''Cheap Truth'' was a free series of one-page, double-sided newsletters (i.e.,
fanzine
A fanzine (blend word, blend of ''fan (person), fan'' and ''magazine'' or ''zine'') is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) for the pleas ...
) published in the period between 1983 and 1986.
Its headquarters was in Austin, Texas.
It was not-copyrighted and explicitly encouraged "xerox pirates" to circulate the zine for their own monetary gain or otherwise.
It was the unofficial organ of a loose group of authors. This group called themselves many things, including "The Movement" but was later known as the
Cyberpunk
Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a dystopian futuristic setting said to focus on a combination of "low-life and high tech". It features futuristic technological and scientific achievements, such as artificial intelligence and cyberwa ...
movement.
The
zine
A zine ( ; short for ''magazine'' or ''fanzine'') is, as noted on Merriam-Webster’s official website, a magazine that is a “noncommercial often homemade or online publication usually devoted to specialized and often unconventional subject ...
was edited by the American
science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...
author
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 ...
under the alias Vincent Omniaveritas (as in ''vincit omnia veritas''). There were several contributors such as "Sue Denim" (as in
pseu-donym, in this case
Lewis Shiner), but the real identities behind some aliases are still not commonly known. The newsletter was critical towards what its editors regarded, at the time, as the "stagnant state of popular science fiction".
References
External links
* The (uncopyrighted) newsletter
republished as a weblog* Uploads of the scanne
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Magazines established in 1983
Magazines disestablished in 1986
Speculative fiction magazines published in the United States
Defunct science fiction magazines published in the United States
Non-fiction Cyberpunk media
Magazines published in Austin, Texas