 | No history of F5 is complete without the story of Mike Gunerloy,
founder and publisher of F5 from 1982-1991. In the '80s, it was
Gunderloy that kept the small press together. A usenet post from August
28 1991, announcing the change that marked the end of the golden age of
zines:
Anybody know what ever happened to Gunderloy?
Prentiss Riddle wrote:
> I just received the following notice in my papermail yesterday:
>
> > 15 August 1991
> >
> > Factsheet Five is changing publishers.
> >
> > All material, except for Poetry, Comics and Music should go to the
new
> > Editor-in-Chief:
> >
> > Hudson Luce
> > PO Box 1163
> > Cincinnati, OH 45201-1163
> > (513) 241-6879
> >
> > Effective immediately, all Poetry, Comics and Music for review
should
> > go to:
> >
> > Bill Paulauskas
> > PO Box 10
> > Woodhaven, NY 11421
> > (718) 847-8812
> >
> > Columnists should send sample columns to the Editor-in-Chief *and*
to
> > Features Editor (one copy each):
> >
> > Ben Gordon
> > 123 Saratoga Road, #128
> > Glenville, NY 12302
> >
> > All inquiries regarding subscriptions, advertising, and
distribution
> > should go to Hudson. All current subscriptions and prepaid ads
will
> > continue. Donations are always appreciated and will be
acknowledged in
> > an appropriate manner.
> >
> > The basic bulk mail subscription rate will be $20.00 for a
six-issue,
> > one-year subscription, by bulk mail. A First-Class mail
subscription
> > will cost $30.00 per year. Other subscription rates are available
upon
> > request. Sample copies are $4.00 each, which will also be the
cover
> > price. Ad rates for #45 will be the same as published in #44;
after
> > that there will be some changes.
> >
> > #44 is the last issue to be published from Rensselaer, and it was
> > shipped the week of August 3. #45 will come out from Cincinnati in
> > late November 1991. It will be dated as January/February 1992,
> > however. Deadline dates for that issue will be 15 October 1991.
> > Submissions by FedEx, Airborne, and UPS should go to this address:
> >
> > Hudson H. Luce
> > 244 West McMicken St. #1
> > Cincinnati, OH 45214
> >
> > Our thanks to all who have supported Factsheet Five over the past
nine
> > years, and we look forward to a long and fruitful future of
continued
> > reviewing.
>
> The letter was signed by former co-editors Mike Gunderloy and Cari
> Goldberg Janice as well as by Luce and Paulauskas.
>
> Does anyone know the background to this surprise announcement? For
> those of you unfamiliar with Factsheet Five, it is a long-running
> review of literally thousands of underground and self-published
written
> and recorded works from every corner of marginal culture. Its
founding
> editor, Mike Gunderloy, has performed miracle after miracle, bringing
> Factsheet Five out in his spare time and on no budget to speak of.
> Factsheet Five is a major hub in a vast papermail network that rivals
> or surpasses Usenet in its diversity.
>
> While I'm encouraged that someone intends to keep Factsheet Five
alive,
> I'm disturbed by this announcement because it doesn't give any
> explanation of why Mike and Cari have given up the 'zine. Nor does
it
> say what will happen to Mike's priceless archives (reportedly Mike
has
> kept and loosely cataloged everything he has received in nine years
of
> reviewing) or other peripheral projects such as the Factsheet Five
BBS.
> I can only hope that Mike is moving on to bigger and better things
and
> that Factsheet Five remains in good hands.
>
> Anyone have any more information?
>
> --- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada")
> --- priddle@hounix.uucp ...!lobster!hounix!priddle
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