EXTROPIAN RESOURCES

Complied by Max O’Connor & Tom W. Bell

(Suggestions for other inclusions are welcomed.)

BIOSTASIS ORGANIZATIONS:

Alcor Life Extension Foundation: 12327 Doherty St., Riverside, CA 92503, Tel: 1-800-367-2228, in California (714) 736-1703. We believe this to be the largest and most sophisticated of the cryonics organizations. Their monthly magazine CRYONICS contains many articles of excellent quality, covering not only biostasis and life extension but other issues of relevance. ($25/year)

American Cryonics Society: Suite 368, 870 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. Their magazine is AMERICAN CRYONICS. $25/year.

The Immortalist Society: 24443 Roanoke, Oak Park, Michigan, 48237. Tel: (313) 548-9549. Publishes THE IMMORTALIST. Run by the father of cryonics, Robert Ettinger.

Alcor-UK: c/o Luigi Warren, No.6, Townend House, High Street, Kingston, Surrey KT1 1NA, England. Max helped found this, the major European cryonics group in 1986. It recently received a major financial and organizational boost and now has a facility and equipment.

The Venturists: P.O. Box 458, Wrightwood, CA 92397. A cryonics ‘religion’ (really a reliberium) which holds events, publishes VENTURIST

MONTHLY NEWS, promotes cryonics in the media, and is run by the very able and energetic Dave Pizer and Mike Perry.

Lifepact: P.O. Box 18698, South Lake Tahoe, CA 95706. Focuses on preparing for the future reanimation and rehabilitation of biostasis patients.

Federation of Cryonics Societies (FOCUS): Newly formed group which seeks to encourage cooperation between cryonics societies in order to protect their mutual interests. Address as for Lifepact.

Reanimation Foundation: c/o Saul Kent, 16280 Whispering Spur, Riverside, CA 92504. Set up to help members of cryonics societies establish secure trust funds in Liechtenstein, so they can better provide for their suspension and reanimation costs.

Citizens for an Extended Lifespan (CEL): 9149 Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 139, Los Angeles, CA 90045. Intended to protect and advance the legal status of cryonics.

OTHER LIFE EXTENSIONISTS/ IMMORTALISTS:

Life Extension Foundation: 2835 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. Florida 33020-9982. (305) 925-2500. Produce the excellent LIFE EXTENSION

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REPORT which will supply you with up-to-the-minute information on life extension research advances. $27/year. Membership of the Foundation ($50/year) entitles you to the Report and to a 25% discount on the products of Life Extension International (see below).

Life Extension International: 1142 W. Indian School Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85013. 1-800-678-8989. A comprehensive source of vitamins, minerals, and other life extension supplies.

Longevity: From the publishers of OMNI, a glossy magazine with some good articles. Available at the newsstand, or from LONGEVITY International, Ltd., 1965 Broadway, New York, NY 10023-5965. (212) 496-6100. $3/issue; $21.95/year.

Pharmaceuticals International: 539 Telegraph Canyon Road, Ste. 227, Chula Vista, CA 92010-6436. 1-800-365-3698. Supplies life extending and brain boosting drugs, some of which cannot be bought in this country even with a prescription. PI is allowed to import these and you can buy them without a prescription. Centrophenoxine, Hydergine, Piracetam, Isoprinosin, Retin-A, Ribavirin and others.

University of California, Berkeley Wellness Letter: P.O. Box 420148, Palm Coast, Florida 32142. Good source of information on health issues. $20/year (29 in Canada), 12 issues.

Brain-Mind Bulletin: Interface Press, P.O. Box 42211, 4717 Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90042. $35/year. Summarizes reports on research into

health and psychology, and mind/brain-body connection. Expensive for what you get (8 pages).

EXTROPIAN SCIENCE FICTION:

Lifequest: c/o Imladris Corporation, P.O. Box 18690, South Lake Tahoe, CA 95706. ‘Fictional works about life extension, including suspended animation, elimination of aging and progressive self-transformation.’ Good and improving quality of stories. Subscription: $6 - one year (two issues), $10 - two years.

ANALOG: $2/issue, $25.97/year. P.O. Box, 7061, Red Oak, IA 51591. Wide-circulation magazine has long been printing pro-liberty stories, and has recently been publishing a lot of nanotech and immortalist stories, including the classic ‘The Gentle Seduction’ by Marc Stiegler (April 1989).

Prometheus: 89 Gebhardt Road, Penfield, NY 14526. The newsletter of the Libertarian Futurist Society. $8/year ($10 overseas) for 4 issues. Reviews libertarian science fiction and bestows the Prometheus Award.

SPACE:

National Space Society: 922 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, D.C., 20003-2140. Write to them for information about membership and local groups.

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American Rocket Company: 847 Flynn Road, Camarillo, CA 93010. (805) 987-8970. Private rocket launch company.

OTHERS:

Boing Boing: P.O. Box 12311, Boulder, CO 80303. $10/4 issues. Cyberpunk, nanotech, brain toys, self-modification, reviews. First issue came out in August 1989.

Claustrophobia: 5047 SW 26th Dr., Portland, OR 97201. Covers space and life extension from a libertarian viewpoint. Will cease publishing before very long, but take a look while you can. You may want back issues.

Factsheet Five: c/o Mike Gunderloy, 6 Arizona Avenue, Rensselaer, NY 12144-4502. $2/issue. Prints capsule reviews of hundreds of small circulation magazines on all kinds of odd subjects, including those you will be interested in. A perfect complement to the Loompanics catalog.

Liberty: Liberty Publishing, P.O. Box 1167, Port Townsend, WA 98368. $35/12 issues. The best libertarian journal for serious and non-dogmatic discussion. Highly recommended. Has many of the best libertarian writers.

Light Living: POB 190-ez, Philomath, OR 97370. ‘Free for SASE. 1990 guide to unusual how-to sources. Describes 50 periodicals & handbooks on backyard tech, camping, crafts, finding new friends, gardening, home education, low-cost shelters, travel, unusual science. All addresses are included.’ (exchange ad)

Loompanics Unlimited: P.O. Box 1197, Port Townsend, WA 98368. Catalog of books that are hard to find elsewhere, on subjects like life extension, science and weird science, ‘reality creation’, drugs, beating ‘the State’, and self-defense. The reviews are fun to read even if you buy nothing. Vital!

Miami Metropolis: 1552-A Euclid Ave., Miami Beach, FL 33139. FREE! New art, musik [sik], fiction, and ideas. Focus on Miami area, but has goodies for outsiders, too. Issue no. 7 featured 3-D art. Can’t beat the price…

Mondo 2000: Fun City MegaMedia\Mondo 2000, P.O. Box 10171, Berkeley, CA 94709-5171. $24/six issues. Irregularly published glossy magazine, covers similar topics to EXTROPY. Much interesting and/or good stuff mixed in with plenty of bullshit. Especially good on new products in computing and electronic media.

Science News: 231 West Center Street, Marion, Ohio 43305. $34.50/year (52 issues). Useful and concise summaries of advances in science. Saves the time required to wade through hundreds of pages in other magazines.

Sound Choice: P.O.B. 1251, Ojai, CA 93023. ‘$3 for 96-page sample, or SASE for more info. A publication of the Audio Evolution Network, an open-minded organization dedicated to the positive evolution of independent music, audio art, and related subjects.’ (exchange ad)

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