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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 [e-mail].

A notice about new editions of this list is posted to the following
mailing lists:

  [e-mail]
  [e-mail]

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 ([e-mail]).

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 <[e-mail]>
     Format: Storyspace (Macintosh hypertext application)
        FTP: brownvm.brown.edu:/pub/bobby_rabyd/


The Amateur Computerist

  Editor(s): Ronda Hauben <[e-mail]> or <[e-mail]>
             Michael Hauben <[e-mail]>
     Format: ASCII text
        FTP: wuarchive.wustl.edu:/doc/misc/acn
     E-Mail: <[e-mail]> or <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
     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: [e-mail], 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: [phone] (FAX for Canadian group)


Armadillo Culture
 "Being the excremeditation of a hyperactive armadillo's activities,
  opinions, and other stuff..."

  Editor(s): Steve Okay <[e-mail]>
     Format: ASCII text
        FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/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 <[e-mail]>
     Format: ASCII text
     Usenet: alt.artcom
     Postal: ART COM, POB 193123 Rincon, San Francisco, CA 94119-3123, USA
      Phone: [phone] (voice), [phone] (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
               <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
     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: [phone] (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 <[e-mail]>
             Joe Germuska <[e-mail]> (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 <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
     Format: ASCII text
        FTP: pelican.cit.cornell.edu:/pub
     E-Mail: [e-mail]


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 <[e-mail]>
     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: [phone] (voice), [phone] (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 ([phone])
             Rune Stone BBS (IIRG WHQ) ([phone]) NUP:Conspiracy
             RIPCO BBS ([phone])
             via Fidonet File Request from 1:11/70
             ComNet in LUXEMBOURG BBS ([phone])
             Bits against the Empire BBS ([phone]) (Italy)


CORE
 "CORE is an electronic journal of poetry, fiction, essays, and criticsm."

  Editor(s): <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
             Jim Davis
     Format: ASCII text
     E-mail: [e-mail]
               (with a single line in the body of the message:
                 "SUBSCRIBE CPSR-CPU <your first name> <your last name>")
        FTP: cpsr.org:/cpsr/work
             etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/CPSR/work
      Phone: [phone],
     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 <[e-mail]>
             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 <[e-mail]>
             Chris Woodill <[e-mail]>
        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 <[e-mail]>
     Format: ASCII text
        FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu
     Gopher: gopher.cic.net
             etext.archive.umich.edu
     E-Mail: [e-mail]
               with text body: "SUBSCRIBE CTHEORY <full-name>"


Cyberspace Vanguard
 "News and Views of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Universe"

  Editor(s): TJ Goldstein <[e-mail]>
             Sarah Alexander, Administrator <[e-mail]>
     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: [e-mail]
             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 <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
             Matt Burke <[e-mail]>
             Nori Matsui <[e-mail]>
     Format: ASCII text

Drum
 "Drum is not an isolated event but an ongoing process."

  Editor(s): R Patrick Jones <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]> (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: [phone] (paper version *only*)
      Other: The WELL
             BBSes around the world


FSFNet
 "BITNET fantasy-science fiction fanzine."

  Editor(s): "Orny" Liscomb <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
             [e-mail]
     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 <[e-mail]>
     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
               <[e-mail]>
             David J. Warner, Music Editor, Director of Network Distribution
               <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
      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: [phone] (voice)
      Usenet: alt.slack, alt.discordia
       Other: StarFleet BBS ([phone])
              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 <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
             Geoff Duncan <[e-mail]> (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 <[e-mail]> (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  [phone]


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): <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
     Format: ASCII text
     USENET: alt.horror, alt.cult-movies
      Other: Cleveland Free-Net Community Computer System ([phone]
               or IP address 129.22.8.38); once logged in type "GO HORROR"
      Phone: [phone]


Obscure Electronic
 "OBSCURE is the zine that profiles the people in this publishing subculture."

  Editor(s): James P Romenesko <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
     Format: ASCII text
        FTP: netcom.com:/pub/johnl/zines/ppu
     Postal: People Power, 226 Jeter Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA
      Phone: [phone] (voice/fax)


Play by EMail
 "Electronic 'zine about free play-by-electronic-mail wargames.  Reviews,
  game openings, information."

  Editor(s): Greg Lindahl <[e-mail]>
     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): <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
               Bitnet: [e-mail]
             Mikael Cardell <[e-mail]>
               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 <[e-mail]>
             Doc Simpson <[e-mail]>
     Format: ASCII text
     E-Mail: <[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 <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
     Format: ASCII text
     Usenet: alt.zines
             alt.music.alternative
     Postal: 826 Old Charlotte Pike East, Franklin, TN 37064, USA
      Other: MONDO GORDO! BBS ([phone])
             A Brother To Dragons BBS ([phone])


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 <[e-mail]>
     Format: ASCII text
        FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Humor/RAH
     Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Humor/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, [phone],
               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 <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
     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 ([phone]) (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 <[e-mail]>
     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): <[e-mail]>
     Format: ASCII text
     Postal: 7514 Girard #228, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
      Phone: [phone]


TapRoot Reviews Electronic Edition
 "Short reviews of micropress poetry, experimental literature and art --
  100+ reviews per issue."

  Editor(s): Luigi-Bob Drake <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
     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): <[e-mail]>
     Format: Macintosh HyperCard stack
     E-Mail: [e-mail]
               (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 <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
     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): <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
     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: [e-mail] (subscribe)
     Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu
     Postal: uXu, P.O. BOX 5, S-790 23 Svardsjo, Sweden
      Other: [phone] (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 <[e-mail]>
             CountZer0 <[e-mail]>
             NEURO <[e-mail]>
     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: [e-mail]
               to subscribe:
                 subject: Voices from the Net
                 body: subscribe


We Magazine
 poetry

  Editor(s): Stephen Cope, James Garrison, Angela Coon, Eric Curkendall,
             Jay Curkendall, Roddy Potter, Chris Funkhouser, Belle Gironda,
             Ben Henry, Katie Yates <[e-mail]>
     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 <[e-mail]>
             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): <[e-mail]>
     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: [phone] (voice), [phone] (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 <[e-mail]>
     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

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