Here are archives of The Venturist Newsletter. They provide a wealth of information. Feel free to browse the archives. There are no current issues as The Venturist Newsletter has not been produced the past few years.
The issues are up as .pdf’s at the older Venturist site:
http://www.quantium.plus.com/venturist/newsletter.htm
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Issue Contents
2Q 1999 To Be Immortal (excerpt), Forever for All (excerpt), Christian Fundamentalism (book review)
3Q 1999 Lawsuits to Allow Premortem Suspensions, Fantastic Voyage, Ralph’s Journey (excerpt), Biostasis as the Better Way, Part 1
4Q 1999 Forever for All Illustrations, Ralph’s Journey (excerpt), Biostasis as the Better Way, Part 2
1Q 2000 Mae Ettinger Suspended, Book Reviews, Ralph’s Journey (excerpt), The Philosophy of Aspiration, Part 1
2Q 2000 Adventure in California, The Philosophy of Aspiration, Part 2
3Q 2000 htm
3Q 2000 pdf The Venturist Is Now Online, FM-2030 Suspended, Cryopreservation Progress, More on the Asilomar Conference, Forever for All Published, Ralph’s Journey Critique, Antiaging Progress, A Few More Notes on the Conference, The Venturists and Venturism, The Philosophy of Aspiration, Part 3
4Q 2000
4Q 2000 pdf Venturist Annual Meeting, Recent Suspensions, Philosophy Major, Preparing for Your Suspension, Other Cryonics Matters, Venturist Board of Directors, Reasons of the Heart, The Philosophy of Aspiration, Part 4 (Conclusion), Van Vogt’s Resurrection, Consciousness and Context
1Q 2001 New Suspensions Controversy, Belief, Philosophy of Aspiration References, Death of a Cryonicist, Countdown to the Singularity, Historical or Not? A Look at The Jesus Puzzle, To Be Immortal Ch 2 (Part 1)
2Q 2001 A Perspective on Alcor and CI, My Membership in CI, A Short Reply, Book Review by John de Rivaz, Mary Ruwart: Libertarian Candidate for FDA Commissioner, HSCP Summary and Update, The Right to Choose, To Be Immortal Ch 2 (Part 2)
3Q 2001 Terrorism Horrifies World, Raises Questions for Cryonics, Sad Personal Note, Kryos Now on Hold, Bombing the West, Reflections on the Future, Antiaging Progress Reported, Survival Through Cryonics, To Be Immortal Chapter 2 (part 3)
4Q 2001 Venturist Annual Meeting, Timeship Project, New Cryonic Suspensions AI Project Announcement, James Swayze: Cryonicist in Need, A Speculation concerning Religion versus Materialism, Updating IV, Why Belief in Uploading May Be Necessary, To Be Immortal Chapter 2, To Be Immortal Chapter 3
1Q 2002 Venturist Cryonics Assistance Fund, Our New Address, Plight of the Martinots, Venturist Wedding, Back to Basics: Recent Cryonic Suspensions, A New Theory on Living Long, Aging, and Dying, Blueprinting Humanity and Leon Kass, From the Life and Times of James Swayze, Who Is Leon Kass? To Be Immortal, Ch. 4, Venturism as a Scientific Daoism?
2Q 2002 New CI Suspension, Progress at the Mayer Site, Historical Materials Wanted, Other Historical Matters: The Nelson Case, First Mini-Conference Telomere Technology: The End of Mortality, Pizer’s Podium, Pro-Act versus Pro-Death Comments, The Immortalist Manifesto, To Be Immortal Chapter 5. – Why Have So Few Been Frozen?
3Q 2002 Baseball Legend Ted Williams Reported Suspended, Other Suspensions, Swayze Fund Drive Successful, Mayer Site Update, The Case for Cryonics, Transhumanism in Tulsa, CryoSummit, My Adventure in Arizona So Far!, OBEs Explained?, New Scientist Offers Cryonic Suspension As Prize, Laffotheology
4Q 2002 Williams Reportedly to Stay in Suspension, News from Creekside/Ventureville, Recent Cryonic Suspensions, Venturist Annual Meeting, Alcor Conference, First Cloned Baby?, Banotech versus Nanotech, One Small Comment, Honest to God (book review), Reason-Based Religion, Venturism, and TranscendenceTo Be Immortal, ch. 6
1Q 2003 Recent Cryonic Suspensions, Conference Report Delayed, No Cloned Baby; Dolly Dies, Scare over SARS, War and Other Anachronisms, Two Postings on SARS from Cryonet, Scientists Create Forgetful Mouse, I Want to Be Robot not Fallible Human, Society’s Changing Rules, Brief Comment, Cryonics: Some Basic Questions and Answers, To Be Immortal, ch 7
2Q 2003 Changes and New Plans, Dr Lemler’s Health, Recent Cryonic Suspensions, Suspension Quality Control, Problems Affecting Recent Cases at Alcor, Cryonics Training Session, SARS Winding Down in China; Possible Cure SARS Genome Sequenced, Limited Government Group Seeks Libertarian Haven, Organ Printing: a New Tissue Engineering Technique, Artificial Brain Component, Alcor’s 2002 Cryonics Conference, To Be Immortal, ch 8
3Q 2003 Physical Immortality Is Launched, Ted Williams Cryonics Controversy Stirs Again, News Update from Alcor, Some Further Clarifications, Cryonics Institute Challenged by State of Michigan, To Be Immortal, chs. 8, 9
4Q 2003 Fond Farewell, Progress, Immortality Institute Book Project,New Alcor Cryopreservation, CI Update, Pet Lovers May Save Human Lives, Tribute to a Fallen Hero, Libertarianism, Cryonics, and Religion, To Be Immortal, concluding installment, Venturism in Three Varieties
Physical Immortality 1 Welcome! : The Crossroads of Time : The Society for Venturism and Its Principles : The Religious Issue : Virtue and the Long View : Historical Steps toward the Scientific Conquest of Death : Examining the Morality of Physical Immortality : Cost of Revival and Rehabilitation : How and Why : The Biological Problems : Magic Cures and Repairs : The Gamble : Ethics and Religion : Joy of Sex Forever : Joy Forever Without Sex : The Last Death in Lubbock, Texas : Libertarianism, Caring, and Cryonics : Libertarians and Cryonics : Cryonics and the Near Future : The Eclectic Venturist : Comment : Life Is Exciting, Death Isn’t : Methuselah Mouse Project
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