''Mondo 2000'' was a glossy
cyberculture magazine published in
California
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during the 1980s and 1990s. It covered
cyberpunk
Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a dystopian Futurism, futuristic setting that tends to focus on a "combination of low-life, lowlife and high tech", featuring futuristic technological and scientific achievements, such as artificial in ...
topics such as
virtual reality and
smart drugs. It was a more anarchic and subversive prototype for the later-founded ''
Wired'' magazine.
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History
''Mondo 2000'' originated as ''High Frontiers'' in 1984, edited by
R. U. Sirius
R. U. Sirius (born Ken Goffman in 1952) is an American writer, editor, talk show host, musician and cyberculture celebrity. He is best known as co-founder and original editor-in-chief of ''Mondo 2000'' magazine from 1989 to 1993. Before that he f ...
(pseudonym for Ken Goffman) with co-editor and publisher Morgan Russell.
R. U. Sirius
R. U. Sirius (born Ken Goffman in 1952) is an American writer, editor, talk show host, musician and cyberculture celebrity. He is best known as co-founder and original editor-in-chief of ''Mondo 2000'' magazine from 1989 to 1993. Before that he f ...
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 (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
Photoshop collage, created the publication's elegantly
surrealist 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
blog
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''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
Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a dystopian Futurism, futuristic setting that tends to focus on a "combination of low-life, lowlife and high tech", featuring futuristic technological and scientific achievements, such as artificial in ...
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
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, Wilso ...
.
Writers contributing since the 2017 relaunch include
John Higgs,
John Shirley,
Giulio Prisco,
Hyun Yi Kang,
Woody Evans,
Michael Pinchera,
Rudy Rucker,
Prop Anon,
R.U. Sirius
R. U. Sirius (born Ken Goffman in 1952) is an American writer, editor, talk show host, musician and cyberculture celebrity. He is best known as co-founder and original editor-in-chief of ''Mondo 2000'' magazine from 1989 to 1993. Before that he f ...
, and interviews with
Douglas Rushkoff and
Grant Morrison.
Publications
* ''Mondo 2000: A User's Guide to the New Edge'' Rudy Rucker, R.U. Sirius, Queen Mu ()
See also
*
Gracie and Zarkov
*
Kenneth Newby
References
External links
2017 RelaunchMondo 2000 History Projectat
Archive.org
Mondo2000.netAcceler8orRU Sirius blog ca. 2011-2012
*
Acceler8or Mondo 2000 archive 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.
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Cultural magazines published in the United States
Defunct magazines published in the United States
Hacker magazines
Independent magazines
Magazines established in 1984
Magazines disestablished in 1998
Magazines published in the San Francisco Bay Area
Non-fiction Cyberpunk media
Works about computer hacking