*note: This is a page indicating recent additions to Mark/Space... plus some feedback from visitors. I haven't sorted it out yet. At some point, I'll figure out the best way to present it. In the meantime, this is the chaotic state-of-affairs...
Index:
Bibliographies: Marshall McLuhan (new), Peter Kropotkin, Barbara Ward bibliography added (uncertain if still complete), Don Webb (update... info supplied by Don Webb himself).
Biographs: Stewart Brand (new), Manuel De Landa (update), Richard Kadrey (major update, thanks to fresh input from Richard himself), Peter Kropotkin (new), Sir Thomas More (new).
Plus the 'utopia', anarchy, and 'world issues' pages have been considerably improved.
I've expanded the Elisabeth Vonarburg entry in the library with a bio and additional links to her books.
Started the month with improving pages and adding more links.
Bibliographies: Kathy Acker (update), Mark Amerika (update), Margaret Atwood (new), Iain M.Banks (update), Brian Barritt (new), Greg Bear (update), Octavia Butler (update), Ernest Callenbach (new), Paul Di Filippo (update), Kathleen Ann Goonan (update), Emmett Grogan (new), Linda Jacobson (new), Richard Kadrey (update), Nancy Kress (new), Marc Laidlaw (update), Paul J.McAuley (update), Misha (update), Ted Mooney (update), Jamil Nasir (new), Lance Olsen (new), Marge Piercy (update), Charles Platt (update), W.T.Quick (update), Mary Rosenblum (update), Lewis Shiner (update), Dan Simmons (update), Bruce Sterling (update), Michael Swanwick (update), Don Webb (update), Walter Jon Williams (update), Robert Anton Wilson (update).
Biographs: Patricia Anthony (new), Greg Bear (new), Roman Bunka (new), Paul Di Filippo (new), Greg Egan (new), R.Buckminster Fuller (update), Linda Jacobson (new), Paul J.McAuley (update), Misha (new), Jamil Nasir (new), Kim Stanley Robinson (new), Louis Sarno (update), Lucius Shepard (new), Elisabeth Vonarburg (update).
Most of the buildings have additional links (as usual).
Bibliographies: Kathy Acker (major update), Jerome Agel (new), William S.Burroughs (update), K.Eric Drexler (update), James Patrick Kelly (update), Jack Kerouac (update), Doris Lessing (update), Jonathan Lethem (new), David Memmott (new), Paul J.McAuley (update), Elisabeth Vonarburg (major update).
Biographs: Margaret Atwood (new), Misha (major update), Elisabeth Vonarburg (major update), Alan Wexelblat (new).
Keywords: Counterculture (update), Future (update), Genetic Engineering (update), Justice (update), Neurologic (update), Postmodern (update), Psychedelics (new).
There are also many more individual book entries in the library.
Bibliographies: Iain M.Banks (update), Susie Bright (update), Umberto Eco (update), Jean-Francois Lyotard (new), Misha (update), Clifford A.Pickover (update), Kurt Vonnegut Jr (update).
Biographs:Susie Bright (new), Mark Dery (new), S.N.Lewitt (update), Jean-Francois Lyotard (new), Neal Stephenson (update).
I've finally ordered the Design Studio and provided an index, I think you'll find it much more usable.
Bibliographies: Mark Amerika (update), Martin Amis (new), Cveta Cvetkova (new book entry), Mark Dery (update), Greg Egan (update), R.Buckminster Fuller (update), Hazel Henderson (update with additional links), Jesse Kornbluth (new), Timothy Leary (update), Lance Olsen (update), Helen Perry (new), Clifford A.Pickover (update), Will Self (update with additional links), John Shirley (updated with more links to his books), Alan Watts (update), Jack Womack (update).
Biographs: Nicola Griffith (update with additional links), David Memmott (new), Lance Olsen (update), John Shirley (update).
Some links have changed at the Teleport page, also on the Magazines page. Other pages that have added material include: Counterculture, CyFilm, Design Studio, Nanotechnology, Postmodern, Psychedelics, Utopia, Virtual Reality.
Bibliographies: Margaret Atwood (update),Neal Barrett Jr (update), Bruce Bethke (update), Poppy Z.Brite (update), Octavia Butler (update), Paul Di Filippo (update), Greg Egan (update), Kathleen Ann Goonan (update), Nicola Griffith (update), Ernest Hogan (new), Marc Laidlaw (update), Howard Marks (new), Ian McDonald (update), Lance Olsen (update), Adam Parfrey (new), Iain Sinclair (new entry supplied by Andrew Hedgecock).
Biographs: Ernest Hogan (new), Howard Marks (new), Iain Sinclair (new...supplied by Andrew Hedgecock).
Keywords: Anarchy (update), Conspiracy (update), Counterculture (update), Environment (update), Utopia (update), Virtual Reality (update), World Issues (update).
I've also added links to a few more publishing houses in the Library.
Bibliographies: Wilhelmina Baird (update), Brian Barritt (update), Bruce Bethke (update), Umberto Eco (major update), Nancy Kress (major update), Mark Leon (update), James Luceno (update), Pierre Ouellette (update), Charles Platt (update), Thomas Pynchon (update), Mary Rosenblum (major update), Lucius Shepard (major update), Michael Marshall Smith (update), Amy Thomson (update), Howard Waldrop (new).
Biographs: Kathleen Ann Goonan (new), Nancy Kress (new), Timothy Leary (update), Charles Platt (update), Ron Reid (new), Mary Rosenblum (new), David Soloman (new).
Bibliographies: John Barnes (major update), Neal Barrett Jr (update), Terry Bisson (update), William S.Burroughs (major update), Don DeLillo (update), Akbar Del Piombo (new), Philip José Farmer (major update), K.W.Jeter (major update), Katharine Kerr (update), Timothy Leary (update), Mark Leon (update), Paul J.McAuley (update), Jeff Noon (update), Oliver Sacks (new), Iain Sinclair (update), Paolo Soleri (update), Vernor Vinge (new), Howard Waldrop (update).
Biographs: Marie Louise Berneri (new), Nicola Griffith (new), Oliver Sacks (new), John Shirley (major update), Vernor Vinge (new).
Keywords: Anarchy (update), Communication & Media (update), Conspiracy (update), Neurologic (update), Psychedelics (update), Utopia (major update).
Bibliographies: Peter Ackroyd (update), John Banville (new), Jay David Bolter (update), Scott Bukatman (update), Akbar Del Piombo (update),Fredric Jameson (update), Alfred Jarry (new), Marc Laidlaw (update), Lisa Mason (update), Bruce Sterling (update).
Biographs: Kathleen Ann Goonan (major update), Lisa Mason (new), John Shirley (update), Peter Kropotkin (update).
Bibliographies: Brian W.Aldiss (update), Patricia Anthony (update), Mary Shelley (major update), Olaf Stapledon (update), Bruce Sterling (update).
Biographs: Brian W.Aldiss (new), Howard Marks (update), John Shirley (update), Iain Sinclair (update), Bruce Sterling (update).
Keywords: Aliens (new), Artificial Intelligence (new), Conspiracy (update), Psychedelics (update), Utopia (update), Virtual Reality (update).
Bibliographies: Patricia Anthony (update), Matthew Fuller (new), Jon Courtenay Grimwood (new), Lisa Mason (update), Patrick O'Leary (new), Stephen Palmer (new), Sadie Plant (update), Oliver Sacks (update), Dan Simmons (update), Elisabeth Vonarburg (update).
Biographs: Roman Bunka (update), Paul Di Filippo (major update), Jon Courtenay Grimwood (new), Howard Marks (update), Stephen Palmer (new), John Shirley (update), Iain Sinclair (update).
Keywords: Aliens (update), Artificial Intelligence (update), Avant-Pop (update), Conspiracy (update), Environment (update), Magazines (update), Postmodern (update), Psychedelics (update), Utopia (update), Virtual Reality (update), Women (update).
Bibliographies: Patricia Anthony (update), William S.Burroughs (update), Akber Del Piombo (update), Matthew Fuller (update), Sadie Plant (update), Oliver Sacks (update), Neal Stephenson (update), Robert Anton Wilson (update), Bernard Wolfe (update).
Biographs: Paul Di Filippo (update), Howard Marks (update), Oliver Sacks (update), Neal Stephenson (new).
Keywords: Aliens (update), Artificial Intelligence (update), Beat Scene (update), Conspiracy (update), Counterculture (update), Environment (update), Magazines (major update), Space Migration (new).
Bibliographies: William S.Burroughs (major update), Stephen Palmer (update), Akbar Del Piombo (update), Timothy Ferris (update), Thomas E.Kennedy (update), Michael Marshall Smith (update).
Biographs: Allen Ginsberg (major update), Marc Laidlaw (new), Ron Reid (update), Michael Marshall Smith (new), Gary Snyder (new), Bernard Wolfe (new).
Quite a few pages have been updated. This process continues to grow organically.
Bibliographies: Steven Barnes (major update), Amy Bruckman (major update), David Em (update), Timothy Ferris (major update), James Patrick Kelly (update), Ken Kesey (new), Sherry Turkle (new).
Biographs: Steven Barnes (new), Richard A.Bolt (new), Eric Brown (new), Timothy Ferris (new), Olaf Stapledon (update), Sherry Turkle (new), and many bio pages have been updated.
Keywords: Identity (new), Metaphysics (new), Posthuman (finally a separate page), and many updates to other sections.
Some sections have now been restructured and new indexes added. The 'Magazines' page is undergoing a major change, and should be much easier to use. I've also had to subdivide the 'Clubs & Music Hangouts' page, the 'Conspiracy' page, the 'Psychedelics' page, the 'Science Fiction' page, the 'Utopia' page, and the 'Virtual Reality' page.
Please notice that some URLs have now changed: Patricia Anthony, Steven Barnes, Eric Brown, William S.Burroughs, Stephen Bury, Pat Cadigan, Timothy Ferris, Linda Nagata, Jeff Noon, Mary Rosenblum, Lewis Shiner, John Shirley, Neal Stephonson, Bruce Sterling. Adjust your links and bookmarks. Some of these links will give error messages for a while, my apologies for the confusion.
*note: My PowerBook 160 is having serious problems. I can't upload every week as before, hence the time lags. Also, I can receive e-mail, but I can't send replies... please accept my apologies for this. I'm desperately in need of a new laptop... if there is anyone who can supply me with a new PowerBook, it would be greatly appreciated. Mark/Space is a non-profit service and maintained at personal expense... if you would like it to continue, please help.
Many thanks to all the people who have taken the time to send me info.
are the most developed areas (and a good example of the structure).
Alan Wexelblat has very kindly allowed me to include his review of Dirty Work (do check his homepage).
There's a crucial, must-read essay by Wolfgang Jeschke (1990)...
and the intro to Allen Ginsberg by Lee Harris (on the occasion of his Megatripolis appearance, 1995) .
And I've recently added quite a number of new book entries to the library...
plus a few more biograph entries (Olaf Stapledon, Richard Kadrey, Wilhelmina Baird, Linda Nagata, Sir Thomas More, etc.)...
and... a couple of definitions (anarchy, utopia).
and the first images in the galleries have been mounted.
October, November, December, and January were also spent in making revisions, corrections, improvements... and adding many more internal and external links to the existing pages.
These changes are being uploaded in batches, so do expect some temporal shifts.
Keywords: anarchy (reading list, plus brief chronology),
utopia (fiction and non-fiction reading lists),
world issues (crucial topics, practical solutions... focus of the new installment of Mark/Space... more book entries recently added)... and
recommended reading (in early stage... has high hopes).
The Library reference section has expanded...
the 'Women' page has a few more interesting links...
Warehouse 2 has links to some good software sites...
the Design Studio has useful HTML links and other items of interest...
the Alchemy shop now provides links to numerous hemp sites...
and the Morgue seems to be quite lively...
I've also entered bibliographies for Elizabeth Hand , Nancy Kress, John Barnes, Alan Watts, Steve Jones, and Tom Wilkie.
The bibliography for Robert Anton Wilson has been expanded (with a link to Cosmic Trigger). And a biograph for James Robertson (economic consultant) has been included.
The Pat Cadigan pages now have additional info and links.
I've added a link to the Alta Vista search engine at the 'Teleport'.
The 'Cinema' has additional website links for the film buff.
I've also added temporary color backgrounds to most of the pages, and publishing dates to many of the bibliographies.
Opened the Counterculture page (although not ready yet).
The Thomas Pynchon page has a couple of very good links now. Also the Bob Black page has been updated, and the Anarchy page now has additional links to some excellent websites.
Added bibliographies for John Banville, Donald Barthelme, Linda Jacobson, Richard Farina, and Karen Joy Fowler (but still incomplete... let me know of any additions, links, etc.). New Louis Sarno bibliography is complete and linked to individual entries. I've improved the Octavia Butler bibliography... and the S.N.Lewitt bibliography has additional links, as do the Kim Stanley Robinson and Rudy Rucker bibliographies.
The Virtual Reality page has new additions and links... as does the glossary entry. The Buckminster Fuller page has new links to more websites. And I've started a Richard Rogers biograph.
Several buildings in Anachron City have been newly rendered (special thanks to techman Charly Jungbauer)... check the Arcade, Bank, Cinema, Galleries, Library, Museum, Town Hall, Virtual Estate Agency, and Warehouses.
Special thanks to all the authors who have contacted me and supplied additional information. This direct input makes the entries "authoritative".
Please let me know when something doesn't work (and do site the page). Send URLs whenever possible.
And special thanks to Ambient Recording, Gathered Images, and Quintessential for their support.