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<H1>Electronic Magazines: The Hogs of Entropy</H1>
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Where to begin with the Hogs of Entropy? Well, I can tell you that the first
words that came to my mind during my initial browsing were "Cult of the Dead
Cow Ripoff Group". Everything, from the dead pig logo, to the method of 
dating files with a file number at the end, to a lot of the subject matter,
told me that they just took a look at the cDc and said "Yeah, sure, we can do
that." and then set off to do it. Mogel seems to have been the primary motivating
force behind their initial files, and his influence is all over them.
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What I did NOT expect was to go out and download all the current HoE files (I only
had 60) and suddenly discover they had over SIX HUNDRED FILES created. And these
weren't just transcriptions of news stories or lyrics; these were honestly created
text files, adding up past the five meg mark in total. That's just a lot of files,
by any standard.
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And as for the files themselves... well, it's VERY hard to write or supervise
the writing of that many files and not start to increase in quality over time.
As it stands, though, the quality is pretty enjoyable from the get-go and 
continues to be entertaining over the years. The Hogs of Entropy also have a nice
selection of interviews with other electronic magazine writers, making for an
interesting study from the Zine World perspective. There's even files and
interviews with cDc members peppered in there.
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All in all, definitely worth your time, although you should be prepared to set
aside a LOT of time to read them. A lot of fun.
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