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Editorial It's that time again: the silly season! It seems just yesterday that. was penning the editorial for last year's Christmas issue. What a year it has been! First up, | would like to welcome all our new readers from the UK and Europe. This is the first edition to be substantially distributed into main- stream magazine outlets. Our more observant, regular readers will have noticed that this issue is thicker than our usual edition. Australasian readers will have a 96-page EDITORS’ ASSISTANT. © wicker man ° Y ; “Richard Giles. =. ~~... |_ issue in their hot little hands, while US and UK readers will only have an - OFFICE ASSISTANT: <5) 80- or 88-page edition. (I'm not sure exactly which will have what at this Janine Carmichael = - ©. 1 stage of writing.) Don't be alarmed, though: the page quantities represent : ers _. «| nothing except a difference in the number of advertisements in each edi- De Nick Begich: “°) tion, The articles, editorial, news and reviews are identical; only the ads . hie Manning cou |) are different. S ‘Moco. God Cphvete ashy Next, | would like to draw your attention to two upcoming NEXUS ‘Bert Schwitters . events: the Michael Hesemann UFO lecture tour in January '96 (see ad on ‘Piichiate Roatien | page 23), and the NEXUS Conference in May 1996 (see ad on page 10). ‘Mark Hendershot | In fact, there will probably also be a NEXUS Conference in Auckland, 2p sHilip Coppens ; either the weekend before or after. Stay tuned for more details. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE Speaking of staying tuned, we've got our web page up at last (our poevpies: beckon waa bunderpolet address is http://www.peg.apc.org/~nexus/), For those readers who are seeks (0 provide *hard-io-get’ information so ast] still computer-free zones, this means that we have a permanent, visual : Fiesty acaw eae these changes: 4 'page' of information on the world wide web section of the Internet. is not linked to any religious, philosophical tel . woo “of politieal ideology or organisation. « (Actually, it's far more than one page, hence the delay in getting it organ- CO UAYOUT& DESIGN | ised.) You will see that, at the end of many Global News and Twilight « \Duncap M, Roads ~ “21 Zone items, more and more of our information is being delivered to us via <2.) (CARTOONS. the Internet. 3. iPhit Somerville “a "SEOVER GRAPHIC The Editorial page is where | not only get the opportunity to aggrandise, ~ [Ble Schuster/The Image Bank but also where | sometimes have to apologise. This issue, | have to apolo- es PRINTING gise for not including Part 3 of our "Mysteries of the Moon" series. For rea- = Watwick Daily News, Queensland, Australis sons that | don't have the space to explain right now, it will appear in our PS” AUSTRALIAN DISTRIBUTION February-March 1996 edition instead. | am sorry. Newsagents Direct Distribution . . a . ‘NEW ZEALAND DISTRIBUTION We have made one other radical change to the magazine. This issue is . Network Distribution numbered Volume 3, Number 1. When we took over NEXUS several -SREAD OFFICE - All Correspondence ~ years ago, we changed the numbering system from Number 1, Number 2, PO Box 30, Mapleton, Qld 4560, Australia Number 3, etc., to Volume 2, Number 1, Volume 2, Number 2, etc. For 61.(07) 5442. 9280; Fax: +61: (07)5442.9361 nana : mail address: nexus@peg.apc.org some vague reason, we left it until now to change it. Why, you ask? Well, . es Onkipe! BBS: (07) 5442 9543 our new UK distributors want a nice, clean, uncomplicated cover number pay we Premera and volume so that UK shopkeepers won't get confused! PO! Box:177,Kempton, IL 60946-0177,.USA You are now probably asking if we're going to change the volume num- Phy {815} 253 6464; Fax:+1 iets) 253 6300 ber at the end of every year. Well, | don't know yet, although | know that : ae oruee 36474 the libraries will take us aboard if we 'conform' to this standard. 55 Queens Rd, E. Grinstead, W. Sussex RH19-1BG That's it for this year—so, until 1996, best wishes! Phir#44 (1342) 32.2854; Fax: +44 (1342).32 4574. 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All expressions of opin- ion are published on the basis that they are not to be regarded as expressing the opinion of the Publisher or its servants or agents. Editorial advice is not| specific and readers are advised to seek professional help for individual problems, © NEXUS New Times 1995/1996 Editorial It's that time again: the silly season! It seems just yesterday that. was penning the editorial for last year's Christmas issue. What a year it has been! First up, | would like to welcome all our new readers from the UK and Europe. This is the first edition to be substantially distributed into main- stream magazine outlets. Our more observant, regular readers will have noticed that this issue is thicker than our usual edition. Australasian readers will have a 96-page issue in their hot little hands, while US and UK readers will only have an 80- or 88-page edition. (I'm not sure exactly which will have what at this stage of writing.) Don't be alarmed, though: the page quantities represent nothing except a difference in the number of advertisements in each edi- tion. The articles, editorial, news and reviews are identical; only the ads are different. Next, | would like to draw your attention to two upcoming NEXUS events: the Michael Hesemann UFO lecture tour in January '96 (see ad on page 23), and the NEXUS Conference in May 1996 (see ad on page 10). in fact, there will probably also be a NEXUS Conference in Auckland, either the weekend before or after. Stay tuned for more details. “ ae o. sho. Speaking of staying tuned, we've got our web page up at last (our address is http://www.peg.apc.org/~nexus/), For those readers who are still computer-free zones, this means that we have a permanent, visual ‘page’ of information on the world wide web section of the Internet. (Actually, it's far more than one page, hence the delay in getting it organ- ised.) You will see that, at the end of many Global News and Twilight Zone items, more and more of our information is being delivered to us via the Internet. The Editorial page is where | not only get the opportunity to aggrandise, but also where | sometimes have to apologise. This issue, | have to apolo- gise for not including Part 3 of our "Mysteries of the Moon" series. For rea- sons that | don't have the space to explain right now, it will appear in our February-March 1996 edition instead. | am sorry. We have made one other radical change to the magazine. This issue is numbered Volume 3, Number 1. When we took over NEXUS several years ago, we changed the numbering system from Number 1, Number 2, Number 3, etc., to Volume 2, Number 1, Volume 2, Number 2, etc. For some vague reason, we left it until now to change it. Why, you ask? Well, our new UK distributors want a nice, clean, uncomplicated cover number and volume so that UK shopkeepers won't get confused! You are now probably asking if we're going to change the volume num- ber at the end of every year. Well, | don't know yet, although | know that the libraries will take us aboard if we 'conform' to this standard. Duncan 2 © NEXUS That's it for this year—so, until 1996, best wishes! DECEMBER 1995 - JANUARY 1996