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WEB DEL SOL
Zn 98/03/13: Just one of the finest literary zines on the Web. From layout to literary content -- fine. Set the controls for the heart of the sun...

Copyright © 1998 by Ted Warnell and Zn. All rights reserved.

 


1998 MAR 13


Web Del Sol
TED WARNELL

Fine. Very fine.
Beautiful design, looks good; good navigation, feels right; great material, fine reading. Web Del Sol is a literary site with all the right stuff, and an unusual complex structure.

Publisher and editor Mike Neff has assembled a staff of talented literary and Net publishing professionals to produce a site... 'a literary arts complex'... (the 'site' really is a number of sites, each offering a unique/related content and adding to the whole -- cool concept)... a site that will be of interest to both fans of fine literature and publishers alike.

    "Web Del Sol cannot be classified as a literary publication or ezine in the traditional sense (though it contains both subsets), but rather as a literary arts complex."
WDS realizes their arts complex concept by opening a new instance of the Web browser for each linked partner site. A benefit of this approach is that it is supported by early versions of the Web's most popular browsers, but it can be confusing if you are not aware it has happened.

Willing always to explore new publishing potential, WDS has just entered into a new publishing partnership with Zn, where original content from WDS will be made available to Zn readers. On the Zn +++ page you will find Martin Earl's column The Cyber Rambler -- look in for an informed review of literary sites on the Web.

We're trying a new mechanism with this, a JavaScript function to open a new browser window within the Zn site. The benefit of this approach is that it might eliminate confusion about what has happened, but to take advantage of it you will need a recent version Web browser.

    "The nature of WDS is not to present a specific theme per issue, but simply to acquire and frame the finest contemporary literary art available in America and abroad, and to array it in such a manner that it speaks for itself."
The heart and soul of WDS (and partner sites) is the first rate literature you will find here -- world class works of poetry and fiction, plus essays, critical reviews, features, and more by emerging and established contemporary authors, poets, and writers. An enjoyable and eclectic mix of literary arts, and a fine read, for sure.
 

Web Del Sol
www.webdelsol.com/solhome.htm
USA
 

Set the controls
for the heart of the sun... visit and enjoy first class literary offerings at this very fine Web site/complex from Mike Neff and partners.
 

    Image clip and quoted texts from Web Del Sol. Used by permission.
 
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