Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 10:33:47 -0500
From: "Cyberdiva (a.k.a \"Radhika Gajjala\")" <rxgst6+-AT-pitt.edu>
Subject: Being On Line=20


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(I'm sending this press release out to the Spoons email lists for two
reasons: the book contains material from the Fop-l and Cybermind email
lists, which were once part of Spoons; and the subject matter itself
should be of interest to anyone interested in philosophy/cultural issues.
The release was originally sent to the Fop-l and Cybermind email lists
themselves.

Alan Sondheim)

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The book Being On Line, Net Subjectivity, is here, and can be ordered
through the distributors.

Much of the contents is from Cybermind and Fop-l participants and con-
tacts. The work was initially gathered about two years ago, with additions
and modifications until early summer. I wanted to include texts that would
not become dated, would comment astutely on "being on line," and would be
of literary interest as well.

The description below is a press release only. The full list of authors:
Honoria, Peter Krapp, Steven Meinking, Brian Carr, Ellen Zweig, Alan
Sondheim, Karen Wohlblatt, Fridrich Kittler, Andy Hawks, Rose Mulvale,
Doctress Neutopia, Douglass Carmichael, Mark Poster, Caitlin Martin, Tara
Calishain, Laurie Cubbison, Elizabeth Fischer, Roger Bartra, Martin Lang-
field, Angela Hunter, Andrew Libby, Jane Hudson, Nesta Stubbs, Charles
Stivale, Alexander Chislenko, Paula Davidson, Gregory Ulmer, Bernadette
Garner, Martin Avillez, Stephen Perrella, Regina Frank, Michael Current,
Daria Penta, Chris Keep, Deb Martison, Stephan Bugaj, Robert Kezelis,
Slavoj Zizek, and Virtual Martina.

If you want to order, please send to D.A.P. below; you can also call them
at the 1-800 number.

Please, also, pass this on to any interested parties.

Thanks, Alan


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LUSITANIA PRESS

January 1997

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACTS:
CAROLE ASHLEY
MARTIM AVILLEZ
TEL: 212-619-6224
FAX: 212-732-3914


_BEING ON LINE, NET SUBJECTIVITY_


=2E . . I existed on continuous rewrite.  I lived naked on the net.
=09=09=09         From =B3lol,=B2 a post by Alan Sondheim

Lusitania Press is pleased to announce the publication of Being on
Line, Net Subjectivity. This anthology addresses the exciting new
consciousness of the Internet, where identity is negotiated and love
is the pleasure of the text. The contents range from sexually intense
analyses of on-line writing to the =B3netwar=B2 of the Zapatistas.

Edited by Alan Sondheim, Being on Line, Net Subjectivity is conceived
as an exploration of the theory and practice of virtual identity as
well as its effects. Unlike many recent books on the Internet, Being
on Line focuses both on the promises of the technology and the actual
content being developed by users of this form of exchange.

Intermixed with the esoteric (=B3Monogamousbody=B2) and the absurd (=B3Are
you a Cyborg?=B2), are topics ranging from subjectivity and community to
the uncanny and netsex, presented in both theory and practice. Among
the thirty two authors are Angela Hunter, Ellen Zweig, and Nesta
Stubbs; net feminist Doctress Neutopia; anthropologist Roger Bartra;
and theorists Friedrich Kittler, Slavoj Zizek, Mark Poster and Gregory
Ulmer. Being on Line is richly illustrated by artists whose works are
related to virtual worlds. Four color sections present performance,
graphics and sculpture by Regina Frank, Peter Halley, Mike Metz, and
Alice Aycock. Being on Line includes Lusitania signature =B3editorial=B2
in comic strip format.


Being on Line, Net Subjectivity is 208 pages, with 16 pages of color
and 192 illustrated pages in black and white. In English and Korean.
ISBN 1-882791-04-5
Paperback 7 x 91/2 in., 208 pages, 16 color.  $15.00 U.S.

Being on Line, Net Subjectivity can be ordered from D.A.P/ Distributed
Art Publishers, 155 Sixth Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, N.Y. 10013-1507
or call toll-free 1-800-338-BOOK

Also available in English/Korean is Sites and Stations: Provisional
Utopias, an anthology of articles and projects concerned with the
relationship between Architecture, Utopia and the contemporary city.
ISBN 1-882791-03-7
Paperback 7 x 91/2 in., 255 pages, 34 color.  $15.00 U.S.

Lusitania Press
104 Reade Street
New York, NY 10013
Tel: 212-619-6224
Fax: 212-732-3914
e-mail: Lusitania-AT-thing.net

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