bOING bOING #9 (Los Angeles)

With issue #9 bOING bOING continues the growth spurt that began with the move to L.A., adding pages and expanding editorially to include more aspects of alt-culture alongside the cutting edge tech and shamanistic content. The zine changed somewhat graphically around this time, featuring the now-familiar computer-generated look that was so de rigeuer among Mac cultists at the time. This issue includes an interesting interview with Bruce Sterling, an interesting guy and frequent bOING bOING contributor; a fascinating column by sci-fi writer and free-thinker Rudy Rucker; an interview with Scott Benzel of Machines Of Loving Grace; the Ramones on acid, and the usual spate of book and zine reviews. Another entertaining issue of a zine that was probably years ahead of its time....

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VITAL STATISTICS:
• Issue #9
• no date given - 1992?
• B&W, 64-pages (plus color covers)
• Style: cyber zine

ARTICLES/INTERVIEWS
Bruce Sterling interview
Scott Benzel/Machines of Loving Grace interview
The Ramones
"Nanoflash"
"New Facts On Saving Our Environment"
Paco Xander Nathan's "Robot Groupies"
Rudy Rucker's "Zip.1" column
Bruce Sterling's "Let's Go Downtown" (Tokyo & tech)
--> also reader mail, music, comics, book & zine reviews