Extropian Resources

Compiled by Max More

[Suggestions for other inclusions are welcomed]

BIOSTASIS ORGANIZATIONS:

Alcor Life Extension Foundation: 12327 Doherty St., Riverside, CA 92503, Tel: (800) 367-2228, in California (714) 736-1703. I 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. The major European group, I was one of the founders in 1986, it has recently received a major financial and organizational boost and now has a facility and equipment.

The Society for Venturism: P.O. Box 458, Wrightwood, CA 92397. A cryonics “religion” (really a transhumanism) 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.

The Order of Universal Immortalism: Address as for the Venturists. A new organization, run by Mike Perry, which “advocates the viewpoint that the dead, even those who were not frozen or otherwise preserved, might ultimately be resurrected through a scientific process.”

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 Lichtenstein, 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: P.O. Box 229120, Hollywood, Florida 33022-9120. (800) 841-LIFE. Produce the excellent LIFE EXTENSION 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, Pheonix, Arizona 85013. 1-800-678-8989. A comprehensive source of vitamins, minerals, and other life extension supplies.

Vitamin Research Products: 2044 Old Middlefield Way, Mountain View, CA 94043-9971. (800) 877-2447. Another excellent source of supplements.

Life Services Supplements: 1-(800)-542-3230. Another supplier of supplements.

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.

International Products: Beckstrasse 27 D-3000, Hannover 91, West Germany. Similar to Pharmaceuticals International.

Interlab: P.O.Box 587, Newport Pagnell, Bucks, MK16 8AA, England. Sells Piracetam, Lucdril, Diapid, Hydergine,

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Deprenyl, etc. Some prices are lower than those of Pharmaceuticals International, and some lower. Each company sees some items not available from the other.

Offshore Medical Therapies: P.O. Box 833, Farmingdale, NY 11737. Quarterly newsletter, $19.

Durk Pearson & Sandy Shaw’s Life Extension Newsletter: Box 92996, Los Angeles, CA 90009. $34.95/12 issues. Information and comment on aging research, psychobiochemistry, nutrition, addiction, reduction of health risks, negative effects of government agencies such as the FDA on biomedical freedom of choice, Q&A.

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).

Cognitive Enhancement Research Institute: John Morgenthaler, CERI, PO Box 483, Santa Cruz, CA 96061. $1 for newsletter which I haven’t yet seen. Apparently covers intelligence augmenting drugs and nutrients.

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. $3 for the current (and, sadly, last) issue.

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 them for information about membership and local groups.

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

OTHERS:

The Foresight Institute: Box 61058, Palo Alto, CA 94306. (415) 324-2490. Fax (415) 948-5649. A minimum contribution of $25/year will get you Foresight Update - a brief (12pp) but excellent source of advances in nanotechnology and related fields (including molecular computing, virtual realities), and discussions of the likely shape of a nanotech powered society. Highly recommended.

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

Singularity: 89 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 199, Boston, MA 02115. Edited by Ron W. Evans. Produced by people with similar interests to us - immortality, improved posthuman bodies, etc. The first two issues have also featured interesting articles on experience with madness - this may not appeal to all. Recommended. (Latest issue - Spring 1990 - was number 2.) $6/year, $1.50/issue.

Mondo 2000: Fun City MegaMedia/Mondo 2000, P.O. Box 10171, Berkeley, CA 94709-5171. $24/six issues. So far irregularly published glossy magazine, covers some similar topics to EXTROPY. The latest issue (July/August 1990) was quite impressive: New smart drugs, artificial life, in depth on virtual reality, and much more. Recommended.

Boing Boing: P.O. Box 12311, Boulder, CO 80303. $10/4 issues. Cyberpunk, nanotech, brain toys, self-modification, reviews. Three enjoyable issues so far ($3 each).

Going Gaga: Gareth Branwyn, 2630 Robert Walker Pl., Arlington, VA 22207. (703) 527-6032. $8/year (4 issues). No.6 focussed on cyberpunk and virtual reality. #7 will be a cassette issue on psychedelics.

Whole Earth Review: No.67, Summer 1990. $5 from 27 Gate Five Road, Sausalito, CA 94965. Good issue, including information on Biosphere II, Artificial Life, a debate for and against nanotechnology (Drexler vs Garfinkel), Virtual Reality…

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.

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”, self-defense. The reviews are fun to read even if you buy nothing. Vital!

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