music. The ezine also includes book reviews, music reviews (regular and demo), film and comics reviews." Frequency: monthly Access: FTP: ftp.netcom.com: /pub/phallic/zines/dead_angel/ Usenet: alt.music.alternative alt.music.alternative.female rec.music.industrial Contact: Editor(s): chinawhite fuzzdoll (film/video) j.m. felps (comics/mini-comics) Postal: RKF, 815-A Brazos St. #515, Austin, TX 78701, USA (send your music demos/releases/etc. for review) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Deaf Magazine "The Deaf Magazine has Issues on Deafness and Deaf Topics." Format: ASCII Frequency: once a month Access: WWW: http://www.clark.net/pub/guardian/www/deaf.html Gopher: sjuvm.stjohns.edu: disabled/easi/eltext/deafmag FTP: ftp.clark.net: /pub/deaf.magazine Usenet: clarknet.deaf.magazine alt.soc.deaf.magazine Subscriptions: To: listproc@clark.net Text: subscribe deaf firstname lastname Contact: Editor(s): Nathan Prugh Phone: +1 800 842-4681; ask for ext. 6024687988 +1 602 468-7988 (TDD/ascii 300 7n1 half Duplex) Postal: Nathan Prugh, 2829 E. Osborn Apt 155, Phoenix, AZ 85016, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Delta Snake Blues News "A free online Blues Newsletter. Features include detailed reviews of new releases and classic recordings, articles, recipes, general information and announcements, and poetry. Average size varies from 25K to 55K. The Delta Snake was published for six years as a paper newsletter, and has it's roots in the San Francisco Bay Area. Contributors now hail from all over the world, as does the readership." Format: ASCII text Frequency: monthly; emailed out on or about the 20th of each month Access: FidoNet: Slovena BBSs Usenet: rec.music.bluenote rec.music.bluenote.blues BBS: AdriaNet Contact: Editor(s): Al Handa ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dEPARTURE fROM nORMAL "original artwork and fiction by contributing artists -- presented on the World Wide Web, free to view and hear by anyone with access -- drawings, paintings, graphics, photographs, comics, animations, video, stories, letters, essays, poetry, journals, reviews, spoken words, music, sounds and other creative ideas." Format: HTML text, PICT or JPEG graphics, Quicktime movies, AIFF sound files Frequency: no issues--no submission deadlines. We now publish exclusively on the World Wide Web and add new material pretty much as it is received. We publish works on line for at least one month before replacing them with a newer piece. Note: If you don't have Web access, but would like to contribute artwork anyway, send email to xwinds@teleport.com and we'll provide submission guidelines. Access: WWW: http://www.teleport.com/~xwinds/dfn.html Contact: Editor(s): Louise Eris ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Depth Probe "An examination of the 90's American Experience through reviews of the old and new, commentaries and dreams." Format: HTML Frequency: weekly Access: WWW: http://www.best.com/~ake/dp/zine/index/home.html Contact: Editor(s): Alan Eyzaguirre ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Descriptions of an Imaginary Univercity (DIU) "Compiled because of The Logic of Snowflakes, this poetry/poetics 'zine began as a weekly on 4 July 1994. Maintained sporadically out of Albany, NY, DIU features writing from around the world, circulated pseudonymously or in an initialized manner (i.e. writing is not attached to 'real' names). Past issues have featured work by Marianne Moore and Kimberley Filbee, and regular features include a Reading List for the Last Days of the White Race, bi-coastal radio playlists, and words to the wise by someone who calls themselves 'Thus, Albert or Hubert.'" Format: ASCII text Access: Gopher: wings.buffalo.edu: internet/library/e-journals/ub/rift/journals/list/diu Contact: Editor(s): Chris Funkhouser Fax: +1 518 442 4599 Postal: thelogic of snowflakes, PO Box 1503, Santa Cruz, CA 95061, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Diatribe "Farmgirls building snowguys." Format: PDF paper Note: DIATRIBE will trade issues for scribbled-on newspaper photos. Access: WWW: http://sunsite.unc.edu/otis/MASS/Stastny_E/extra/diatribe.html FTP: sunsite.unc.edu: /pub/multimedia/pictures/OTIS/MASS/Stastny_E/ Contact: Editor(s): OED Postal: DIATRIBE, P.O. Box 241113, Omaha, NE 68124-5113, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Digital News Associates (DnA Magazine) "Hacker, and political magazine, P/H/A/C/V sovereign citizenship, tax info and more" Format: ASCII Access: WWW: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/va/vandal/html/dna.html FTP: ftp.netcom.com: /pub/va/vandal/DnA/ Subscriptions: To: listserv@netcom.com Text: subscribe dna-magazine Contact: Editor(s): Arclight, Vandal Phone: +1 714 957 1425, box 235 Postal: PO Box 5342, Fullerton, CA, 92635, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dreamboy! "The monthly, spine-tingling adventure chronicling about two-weeks worth of slumber-induced emissions. Travel with Chris, hero of the socially awkward, as he traverses television-like terrain, conquers the weak and less fortunate, and embarrasses everyone he knows. Witness with intricate detail the never-before-seen interrelations of Saddam Hussein and bowel movements. The National Hockey League and Asian girls. Anton Szandor LaVey and the Fonz. A charming adventure, making good use of Yul Brenner, scabs, smegma, and cheese pizza. It's like a TV Guide to the subconscious. You enjoy reading the listings...and can't help but wonder just who the hell is broadcasting." Frequency: monthly Access: WWW: http://www.etext.org/Zines/UnitCircle/dreamboy/ Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/UnitCircle/dreamboy FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/UnitCircle/dreamboy/ BBS: Private Idaho (+1 208 338 9227) Bitter Butter Better BBS (+1 503 692 5841) Email: cdromano@earthlink.net Subscriptions: cdromano@earthlink.net Contact: Editor(s): Chris Romano Postal: Chris Romano, 15332 Antioch Street #173, Los Angeles, CA 90272, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dreampop "There are two kinds of music in this world: the kind that makes you yawn and the kind that speaks to your inner being. Without getting metaphysical about it, there is simply great music that moves you: the combination of sounds that represents your state of mind, your life experience, and when you hear it you say to yourself, "Aha! This is what I've been missing!"" Format: ASCII text HTML Access: WWW: http://www.itp.tsoa.nyu.edu/~student/brendonm/dream1.html Compuserve: Rocknet forum Library in the Rave section Email: bqm1808@is.nyu.edu (by request; I am not a LISTSERV!) Compuserve: 72241,1735 AOL: brendon355 Contact: Editor(s): Brendon Macaraeg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Drum "Drum is not an isolated event but an ongoing process." Format: ASCII text Note: Apparently defunct. Access: Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us: Publications gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/d/drum gopher.etext.org: Zines/Drum FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/Drum/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/d/drum/ Contact: Editor(s): R Patrick Jones ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DZOOM "A punk zine from Lithuania, though nothing about Lithuania inside. Big interviews with well known European punk commands, demo reviews and other stuff like this. For punks. If you are one, get it!" Format: ASCII text Frequency: approximately 2 per year Access: Gopher: zalgiris.pit.ktu.lt: DistributedSystems/Alternative_Music_Info/E-zines Contact: Editor(s): JuNe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Edinburgh Samba School Newsletter "Devoted to the music and culture of samba, Brazilian carnival music, and to the activities of the Edinburgh samba school." Frequency: quarterly Access: Email: ian@spider.co.uk Contact: Editor(s): Ian Heavens ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Electric Dreams "Are you interested in dreams? This may just be the e-zine for you. From dream sharing to scientific articles to support and discussion groups, if it is about dreams, we publish it. Most articles are contributed by our mailing list members. Electric Dream is distributed though email and available through FTP and America On Line. See below for access and subscription information" Format: ASCII text Frequency: twice monthly Access: FTP: sppc1952.uwsp.edu AOL: Keyword: Writers Select: Writers Club Libraries Select: Writers Club ezines Usenet: alt.dreams (monthly advertisement FAQ) Email: cathy@cassandra.ucr.edu Contact: Editor(s): Catherine Decker Richard C. Wilkerson or ---------------------------------------------------------------------- the electronic Gourmet Guide (the eGG) "The eGG is the Internet's first biweekly food and cooking magazine featuring interviews with chefs and other people in the food industry, feature articles, food news, cooking tips, new recipes, regular columnists and the Gourmet Guess food trivia game." Format: HTML Frequency: biweekly Access: WWW: http://www.2way.com/food Contact: Editor(s): Kate Heyhoe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elektra "Digitas' dynamic electronic magazine regarding emerging technologies." Format: HTML Access: WWW: http://www.digitas.org/ Contact: Editor(s): Ishir Bhan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Engineer's Forum "Engineers' Forum is Virginia Tech's student engineering magazine. It is published four times a year and contains information of general interest to engineers and other technology oriented individuals." Format: HTML Frequency: quarterly Access: WWW: http://www.vt.edu:10021/eng/forum/index.html Contact: Editor(s): John Cole (Editor-in-Chief) Mike Reese (Editor-in-Chief) David Kennedy (Internet Editor) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Enterzone "A Web-only magazine/symposium/salon of writing, art, and new media." Format: HTML Frequency: quarterly Access: WWW: http://enterzone.berkeley.edu/enterzone.html Subscriptions: from Subscription Page: http://enterzone.berkeley.edu/ez/subscr.html Contact: Editor(s): editor@enterzone.berkeley.edu Publisher: Christian Crumlish Associate Editor: Briggs Nisbet Production Editor: Richard Frankel Postal: 1017 Bayview Avenue, Oakland, CA 94610-4032, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Envoy "Envoy is a bi-monthly newsletter for writers, artists, and booksellers of Central Texas. Contents include release schedules for upcoming books and other works; event schedules for conventions and booksignings; and profiles and news about Central Texas writers and artists." Format: ASCII Paper (available via paid subscription) PostScript Windows Help Frequency: bi-monthly ISSN: 1079-0977 Access: WWW: http://io.com/user/shiva/allston/envoy/ FTP: io.com: /pub/usr/envoy/ GEnie: Page 440 (Writers' Ink), Library 5; Page 470 (Science Fiction Round Table 1), Library 3; Page 472 (Science Fiction Round Table 3), Library 10; Page 1330 (Romance Exchange), Library 1 Subscriptions: To: majordomo@io.com Text: subscribe envoy-online (followed by an e-mail address only if you want to receive it at an address different from the one from which you sent the subscription request) Contact: Editor(s): Aaron Allston Postal: ENVOY, c/o Aaron Allston, PO Box 564, Round Rock, TX 78680-0564, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The EPIC Alert "The EPIC Alert, the electronic newsletter of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, DC. The focus of the publication is on privacy in the information age including cryptography, the NII, medical records, consumer records, national ID cards, and other privacy issues. EPIC is a project of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility and the Fund for Constitutional Government." Format: ASCII HTML Frequency: bi-weekly Access: WWW: http://cpsr.org/cpsr/privacy/epic/current_alert.html http://epic.digicash.com/epic/ Gopher: cpsr.org: cpsr/alert gopher.etext.org: CPSR gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/c/cpsr-cpu FTP: cpsr.org: /cpsr/alert/ ftp.etext.org: /pub/CPSR/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/c/cpsr-cpu/ WAIS: cpsr.org: /cpsr/alert AOL: Search by keyword EPIC in Computing and Software (soon to be in CPSR Internet section) Compuserve: Keyword: NCSA, Library 2 (EPIC/Ethics) Usenet: comp.society.cpsr.announce Email: alert@epic.org (for comments only) Subscriptions: To: listserv@cpsr.org Text: subscribe cpsr-anounce Contact: Editor(s): Dave Banisar Fax: +1 202 547 5482 Phone: +1 202 544 9240 Postal: EPIC, 666 Pennsylvania Ave, SE #301, Washington, DC 20003, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- et Cetera -- the zine of everything and nothing "et Cetera is exactly what it says... "and other things" if i'm not mistaken. it will conduct interviews on random topics (we'll try to cover EVERYTHING at least once!), have a lot of feedback and have some creative writing in the second section of the zine with little nibblets about the artists... it's fun and serious, mundane and inspired, pointless and focused... all in one. we'll do everything about nothing and nothing about everything. it is published and distributed electronically as often as i can (which may not be very often)." Format: ASCII HTML Frequency: varies Access: WWW: http://www.cs.andrews.edu/~adap/etcetera.html Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/Etcetera FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/Etcetera/ Contact: Editor(s): Steve Lee (Editor-in-Chief) Edsel Adap (WWW Editor) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Eternity Articles "A collection of thoughts on anything and everything. Covers some emotional ground, and some darker issues. Originally started to go along with my quote list (which is also at the ftp site) but hopefully may go beyond that. If you have anything to say, I want to hear it." Format: ASCII Frequency: monthly (end of each month) Access: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/WhyMe FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/WhyMe/ Email: eternity@cyberspace.org Contact: Editor(s): Sanjay Singh ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Euphony "An on-line only Music/Movie/Arts magazine for Vancouver, British Columbia." Format: HTML Access: WWW: http://euphony.com/euphony Contact: Editor(s): Colin Smith Brad Pitzel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eWire "HyperCard e-zine that covers BMX freestyle (mainly the New England scene) and music (punk & ska), with color photos & samples." Format: HyperCard 2.1 Frequency: whenever I have time to do it Note: email for other FTP sites Access: FTP: obi.std.com: /obi/Zines/eWire/ AOL: HyperCard stacks Email: wirezine@aol.com Contact: Editor(s): Kieran ---------------------------------------------------------------------- EXTRA! "The magazine of FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting), and EXTRA!Update is its companion newsletter. FAIR is the national media watch group offering well-documented criticism in an effort to correct media bias and imbalance. FAIR focuses public awareness on the narrow corporate bias and their insensitivity to women, labor, minorities, and other public interest constituencies. FAIR seeks to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater media pluralism and the inclusion of public interest voices in national debates." Format: HTML paper Frequency: bi-monthly ISSN: 0895-2310 Access: WWW: http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~mernst/fair/ Gopher: gopher.igc.apc.org: orgs/fair Subscriptions: To: majordomo@igc.apc.org Text: subscribe fair-l Contact: Editor(s): Jim Naureckas Fax: +1 212 727 7668 Phone: +1 212 633 6700 Postal: FAIR/EXTRA!, 130 W. 25th St., New York, NY 10001, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eye WEEKLY "eye is Toronto's arts newspaper -- with a hard copy circulation of over 100k. Like the mother of all entertainment weeklies (The Village Voice), it focuses on music, movies, art, alternative news, etc." Format: ASCII text Frequency: every Thursday ISSN: 1192-6074 Access: WWW: http://www.interlog.com/eye Gopher: interlog.com Usenet: eye.* Contact: Editor(s): eye@interlog.com Fax: +1 416 971 7786 Phone: +1 416 971 8421 Postal: 57 Spadina Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5V 2J2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Factsheet Five / Factsheet Five - Electric "Factsheet Five is the closest thing to a central clearinghouse of data about the anarchic, decentralized world of self-published magazines known as zines. We review over 1,200 zines each quarter (Yow!) in the print version. The reviews are uploaded to the Net and combined with reviews from a variety of other publications - such as Bypass, Second Guess, Fucktooth - and random people around the Net. We encourage *you* to read zines, produce a zine, and send us your reviews of zines. The files that comprise F5-E are divided into various categories (Punk, Grrrlz, Politics, Fringe, Queer, Sex, etc.) and an issue will be over 2 megabytes in size. Each review gives you the ordering information for the zine as well as our opinion of the publication." Format: ASCII text Frequency: quarterly (more or less) Note: Please send zines to just one address. All reviews from the paper version show up in the electronic version. Access: WWW: http://kzsu.stanford.edu/uwi/f5e/f5e.html http://www.well.com/www/jerod23/ http://www.nitv.net/~mech/F5/f5index.html Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us: Publications gopher.etext.org: Factsheet.Five gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/f/f5-e FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Factsheet.Five/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/f/f5-e/ WAIS: nigel.msen.com The WELL: ??? Usenet: alt.zines rec.mag alt.etext BBS: BBSes around the world Email: jerod23@well.sf.ca.us (email subscriptions as a last resort) Contact: Editor(s): Jerod Pore (electronic version) Seth Friedman (paper version) Phone: +1 415 668 1781 (paper version *only*) Postal: Seth Friedman, POB 170099, San Francisco, CA 94117-0099, USA (paper version *only*, especially subscriptions) Factsheet Five, 1800 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94102, USA (*BOTH* the electronic and paper versions, or for items that can't be delivered to a PO box) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fair Play "Concerns itself with the JFK assassination. It contains original research into the case, original fiction and poetry, a few editorials, links to ftp and gopher sites where users can access JFK material, plus links to other useful Web sites." Format: HTML Frequency: irregularly, approx. every two months Access: WWW: http://rmii.com/~jkelin/fp.html Contact: Editor(s): John Kelin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fat Nipples "It could be called a punk zine, but music is rarely discussed. Politics, feelings and ideas are discussed from a punk perspective. Basically, it's whatever I'm thinking at the moment, be it funny, serious, boring, etc. Increases sex drive and disguises the signs of aging." Format: ASCII text or ZIP file (whatever is preferred) Frequency: infrequent ISSN: 1076-8629 Access: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/Fat_Nipples FTP: locust.cic.net: /pub/Zines/Fat_Nipples/ grind.isca.uiowa.edu: /info/journals/fat.nipples/ quartz.rutgers.edu: /pub/journals/Fat-Nipples/ Contact: Editor(s): Chris Conway Postal: FN, P.O. Box 2554, Trenton, NJ 08690, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- the federation flash "a periodical for masters (Angelic, ET, Human, and other dimensional) at all stages of awakening. Written by ET walk-ins KenDon and Kumara to support the Ascension of the Planetary Consciousness. Topics includes: Unconditional ascension, living a miraculous life, various types of ascension, walk-ins, fifth-dimensional technologies, light bodies, enchantment, and much more." Format: ASCII text Frequency: more or less quarterly Access: WWW: http://err.ethz.ch/~kiwi/Spirit/starbuilders.html http://www.protree.com/Spirit.html http://zeta.cs.adfa.oz.au/Spirit.html Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/Federation_Flash/fedflsh2.txt FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/Federation_Flash/fedflsh2.txt grind.isca.uiowa.edu: /info/journals/fed.flash/fedflsh2.txt Usenet: alt.zines (at times) Subscriptions: To: jal_kae@gate.net Text: subscribe Contact: Editor(s): KenDon and Kumara Postal: starbuilders, p.o. box 220964, hollywood, fl 33022-0964, usa ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FICTION-ONLINE "FICTION-ONLINE publishes poetry, short stories (including short-shorts), serialized novels and plays or excerpts of plays. Core contributions come from the Northwest Fiction Group, an affiliate of Washington Independent Writers, but the magazine is an independent entity and solicits mainstream or genre submissions from the public." Format: ASCII Frequency: bi-monthly Access: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/Fiction_Online FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/Fiction_Online AOL: Writer's Club E-Zines Email: ngwazi@clark.net Other: Writer's Center (Bethesda, MD, USA) Contact: Editor(s): Bill Ramsay Fax: +1 202 363 0872 Phone: +1 202 244 4578 Postal: 2930 Foxhall Road NW, Washington, DC 20016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fingal's Cave "Random bits of interesting pieces from around the cyber-landscape. Pieces include but aren't limited to poems, commentary, music reviews, bitches, and any other things of interest." Format: ASCII Frequency: varies Access: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/Fingals FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/Fingals/ Usenet: alt.zines Contact: Editor(s): Fingal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- First Impressions "A "reading diary." Comments written after finishing each book that I I read, sometimes critical, sometimes not." Format: ASCII text Frequency: monthly (although I don't hold myself to it) Access: WWW: http://sf.www.lysator.liu.se/sf_archive/sf-texts/First_Impressions/fi.contents.html Email: write@oneworld.owt.com Contact: Editor(s): Glen E. Cox ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FiX "FiX is a London-based style and culture zine that'll help you crawl through the info-quagmire of the mid nineties. No talk of computers or connectivity here: just bags of interviews, news, reviews and features. Often quirky, occasionally tacky, always irreverent: FiX brings you the lowdown on the things that matter -- sex, drugs, politics, music, art and football -- and serves them up in the world's widest magazine." Format: HTML Frequency: monthly Access: WWW: http://www.easynet.co.uk/fix/fix.htm Contact: Editor(s): Ben Edwards, Marian Buckley, Owen Valentine Pringle, Brad Sidey Phone: 071 284 0892 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FLUX "FLUX is a Mac zine which converts to a powerful personal software development system for budding entrepreneurs and programmers. Also offers exclusive mailing lists for social/political/computing activists. Past editorial content has included social impact of a widely available death control pill, building an ultralight VTOL in your garage, radical strategies for defending against invasions by technologically superior aliens, if traditional measures fail, and predictions for the next 50 years." Format: HyperCard Player v2.1 Frequency: quarterly Access: AOL: select "Keyword" in the "Go To" menu, then enter "filesearch". In the dialog that next appears, enter "FLUX". Contact: Editor(s): JRSpacer@AOL.COM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Flying Pig "Everything. Personal opinions, ads." Frequency: monthly Contact: Editor(s): Jeff Carter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Forcast Fanzine "This zine is mainly focused on the Hardcore/Punk scene. It includes interviews with bands, lotsa pictures, sound files and other links." Format: HTML Access: WWW: http://info.pitt.edu/~rbast3/ Contact: Editor(s): Russell Alexander Phone: +1 412 648 4186 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Fractured Mirror "A magazine devoted to electronic "Head Music" ranging from surreal ambient excursions to thumping techno and everything in between or slightly to one side! Full of reviews, interviews, competitions, reader submissions and anything else I have the time to put into it. All reviews are of latest releases (before the stuff actually reaches the shops - straight from the record labels themselves) so everything is up to date." Format: ASCII HTML Frequency: fortnightly Access: WWW: http://www.demon.co.uk/drci/fractured/index.html Usenet: alt.music.techno Subscriptions: ambinet@vick.demon.co.uk Contact: Editor(s): Gareth Lancaster ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Frogmag "The e-zine of the French community abroad is now on the Web. Written by its readers, Frogmag aims at publishing quality articles on any potentially interesting subject. Its scope ranges from art to science through literature, history, practical guides... Bonne lecture!" Access: WWW: http://www.princeton.edu/Frogmag/ Subscriptions: To: listproc@list.cren.net Body: subscribe frognet your_name Contact: Editor(s): Catherine Dhaussy Daniel Lellouch (WWW version) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FSFNet "BITNET fantasy-science fiction fanzine." Format: ASCII text Note: Defunct since 1988, replaced by DargonZine Access: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/FSFNet FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/FSFNet/ Contact: Editor(s): "Orny" Liscomb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- F.U.C.K. (Fucked Up College Kids) "You have to read it to believe it." Format: ASCII Frequency: sporadic Access: FTP: ftp.netcom.com: /pub/il/illusion/fuck/ ftp.winternet.net: /users/craigb/fuck/ ftp.fc.net: /pub/deadkat/misc/fuck/ Contact: Editor(s): Disorder ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 documented, although this is no guarantee of completeness or correctness, so that the interested reader may further pursue something which may spark her interest." Format: ASCII text Access: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/Funhouse gopher.well.sf.ca.us: Publications gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/f/funhouse FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/Funhouse/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/f/funhouse/ Contact: Editor(s): Jeff Dove ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Game Bytes "reviews, interviews, reports and actual screen shots from games" Format: HTML ASCII text Access: WWW: http://wcl-rs.bham.ac.uk/GameBytes Gopher: gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/g/game-bytes FTP: ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/g/game-bytes/ ftp.uml.edu: /msdos/Games/Game_Bytes/ wuarchive.wustl.edu: /pub/msdos_uploads/game_byte/ nic.funet.fi: /pub/msdos/games/gamebyte/ Contact: Editor(s): Ross Erickson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- geekgirl "Aimed at geekgirls or aspiring geekgirls, geekgirl is a quarterly e-zine also available in hard copy. The editors, rosiex and lisa pears, interview local and overseas net notables, or let them speak for themselves. Geekgirl hopes to get the low down on cyberlife & what it takes to be a geek these days. We also look at the problems some geekgirls face on-line and the first issue, STICK, Jan, 1995 is a 24 page first effort. Our WWW site is still under construction but has become a transit stop for some high-flyers. Stick features, St. Jude, Sadie Plant, VNS Matrix, we feature Bill Barker (Schwa), Joell Abbott, plus voices from The Electronic Salon; Dale Spender, Amy Bruckman, Minh McCloy, Donna Zelzer and others tackle tapioca, high res sensoriums, the alien species, and a whole lot of hyperthoughts, plus cryptography and that strange feeling that someone might actually be conspiring to help you!" Format: HTML Frequency: quarterly Access: WWW: http://www.next.com.au/spyfood/geekgirl/ Email: spyfood@next.com.au Subscriptions: spyfood@next.com.au Contact: Editor(s): Rosie X Lisa Pears Phone: 61 2 550677 Postal: po box 694, kings cross, nsw 2011, australia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Georgia Skeptic "The official publication of the Georgia Skeptics, a local group which advocates the critical, scientific examination of extraordinary claims. The _Georgia Skeptic_ newsletter reports on local (and national) "paranormal" events and publishes the results of investigations into same. The electronic edition contains the full text of the printed version." Format: ASCII text Frequency: quarterly Access: FTP: ftp.netcom.com: /pub/an/anson/ Subscriptions: To: listserv@netcom.com Text: subscribe georgia-skeptic-newsletter Contact: Editor(s): Rebecca Long Anson Kennedy (Electronic Distribution) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- green Cart "We are a multimedia art magazine networking artists, writers, musicians and performers around the world. Our web pages are packed full of interactive art, stories, poetry, comics, reviews, digital sound and animation clips to entertain any brain! Our viewers can browse on line through our greencART MALL filled with a variety of shops and services. Buy art, listen to new releases, book a holiday, this and much more is all made possible in our international mall." Format: digital - HTML pages, FTP downloadable articles, graphics, etc. print - full color 12" X 9", 38 pages Frequency: digital - weekly print - bi-monthly Access: WWW: http://www.greenCart.com/ FTP: ftp.wimsey.com: /pub/ftpsites/greenCart/cart-download Email: cart-info@greenCart.com Contact: Editor(s): Leah Ferguson Submissions: submission@greenCart.com Fax: +1 604 730 9658 Phone: +1 604 730 9643 Postal: the green Cart magazine, 101 - 1076 Richards St., Vancouver, B.C. Canada, V6B 3E1 109 - 2182 West 12th avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6K 2N4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GRIST On-Line "A journal of poetry and experimental fiction." Format: ASCII text Frequency: irregular Access: WWW: http://www.phantom.com/~grist Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Poetry/Grist FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Poetry/Grist/ BBS: GRIST (+1 212 787 6562) Email: grist@grist.com Contact: Editor(s): John Fowler Postal: GRIST ON-LINE, John Fowler, editor, Columbus Circle Sta., P.O. Box 20805, New York, NY 10023-1496, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Guida "Guida is free electronic magazine written in Croatian language. Stuff we cover are: BBS scene, Internet scene, Demo scene, how to buy and sell hardware, programming (C, assembler, pascal, basic). So far we wrote about Amiga and PC computers, but we will about Unix machines, Mac and other machines, too." Format: AmigaGuide ASCII Frequency: once every three weeks Access: WWW: http://rasip1.rasip.hr/~chonky/amiga.html FTP: aris.ffk.hr: /pub/comp/amiga/guida/ FidoNet: SENTINEL 2:381/120 Contact: Editor(s): Dalibor S. Kezele Phone: +385 42 651 567 (ask for Sentinel) Postal: Dalibor Kezele, Toplicka 127, 42204 Turcin, Croatia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Hammer "A personal magazine with artwork and articles done by myself, friends, and writers from the internet who have contributed. The magazine itself is basically a libertarian publication with strong emphasis on privacy, technology, self reliance and know-how on a variety of subjects that I am interested in." Format: MS-Windows application (need Windows & sound card) Access: FTP: ftp.uu.net: /tmp/hammer1k.zip ftp.uu.net: /tmp/hammer.txt Contact: Editor(s): Ben Vecchio ---------------------------------------------------------------------- HardC.O.R.E. "The electronic magazine of hip-hop music and culture, brought to you as a service of the Committee of Rap Excellence." Format: ASCII text Frequency: monthly to 6 weeks Access: WWW: http://library.uncc.edu/people/chris/1bumper.html Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/HardCORE FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/HardCORE/ Subscriptions: To: listserv@vnet.net Text: subscribe hardcore-l Contact: Editor(s): Steve "Flash" Juon, Chief Editor and Chief Rocka David J. Warner, Music Editor, Director of Network Distribution Chris "Sl...y" Harris, Chief Multimedia Editor, Web Page Coordination Submissions: juonstevenja@bvc.edu Phone: +1 712 749 3109 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Harold Herald "The Harold Herald is an on-line version of a satirical journal of the same name that has been published in Portland ME since 1993. Initially launched to chronical the life of its editor, it has expanded with the help of additional contributors to cover such diverse topics as travel, politics, popular culture, and the irreversible damage done to our society by the unchecked proliferation of bell-bottomed trousers. Our readers are encouraged to submit material, which we will publish if we feel like it."" Format: ASCII text Frequency: somewhere between quarterly and monthly Access: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/Harold.Herald ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/Harold.Herald Subscriptions: drose@fas.harvard.edu Contact: Editor(s): Hal Phillips (actual) Dave Rose (virtual) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- HeadCheck Format: Microsoft Help document (can be viewed under Windows 3.1, Windows NT, and OS/2) Access: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/HeadCheck FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/HeadCheck/ Contact: Editor(s): Brian Jepson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Health & Longevity "It is a free monthly newsletter available in English and, starting with the January 1995 issue, Spanish. It is written by a naturopath." Format: ASCII HTML Frequency: monthly Access: WWW: http://www.sims.net/organizations/naturopath/naturopath.html Email: naturopath@sc.net Contact: Editor(s): naturopath@sc.net Postal: 726 Ralston Ct., Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Helter Skelter "The digital incarnation of my DC area punkzine with a focus on politics (usually anarcho/Libertarian) and comment on the dc punk scene." Format: ASCII Frequency: approximately monthly Access: FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/HelterSkelter/ BBS: Omniverse BBS (+1 301 718 0225) Contact: Editor(s): Derek Teslik Postal: Derek Teslik, 3519 Woodbine St., Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi-Rez: Electronic Journal for CyberBeatniks "we BURN in sticky floored 2 in the morning all night coffee houses ripe with APOCALYPTIC VISIONS and we rave at dawn in crumbling 1700's farmhouses. we sizzle along the asphalt veins lacing the skin of the nation together in white high-finned cadillacs driven by madmen. we modulate the very aether itself with ecstatic rf emanations from beat loft radio studios. We are the cyber-beatniks...the DANGEROUS NEW ARTISTS..... the TECHNICIANS OF ECSTASY and we are all ENMESHED IN THE NET stuck together by the sweet and sticky text characters that form the dimensional glue of this here cyberspace......... we do not FIT the stereotypes and posings of pop subcultures: we are the cyber-beatniks and we are ALONE in our art theater magic alchemy yet we are TOGETHER here. A loose fuzzy grouping of mad artists and eccentrics who choose to SURF THE GREAT THUNDERING ROLLING TUBES OF AWESOME TECHNOLOGY rather than be consumed by the "post-apocalyptic angst" of it . A group of vision-seeking edge dwellers who are equally capable of activating deep woods ancient genetic codices with shaman rattle and drum!! we are the cyber-beatniks...CYBER-BEATS! and _HI-REZ_ is a journal for us of ideas, lives.....VISIONS" Format: ASCII text Access: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/HI-REZ gopher.well.sf.ca.us: Publications FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/HI-REZ/ The WELL: ??? BBS: Terrapin Station (+1 203 656 0134) Contact: Editor(s): Will Longman ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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." 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