Mondo 2000
 Issue 14 cover | |
| Editor | R. U. Sirius |
|---|---|
| Editor | Jude Milhon |
| Editor | Alison Bailey Kennedy |
| Publisher | Fun City MegaMedia |
| First issue | 1984 |
| Final issue Number | 1998 17 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Berkeley, California |
| Language | English |
Mondo 2000 was a glossy
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".[2]
Sirius was joined by hacker
Mondo 2000 was relaunched as the blog Mondo2000.com in August 2017.
Featured writers
Along with the print version of Boing Boing — with which Mondo 2000 shared several writers, including Mark Frauenfelder, Richard Kadrey, Gareth Branwyn, and Jon Lebkowsky — Mondo 2000 helped develop what was to become the cyberpunk subculture. Writers included William Gibson, Nan C. Druid (pseudonym for Maerian Morris), Paco Nathan, Rudy Rucker, Bruce Sterling, Tiffany Lee Brown, Andrew Hultkrans, Mark Dery, Douglas Rushkoff, Mark Pesce, and Robert Anton Wilson.
Writers contributing since the 2017 relaunch include
Publications
- Mondo 2000: A User's Guide to the New Edge Rudy Rucker, R.U. Sirius, Queen Mu (ISBN 0-06-096928-8)
See also
References
- ^ Boulware, Jack (November 7, 1995). "Mondo 1995: Up and Down With the Next Millennium's First Magazine". Suck. SF Weekly. Archived from the original on November 20, 2018.
- S2CID 143698915..
- ^ "Archive".
External links
- 2017 Relaunch
- Mondo 2000 History Project at Archive.org
- Mondo2000.net
- Acceler8or RU Sirius blog ca. 2011-2012
- Mondo 1995: Up and Down With the Next Millennium's First Magazine, by Jack Boulware. (1995) SF Weekly / Suck article.
- "Mondo 2000: A User's Guide to the New Edge", by Tim Appelo. (1992) Entertainment Weekly magazine review.