''Mondo 2000'' was a glossy

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published in

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during the 1980s and 1990s. It covered

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topics such as

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and smart drugs. It was a more anarchic and subversive prototype for the later-founded ''

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'' magazine.

History

''Mondo 2000'' originated as ''High Frontiers'' in 1984, edited by R. U. Sirius (pseudonym for Ken Goffman) with co-editor and publisher Morgan Russell. R. U. Sirius was succeeded as Editor-in-Chief by Alison Bailey Kennedy, a.k.a. "Queen Mu" and "Alison Wonderland". Sirius was joined by hacker

Jude Milhon Judith udeMilhon (March 12, 1939 – July 19, 2003), in Washington D.C., best known by her pseudonym St. Jude, was a self-taught programmer, civil rights advocate, writer, editor, advocate for women in computing, hacker and author in the ...

(a.k.a. St. Jude) as editor and the magazine was renamed ''Reality Hackers'' in 1988 to better reflect its drugs and computers theme. It changed title again to ''Mondo 2000'' in 1989. Art director and photographer Bart Nagel, a pioneer in

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, created the publication's elegantly

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aesthetic. R. U. Sirius left at the beginning of 1993, at about the same time as the launch of ''Wired''. The magazine continued until 1998, with the last issue being #17. ''Mondo 2000'' was relaunched as the

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''Mondo2000.com'' in August 2017.

Featured writers

Along with the print version of ''

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'' — with which ''Mondo 2000'' shared several writers, including

Mark Frauenfelder Mark Frauenfelder (born November 22, 1960) is a blogger, illustrator, and journalist. He was editor-in-chief of the magazine ''MAKE'' and is co-owner of the collaborative weblog ''Boing Boing''. Along with his wife, Carla Sinclair, he founded the ...

Richard Kadrey Richard Kadrey (born August 27, 1957) is a San Francisco-based novelist, freelance writer, and photographer. Kadrey was born in New York City, New York. Fiction Kadrey has written fifteen novels, including ''The New York Times'' Best Seller ...

Gareth Branwyn Kevin MaloofBranwyn, Gareth"We Did It! Thanks to All My Backers" ''Sparks of Fire Press'', Arlington, VA, USA, August 20, 2013. Retrieved on 10 June 2015. (born January 21, 1958), better known by his pseudonym, Gareth Branwyn, is a writer, editor, ...

, and

Jon Lebkowsky Jon Lebkowsky (born April 20, 1949) is a web consultant/developer, author, and activist who was the co-founder of FringeWare Review (along with Paco Nathan). FringeWare, an early attempt at ecommerce and online community, published a popular " ...

— ''Mondo 2000'' helped develop what was to become the

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. Writers included

William Gibson William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as ''cyberpunk''. Beginning his writing career in the late 1970s, his ...

, Nan C. Druid (pseudonym for Maerian Morris),

Paco Nathan Paco Nathan (born 1962) is an American computer scientist and early engineer of the World Wide Web. Nathan is also an author and performance art show producer who established much of his career in Austin, Texas. Early life Paco Nathan was brought ...

Rudy Rucker Rudolf von Bitter Rucker (; born March 22, 1946) is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement. The author of both fiction and non-fiction, he is best known f ...

Bruce Sterling Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author known for his novels and short fiction and editorship of the ''Mirrorshades'' anthology. In particular, he is linked to the cyberpunk subgenre. Sterling's first ...

Tiffany Lee Brown Tiffany Lee Brown is an American writer and artist. She is from Oregon, currently living and working in Central Oregon. For many years she was known for her work in Portland. Author of ''A Compendium of Miniatures'' (Tiger Food Press, 2007), Bro ...

, Andrew Hultkrans,

Mark Dery Mark Dery (born December 24, 1959)''Contemporary Authors Online'', s.v. "Mark Dery" (accessed February 12, 2008). is an American author, lecturer and cultural critic. An early observer and critic of online culture, he helped to popularize the ter ...

Douglas Rushkoff Douglas Mark Rushkoff (born February 18, 1961) is an American media theorist, writer, columnist, lecturer, graphic novelist, and documentarian. He is best known for his association with the early cyberpunk culture and his advocacy of open sourc ...

Mark Pesce Mark D. Pesce ( ; born 1962) is an American-Australian author, researcher, engineer, futurist and teacher. Early life Pesce was born in Everett, Massachusetts in 1962. In September 1980, Pesce attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MI ...

, and

Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson (born Robert Edward Wilson; January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007) was an American author, futurist, psychologist, and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized within Discordianism as an Episkopos, pope and saint, Wilson ...

. Writers contributing since the 2017 relaunch include

John Higgs John Higgs is an English writer, novelist, journalist and cultural historian. The work of Higgs has been published in the form of novels (under the pseudonym JMR Higgs), biographies and works of cultural history. In particular, Higgs has writt ...

John Shirley John Shirley (born February 10, 1953) is an American writer, primarily of fantasy, science fiction, dark street fiction, westerns, and songwriting. He has also written one historical novel, a western about Wyatt Earp, ''Wyatt in Wichita'', and ...

Giulio Prisco Giulio Prisco (born in Naples in 1957) is an Italian information technology virtual reality consultant; as well as a writer, futurist, transhumanist, and cosmist. He is an advocate of cryonics and contributes to the science and technology on ...

Hyun Yi Kang Laura Hyun Yi Kang(born 1967) is a Korean-American scholar and writer. Kang is a professor of gender and sexuality studies in the School of Humanities at University of California The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant ...

Woody Evans Woody Evans is an American librarian and author of short stories and nonfiction works, who is known for critical commentary on technology, technoculture, and transhumanism.Articles published in '' The Journal of Evolution and Technology'', Accele ...

, Michael Pinchera,

, Prop Anon, R.U. Sirius, and interviews with

and

Grant Morrison Grant Morrison, MBE (born 31 January 1960) is a Scottish comic book writer, screenwriter, and producer. Their work is known for its nonlinear narrative A narrative, story, or tale is any account of a series of related events or experiences, w ...

Publications

* ''Mondo 2000: A User's Guide to the New Edge'' Rudy Rucker, R.U. Sirius, Queen Mu ()

References

External links

2017 Relaunch

Mondo 2000 History Project
at

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Mondo2000.net

Acceler8or
RU Sirius blog ca. 2011-2012 *
Acceler8or Mondo 2000 archive

by Jack Boulware. (1995) ''SF Weekly'' / ''Suck'' article. *
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History

Featured writers

Publications

See also

References

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