7.0357 Rs: Edwin Mellen Press; Wired (4/70)
Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Sat, 18 Dec 1993 11:37:58 EST
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 7, No. 0357. Saturday, 18 Dec 1993.
(1) Date: Fri, 17 Dec 93 07:12:07 -0800 (28 lines)
From: cwalton@nevada.edu
Subject: Re: 7.0349 Rs: Edwin Mellen Press (5/136)
(2) Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1993 21:06:31 -0600 (10 lines)
From: Ferstel John W <jwf3885@usl.edu>
Subject: Re: 7.0344 Rs: Wired; Philip K Dick (3/49)
(3) Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1993 21:58:48 -0500 (20 lines)
From: kelsey@minerva.cis.yale.edu (Kelsey Libner)
Subject: Re: 7.0344 Rs: Wired; Philip K Dick (3/49)
(4) Date: Thu, 16 Dec 93 16:55 EST (12 lines)
From: George Aichele <0004705237@mcimail.com>
Subject: Wired Magazine
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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 93 07:12:07 -0800
From: cwalton@nevada.edu
Subject: Re: 7.0349 Rs: Edwin Mellen Press (5/136)
I am surprised and saddened to read Tony Schwartz's message to the effect that
this discussion about Edwin Mellen [not Mellon ] Press must be banished from
automatic purchase plans because of things said here (or previously) alleging
poor quality. Their series of "Studies in the History of Philosophy" has
produced several valuable volumes, including Michael Seidler's translation of
Samuel Pufendrof's ON THE NATURAL STATE OF MEN, not otherwise available. It
would seem that two recommendations ought to be justified, based on what I
have read so far on the net: the library acquisitions people can kill or sustain
a small press, so ought to proceed with great caution with negative broad-
scale judgments; and also, if a series within that press or any other, has a
good reputation, then keep the series, if not everything published.
Notice that no one reported evidence of lack of refereeing, and the one
person who had submitted a ms. reported what might have been the procedure for
the usual refereeing of mss. Why not ask the Press? Clearly this is not only
about African studies, but any studies considered by larger presses to be
minor or negligible business opportunities.
In philosophy we have the Philos. Research Archives for odd-sized mss.
not likely to reach traditional print circulation, and we now have IPPE,
a "pre-print " exchange via e-mail. So it may be that other routes will or
do lie open not only to those in African studies, but all of us working on
topics not currently profitable.
- Craig Walton, Philosophy and Instit. for Ethics and Policy Studies, UNLV
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Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1993 21:06:31 -0600
From: Ferstel John W <jwf3885@usl.edu>
Subject: Re: 7.0344 Rs: Wired; Philip K Dick (3/49)
Wired is available free on Gopher. If your campus system has GOPHER, simply
type:
gopher wired.com
Jack Ferstel
U. of SW Louisiana
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Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1993 21:58:48 -0500
From: kelsey@minerva.cis.yale.edu (Kelsey Libner)
Subject: Re: 7.0344 Rs: Wired; Philip K Dick (3/49)
I happen to have the Brenda Laurel phrase in _Wired_ quoted by McSwain in
front of me. It is "In the world of immersion, authorship is no longer the
transmission of experience, but rather the construction of utterly personal
experiences."
Given the lavish four-page layout in which this quote appears, with its
uninterrupted swathes of neon-orange, I had to stare for a while to realize
this was not an advertisement; this was the prodigal 'zine. It may be
financially foolhardy, but it's good to see a magazine competing with its
advertisers for visual pizazz--and having too much fun. That magazine
manages to sustain, throughout its 140 pages, the occasional euphoria I've
felt cruising the Internet. What *are* they Wired on over in the San
Francisco office?
-Kelsey Libner
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Date: Thu, 16 Dec 93 16:55 EST
From: George Aichele <0004705237@mcimail.com>
Subject: Wired Magazine
An address for WIRED magazine: 544 Second Street, San Francisco,
CA 94107-1427
Better yet, send email to editor@wired.com
WIRED is one of the most interesting computer/network-oriented
magazines that I've seen.
George Aichele
470-5237@mcimail.com