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The New World Reader 
An Electronic Idealetter 

Statement of Purpose- 

NWR is an electronic publication for those people who think about the 
issues and ideas of science, philosophy, history, and religion.  The 
special focus of NWR is the future of science and society.  Our feature 
articles will deal with issues pertaining to how science and technology is 
shaping any aspect of human life.  Moral and ethical problems associated 
with the advance of the human understanding of nature are of particular 
interest.  NWR constantly asks the question: "Where is the human race 
going?"  Our outlook is positive; we have an abiding hope that the next 
century will be best that humankind has ever seen. 

Submission Guidelines- 

If you have a feature article or an idea for one please contact us at 
NEWORLDR@aol.com.  We ask that submissions be kept to around 1000 words. 
If the subject requires more space, then something can be worked out.  We 
would like to keep the issues of NWR short enough to be read conveniently 
in about ten minutes.  We also ask that feature authors send a brief (25 
word) biographical description of themselves. 

Those of you sending comments, letters, science news items, book reviews, 
etc. please observe a 500 word limit.  "Science Currents" should be items 
of general scientific interest and hopefully have some social significance 
as well.  "Book Reviews" are just that, your opinion about a book you have 
read.  We are looking for reviews of popular science books in particular. 

The NWR editorial staff reserves the right to edit any submission.  We vow 
not to change the meaning or intent of any submission.  We my also reject 
any submission without notification to the author. 

NWR retains the copyright on each whole issue and any contributions by its 
staff.  Submissions from other authors are not subject to our copyright and 
remain the intellectual property of their author.  You may use your 
submissions as you will in the future. 

Subscription Information- 

NWR is currently (Jan. 95) published monthly, but bi-weekly publication is 
our goal by 1996.  Each issue is distributed freely via e-mail.  Free 
subscriptions can be had by writing our subscription department at 
NEWORLDR@aol.com.  Current and back issues of NWR are available via 
anonymous ftp at ftp.etext.org. 

One Last Thing- 

The Internet is a fabulous opportunity to open up the world of publishing 
to the penniless and destitute.  But just because something is free does 
not mean that correspondingly its quality is low.  We at NWR believe that 
the best way to ensure quality in the free electronic press is by 
establishing recognized seals of approval.  We will work hard to see that 
NWR becomes one such seal by Internet readers.  We hope you will be proud 
to include in your vita anything which is accepted by NWR for publication. 

Trevor Austin, Editor of NWR