| quan*ta \'kwant-a\
|   1. The increments or parcels into which many forms of energy 
|      are subdivided.
|   2. The award-winning online fiction journal, specializing in
|      Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Since 1989, Quanta has been publishing new, fresh fiction from amateur
and professional writers from around the world and across the Net.
Currently, Quanta goes out to over 3000 subscribers world-wide.  In
1992, Quanta garnered runner up in the Digital Publishing
Association's "Digital Quill Awards".  This year, Quanta is even
better, with a higher standard of fiction than ever before, not to
mention artwork and design.

Quanta may be reached at the Internet address quanta@netcom.com.

HOW DO I SUBSCRIBE?

    Quanta is FREE to all network subscribers.  To subscribe, send a
    message to listserv@netcom.com with one of the following lines in
    the message BODY (not the subject line):

      subscribe quanta-ascii
                         -- to be ADDED to the ASCII TEXT
                            distribution list.

      subscribe quanta-postscript
                         -- to be ADDED to the PostScript
                            distribution list.

      subscribe quanta-notice
                         -- to be ADDED to the notice subscription list
                            where you will receive a notification via
                            email when a new issue comes out.

    If you wish to unsubscribe, send a message to listserv@netcom.com
    with either "unsubscribe quanta-ascii", "unsubscribe quanta-postscript"
    or "unsubscribe quanta-notice" in the BODY of the message (not the
    subject line).

    Subscription requests that are not in this format may not be
    properly processed.

    Subscribers to online services such as CompuServe and America
    Online should add themselves to the "NOTICE" subscription
    list because of size constraints placed on incoming mail by these
    services.  If Quanta does not appear on your online service, 
    send mail to quanta@netcom.com requesting that it appear there.

    The PostScript edition of Quanta is sent as UNIX compressed,
    uuencoded file, split up into chunks of less then 64K each.
    Utilities exist for most system types (UNIX, Macintosh, IBM, Amiga,
    etc...) to decode these files.

    For more general subscription information (if you have a question or
    a special request) send mail to quanta@netcom.com.

IS QUANTA LOOKING FOR SUBMISSIONS?

    Yes!  Quanta is always looking for fiction and non-fiction (articles,
    reviews, etc...) from new and already-published authors.  Quanta
    publishes anything and everything from short-short pieces to large
    multi-part novellas or serials.  Since Quanta is primarily a magazine
    of science fiction, there should be some science fiction content in
    the story, however, for our purposes, "science fiction" is defined
    very broadly.  The most important factor for any submission is good
    story telling.  I'm more inclined to print a sensational story with
    only marginal science-fiction content than a story with heavy SF
    content that is badly written.  Please do NOT send any stories which
    use prefabricated, possibly copyrighted, characters or settings
    (such as Star Trek stories, or continuations to the Apprentice
    Adept series).  Stories that don't "fit in" to a niche, or that are
    written in an off-beat or otherwise interesting narratorial style are
    always welcome.

    Send any submissions to quanta@netcom.com with the word
    "SUBMISSION" in the the subject line.  Plain Text format or RTF are
    preferred, but any file format is acceptable.  Mime mail messages
    are acceptable.

WHERE CAN I FIND QUANTA BACK ISSUES?

  FTP:

    For one, they may be found on any one of a number of FTP servers.
    Some of these are:

    ftp.etext.org                  /pub/Zines/Quanta
    export.acs.cmu.edu             /pub/quanta
    catless.newcastle.ac.uk*       /pub/Quanta

    * European service only.

    All these servers will carry both the PostScript and the ASCII version
    of Quanta issues.  A .Z after the file name indicates a UNIX compressed
    file.  A .gz after the file name indicates a g-zipped file.  When
    FTPing compressed files, be sure to set for binary transfer mode
    beforehand (usually by typing "binary" at the "ftp>" prompt).

  World Wide Web

    All Quanta issues are available over the World Wide Web.  Set your
    WWW client to "http://www.etext.org/Zines/Quanta/".

  Gopher:

    ASCII back issues may also be found on the Carnegie Mellon Gopher
    server at gopher.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu, port 70, in the Magazines 
    directory.

  CompuServe:

    On Compuserve, issues are available in the "Zines from the Net" area
    of the EFF Forum (accessed by typing GO EFFSIG).

  America Online:
  
    To get to Quanta on America Online, perform the following steps:
    Keyword: PDA
    Select: Palmtop Paperbacks
    Select: Electronic Articles & Newsletters