Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.40.0111011317020.2448-100000@panix2.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: CYBERMIND@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Subject: chat on Alt-X
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 13:17:22 -0500
Online Chat: Sunday 4th November: ALT-X Press free ebooks Joint ELO/trAce chat: the new Alt-X Press brings to web-readers a must-have library of uncategorizable writing being produced by some of the most provocative artists in contemporary new media culture. Your timezone http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=04&month=11&year=2001&h our=21&min=0&sec=0&p1=136 As digital writing makes its footprint into the electrosphere, we no longer ask "What is literature?" but, more importantly, "What is literature's exit strategy?" These full-length works of art are now available in ebook and Palm Pilot formats and will soon be available as Print On-Demand (POD) titles. The eight inaugural titles include previously unpublished work by postmodern fiction masters George Chambers, Ron Sukenick and Raymond Federman, screen-based auteur Nile Southern, new media stars Mark Amerika, Alan Sondheim, Eugene Thacker and Adrienne Eisen, and a collection of Neuromantic Fiction from the Black Ice archives. The best part about it all? These ebooks are available to you for free. In a time of economic downturn and dot.com uncertainty, Alt-X perseveres and continues its mission to http://www.altx.com/ebooks Guest authors will be Alan Sondheim, Nile Southern and Matt Samet Chats are on Sundays at 21:00 London, 16:00 New York, 22:00 Rome, 14:00 Denver, 13:00 L.A, and 08.00 Sydney (Mon). How to join in at the trAce WebBoard: You need to register at WebBoard to use the Chat at http://hum-webboard.ntu.ac.uk/~trace. Click on the CHAT button in the blue menu (the top toolbar) Allow the applet to load (be patient!) Alternatively, use an IRC client such as mIRC (PC) or IRCLE (Mac). Point your client at: hum-webboard.ntu.ac.uk port 7000 and join the channel #trace. For more information, see http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/online/meeting.cfm Programmed in association with the Electronic Literature Organisation. http://hum-webboard.ntu.ac.uk/~trace